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What do Al Hunt of Bloomberg News, David Gregory of “Meet the Press” and President Obama have in common — besides their liberal politics? They all send their kids to Sidwell Friends School. With campuses in Washington, D.C. and Bethesda, Md., the highly selective private school is where the Clintons and the Gores sent their […]
A little more than a month ago, 20 innocent children were savagely and senselessly slaughtered in their classroom at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, a fact now being used by an opportunistic president to further his agenda. That same day, 150 times that many innocent children were savagely and senselessly slaughtered in […]
It sat in my parents’ dining room for 30 years or more: an old oak stereo console with large speakers concealed by green fabric. It filled my childhood with a harmony and clarity we could use lots more of about now. Sundays after supper, the sweet smell of coffee and pot roast and pineapple upside-down […]
Ed Rendell, former Pennsylvania Governor and influential Democrat, drew no gasps of surprise or shocked response from his fellow liberal travelers when he recently articulated the left’s position that “the good thing about Newtown is, it was so horrific that I think it galvanized Americans to a point where the intensity on our side is […]
Once again, Conservatives have latched onto the bait tossed out by Progressives in their never-ending campaign to grab guns from the hands of law-abiding citizens. Gun control is just one aspect of the Progressive agenda; in essence, they want control of everyone and everything any way they can. Toward this end, they will tell you […]
In 2006, then-Senator Barack Obama inserted a speech into the Congressional Record decrying the increase in the debt ceiling that President Bush was asking for. It’s unfortunate that he didn’t actually deliver the speech, because it would have been a real stem-winder. “Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that ‘the buck […]
Like a lot of Californians, Stockton businessman Matt Davies, 34, expected that when Barack Obama was elected in 2008, the new administration would not prosecute medical marijuana dispensaries operating under a law passed by California voters in 1996. After all, as a candidate, Obama contended that he saw federal enforcement against medical marijuana as a […]
In the wake of the Connecticut school shooting, there is a desire to do something to try to prevent similar types of incidents from occurring again.: The liberals understand this, and have run with it.: They have run in the direction that feels good, but has no proof of effectiveness.: Conservatives have the solution that […]
No good deed goes unpunished in New York as the state has abruptly cut off a contract with the independent auditor who found that the city and state had been wasting federal money meant to be spent on Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. Thomas Sadowski, the fired consultant, told the Times Union that he was escorted […]
This past week, I wrote loquaciously about a mindset I’ve seen and heard, either with greater frequency in recent years, or with a constant frequency that I notice more acutely during that time. It is difficult to tell which, and this is often the confusion to be tolerated when one’s awareness increases. The mindset could […]
Been on a bit of a wild tear lately about thinking errors. liberals seem to regard skill and proclivity to deceive, as some kind of a desirable individual quality; they appear to see all other individual skills and exceptional attributes, as bad things (which was a re-do of my earlier post about cockiness); they prioritize […]
…should be renamed to “Just stop using any style that isn’t exactly like ours.” Some folks may be shocked by this, but not everyone is fond of Strunk & White. However, before I join in on the assault, let’s get something out of the way. As far as that particular critique goes, I’m actually on […]
What’s this say about the people who haven’t? From Moonbattery. Cross-posted at House of Eratosthenes.
Item: There exists a thread about global warming, in which someone said something pretty damn enlightening and educational. This has sent a jolt through the long-dead four hundred plus comments long thread, which had previously been lying dormant for half a year. Much of the rest of it is stupid. After everyone’s said their piece […]
ThinkProgress is highly indignant over it, and you’ll see so are some of the comment-writer-complainers over at the YouTube channel. “Highly offensive and inappropriate.” You’ve heard that if a conservative doesn’t like what’s on the radio, he turns the dial, whereas when a liberal doesn’t like it he wants the FCC to revoke the station’s […]
In comments under a previous post, rhjunior puts it all together, it’s one of my Mother’s favorite stories about the three blind men and the elephant (although, behind the link, I see it has become six blind men). Once upon a time, there lived six blind men in a village. One day the villagers told […]
Climate astrology at its best. The Reuters story is all about how Obama may deal with the Keystone Pipeline (which he will probably do his best to kill, despite being a way to provide tens of thousands of jobs here in the US) and Hotcoldwetdry, and provides this spiffy quote Michael Brune, executive director of […]
Fortunately, we can expect his push to have a short shelf life (The Hill) President Obama on Saturday called on Congress to act on his gun-control proposals. In his weekly address, the president said his administration has taken several steps this week to reduce gun violence. But lawmakers on Capitol Hill need to pass legislation […]
The finest American President of the 20th century was Ronald Reagan, but the greatest world leader during that time was Winston Churchill. Had the Brits not had a man of his caliber at the helm during World War II, world history may have turned out very differently. Not only was Churchill a great leader, he […]
My great-grandmother Jane Purcell had a wonderfully full life. Part of her story is revealed in the 1940 U.S. Census, which the National Archives and Records Administration made available online to the public in 2012 at: 1940census.archives.gov: . In 1940, Jane and some of her extended family resided at 1509 Orchlee in Brighton Heights. She was 71 […]
Over the past two months, Europe’s problems seem to have disappeared from the headlines. However, the new French Socialist government is pushing ahead with policies that favor significantly higher government spending, greater regulation of business and commerce, and severely higher taxes on high earners. The long term effects of these policies, which I believe will […]
Despite Obama’s promise to cut unnecessary regulations, his administration issued $236.7 billion in new regulations in 2012. According to a report by the American Action Forum, headed by former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the direct costs of the regulations force America’s businesses to waste 87 million man-hours to fill out regulatory paperwork. Adding […]
Recent events prove beyond reasonable doubt that members of the institutionalized “progressive” left are more than enthusiastic about attacking guns and gun owners.: True to their Alinsky roots, they are ready, willing and eager to demonize gun owners and Second Amendment proponents by disparagingly using the term “gun lobby” to describe them.: It is no […]
You wouldn’t let rattlesnakes into your house; why allow venous snakes like Chris Christie in your party? The latest outrage from the pork-scarfing RINO who repaid his precious keynote slot at the Republican National Convention by doing more than any other person to get Obama reelected: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, thought to be eyeing […]
There’s a reason why moving slow on legislation is good. : If it’s too big, or you do it too fast, you often complicate the problem. : New York has just passed the most stringent anti-gun laws on the books. : Yes, government did something! However, as progressives crack open the champagne, they forgot to exempt law enforcement […]
I’ve seen Facebook statuses from some of my liberal friends that go like this: First Amendment ≠Second Amendment. : No. There should be equal advocacy for honoring the entire Bill of Rights in American political discourse. : Only liberals seem to put things on graduated scale. : It makes things more palatable to their base to swallow, […]
My buddy Robert Stacy McCain over at The Other McCain took issue with National Review and one of my favorite columnists, Jonah Goldberg. Even though I didn’t agree with everything Stacy had to say, I thought he made some intriguing points, like…. The problem is not merely that National Review was aboard the Romney bandwagon […]
Yet another nail in the coffin of the climate astrologers, who we all know will fail to answer with science but instead will stick with their own cult like dogma while attacking the messenger and demonizing those who wrote the paper (The Hockey Schtick) A paper titled “Global Warming: A Geological Perspective,” published in Environmental […]