Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The past week has reinforced one of the most important rules in life and politics: Never give a Leftist an opening. Block him at every turn or you lose. Never give a Leftist an opening about Israel. As I mentioned earlier, I had the pleasure of attending the 14th Annual
Continue readingAlthough some children right up through their teenage years are outliers, for the most part their political views and statements tend to be what they hear at home. During the Bush era, the neighborhood kids ran around chanting “Bush is evil.” In 2008, elementary school children proudly announced “I’m going
Continue readingMy two favorite Shakespeare plays are Julius Caesar and Much Ado About Nothing. I’m also quite partial to Richard III. My least favorite Shakespeare play is Romeo and Juliet. Sure, I know that R&J has some of the most exquisite prose and poetry in the English language. Indeed, I think
Continue readingAs the mother of the Obama government’s Plan B (aka “Morning After Pill”) demographic, I have strong feelings about the move to let 15 year olds just go to the store and buy the stuff. The Watcher’s Council has a forum up on that subject and, as always, Council members
Continue readingBrain-Dead Teen, Only Capable Of Rolling Eyes And Texting, To Be Euthanized
Continue readingDon Quixote and I dined at McDonald’s today. Usually, the employees are Hispanic. Their English is fractured, but the service is competent and friendly. Today, we had a young Caucasian boy, who looked to be around 17 or 18. He did not look as if he had a disability. (I
Continue readingI’m surrounded by tweens and teens, so I can attest to this poem’s accuracy: Hat tip: The New Editor
Continue readingRepublican voters, struggling to decide which candidate will best handle the myriad problems facing America under the Obama regime — problems that include a stagnant economy, a collapsing Europe, a boiling Middle East, etc. — were treated to a New Hampshire debate that focused on . . . birth control.
Continue readingI have been brooding about an article I read the other day, one that describes the brave new world of job interviews. According to the Wall Street Journal, many companies, having recognized that traditional interview techniques aren’t necessarily a good way to determine whether someone is right for the job,
Continue readingEvery time I return from a Navy League or Navy event, I lament the fact that we in the civilian world do not get to wear our honors and accomplishments on our hats, shoulders, chests or sleeves. The fact that there is no official boasting mechanism in my suburban Mom
Continue readingThis is the kind of thing my kids have to suffer through: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxvUYivCMpE[/youtube]
Continue readingThis is an entirely hypothetical scenario, because my daughter is only 12, and I’m not planning on her dating for at least another fifteen or twenty years, if not more. However, the sad fact is that, contrary to my entirely reasonable wishes, the dating scene is going to start in
Continue readingSoccer Dad, who has a wonderful blog here, sent me a nice email agreeing with the points I made in my Biology will have its way post. He added an anecdote about Planned Parenthood: “The archdiocese of Baltimore announced that it would pay for counseling for women who had undergone
Continue readingOne of the things the feminists insist upon is absolute equality, whether that means depriving men of the opportunity to participate in college sports simply because there aren’t enough women to create parity, something that’s now being done in the sciences as well; or allowing women to engage in sexual
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