Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Since 9/11, we've been hearing a lot about the Crusades. The current version is that Christians were evil in the Middle Ages when they attacked the peace-loving Saracens. The version goes further, which is that the psychic scars inflicted seven hundred years ago were so deep that they go a
Continue readingMaybe it's just objective news; maybe the AP is making a point. Who knows? All I know is that the AP is once again announcing the number of US forces who have died in Iraq: 2,392. This averages out to less than 1,000 deaths per year of war. While I
Continue readingToday is Holocaust Remembrance Day. I'm a little late, but it's really never too late to remember not to forget. In a weirdly hopeful sign, there might be a small corner in Egypt — of all places — that isn't forgetting: A new book which does not deny the Holocaust
Continue readingI love it when people hostile to the current administration get onto every TV show and garner column inches in every newspaper to voice their complaints about censorship and suppression. Irony doesn't seem to be an operative word in their vocabulary. These same people are always remarkably quiet when the
Continue readingAs the mother of a very masculine little boy, I spend a lot of time thinking about (and some time blogging about) what makes for a good manly man. In the "what not to do" category, I've been reading Kate O'Beirne's Women Who Make the World Worse : and How
Continue readingWhen I was in high school, there was a bouncy pop song called "Cruel to be kind." In it, the male singer complained about how his girl hurt him, and quoted her explanation for the pain she cause: Cruel to be kind, in the right measure Cruel to be kind,
Continue readingShe wasn't a close friend, but she was someone I knew for many years. Her husband is a braver man than I. I doubt I'll see the movie: Despite the horror depicted on the big screen, San Rafael's Jack Grandcolas gives Universal Pictures' newest release, "United 93," a rousing thumbs-up
Continue readingMark Steyn turns his gimlet eye and rich prose on the climate change furor. After noting that the Left's fear of nuclear annihilation vanished about the time Reagan left the White House and North Korea got the bomb, he discusses the rich nuances of the current climate change debate on
Continue readingBaseball, baseball and more baseball today. My son has just started coach pitch, and we seemed to have spent hours watching darling little boys repeatedly missing balls, hitting fouls, wiggling their loose teeth, staring into space, watching in surprise as balls rolled between their feet, getting into tussles with members
Continue readingThis is one of a series of breathtaking rainbow pictures taken in McFall, Missouri this February. You should definitely see the rest, which are here: Hat tip: Crossing the Rubicon. FacebookTweet
Continue readingYesterday, I blogged about a bill in the California Legislature aimed, essentially, at creating a Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender History month, akin to Black History Month and Women's day, and whatever other day or month identity politics has co-opted. I've been thinking a lot about that since yesterday, and wondering why it bothers
Continue readingI still haven't been able to get the wonderful Day By Day cartoon to appear as a regular feature on my blog, but today's was so funny, I'll post it special: FacebookTweet
Continue readingJust a quick observation. After 9/11, when Bush showed such strong resolve regarding Afghanistan, and his critics began to amp up the rhetoric about his religious beliefs, I used to joke that these insults might have an unexpected side effect vis a vis those hostile to America. While you and
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