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On Rudeness and Incivility

What do you mean Americans have gotten ruder?”: “Poll after poll has been showing it in recent years. More than 70 percent of the respondents questioned in an Associated Press poll believe people are ruder than they were 20 or 30 years ago.”:  “Why would that be?”: “Life is moving faster these days. Companies are employing technology […]

Dems Fundraising Off Benghazi, Too

While the Democratic Party has sent out spokesweasel Debbie Wasserman “I see nothing, I know nothing” Schultz and willing sycophants to shame Republicans into refraining from fundraising over the Benghazi scandal, the Democrats themselves have been doing just that. Mugging for the press wearing well-rehearsed expressions of sincerity, Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), “Fundraising off the […]

MugShotMary.com vs. BobProtectedRapists.com

There are certain elections that make you want to wash your hands before voting. And that usually has something to do with the candidates. In California’s 10th Senate District, two Democrats who have served in the California Assembly want to fill the state Senate seat of termed-out Ellen Corbett. Former Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi is best-known […]

Angry Conservative Birds Need to Flock Together

Stop listening to so much conservative talk radio.: Take a break. Watch a cartoon. Go to a ballgame.: Do anything else for a while but think, talk or argue about politics.:  Do what I do and listen to country music instead. I guarantee you won’t be so angry all the time.: That’s what I told a bunch of […]

Police: Man Starved Dog To Death To Punish Ex

A Phoenix man starved his ex-girlfriend’s dog to death when his attempts to reconcile with her failed, police say. He has now been arrested on animal cruelty charges. The man, Luis Moreno, sent the woman a text message that read: “Wiggles is dead, I hope your happy b****.” The ploy worked and his ex called […]

DNC Party Chair: “Senseless and Wrong” to Punish Men Who Force Women To Have Abortions

Can someone explain to the Democratic Party that being “pro-choice” shouldn’t mean supporting the “choice” of men to force an abortion upon unwilling women? Democratic Party Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz says it’s “senseless and wrong” to punish men who use violence or trickery to make their partners abort.   The Florida legislature passed a law […]

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The National: September 11: Memorial and Museum, recently dedicated by President Obama, has been fraught with controversy from the beginning. As one cultural historian summed it up, the museum has too many stakeholders trying to achieve too many irreconcilable goals. Among the cross purposes are the victims’ families’ resistance to the memorial, the presence of the Ground […]

The Revolt of the Wingers in British and American Politics

In recent times, British and American politics have often flowed in parallel currents. Margaret Thatcher’s election as prime minister in 1979 was followed by Ronald Reagan’s election as president in 1980. As Charles Moore notes in his biography of Thatcher, the two worked together, albeit with some friction, reversing the tide of statism at home […]

Favoring Teachers’ Unions Over Students

Education has become a major issue in the Texas governor’s race, with six months to go.: The differing approaches unveiled by the two major candidates for governor tell us a lot.: An examination of Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis’ education reform proposal shows the plan clearly refuses to increase accountability and competition in the public education system, […]

Feds To Spend $24.5 Million To Circumcise Men In Swaziland

Your tax dollars, put to good use, or something: The United States Agency for International Development is planning to spend $24.5 million to circumcise an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 male infants and males aged 10 to 49 in the kingdom of Swaziland by 2018. The Kingdom of Swaziland has the highest rates of HIV in […]

USDA Orders Submachine Guns With 30 Round Magazines And Body Armor

Do you have any idea how dangerous rogue field corn can be? : I mean, the: USDA: totally needs this: A May 7th solicitation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeks “the commercial acquisition of submachine guns [in] .40 Cal. S&W.” According to the solicitation, the Dept. of Agriculture wants the guns to have an “ambidextrous safety, semiautomatic […]

Union Places Own Interests Above That of Members

When one thinks about unions, one usually assumes that it is an organization geared toward guarding the interests of its members, the average, every day worker. But in Michigan that notion seems almost quaint. No, in Michigan, the unions are guarding the interests of union bigwigs and actually dealing away the benefits of members to […]

Organic Farming Makes No Sense

Organic farming, like all things progressive, flatters the moral vanity of liberals. Also like all things progressive, it is pernicious — even according to liberal values. Believe in man-made global warming? Then you might be interested to know that “wide-scale composting generates significant amounts of greenhouse gases such as methane and nitrous oxide.” Of more […]

De Blasio Refunds $1 Million to Sponsors of Immigrants on Welfare

Socialist NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio is accomplishing the seemingly impossible — he is proving himself to be even worse than his predecessor: In a reversal of his predecessor’s policy, Mayor de Blasio has quietly stopped requiring immigrants’ sponsors to repay the city if the people they helped go on welfare. De Blasio is also […]