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Few social scientists, and even fewer political scientists, have done as much to improve American life as James Q. Wilson, who died last week at age 80. His name is familiar to three decades of college students who studied the American government textbook he co-authored, though one wonders whether they would recall it without the […]
Perhaps because there is this perception that the availability of birth control devices — for free! — is a winning issue for democrats this election year, suddenly it’s all contraceptives, all the time. That could be because a winning issue for democrats exists nowhere else. We’re out of toothpaste: Contraceptives. Case of hemmarhoids: Contraceptives. Car […]
I’m a little Trog-heavy this week, which I usually try not to be. But what the hell. Click the links under each picture if you need a little more explanation about what it means. Link: Trog. Link: Trog again. Link: Enterprise Blog. Link: Pundette. Link: Steve Prestegard. Link: Trog yet again. Link: Obi’s Sister. Link: […]
Whew! (Rush Limbaugh) For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke. I think it is absolutely absurd that during these […]
This is not a defense of Rush Limbaugh. Rush can take care of himself. This is about a much bigger problem within a much bigger picture. Have you seen the latest hit piece on Yahoo’s Destination 2012 web-site by David Crary of the Associated Press? Not surprisingly, this latest salvo is aimed directly at Rush […]
Though the Obama administration’s decision to force church-based institutions to provide “access” to contraception as part of their health plans was intolerant and unconstitutional and gratuitously divisive, events have proved the move to be brilliant politics. The White House later came up with a phony compromise — one that allows church-affiliated employers to opt out […]
Thatisall. File it away under “Say it and watch liberal heads go pop.” Update: The Great One caves in. Partially. But it’s still a cave-in. My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word […]
Obama and his campaign apparatus have been filling the minds of possible campaign donors with calumnies and untruths about the left’s newest, favorite whipping boys: the Koch brothers. Typical of left-wing demagogues, most of what Obama has been saying about the two libertarian leaning businessmen is simply untrue. But that doesn’t seem to stop him […]
…with my little video camera. Tommy Thompson, perhaps better known as Tommy!, who served 14 years as Wisconsin’s governor before leaving to serve as Dubya’s HHS secretary. He’s 70 years old, if I’m doing my math right, but still has that old Tommy!-ness going for him. Here’s a few short clips from his speech today. […]
Well the feds shuffled a few papers, peeked into a desk drawer or two at MF Global, and shockingly found nothing criminal with which to charge Jon Corzine, or anyone else. $1.2 billion dollars in customer money went poof! and federal investigators have been “unable to find a smoking gun.” As if Eric Holder’s Injustice […]
The reaction on the right to the Harriet Miers nomination has ranged from tepid support, to bitter disappointment, to outrage and calls for Miers to withdraw. Here’s a sample of just some of the negative commentary on Miers from the right. “Given her lack of experience, does anyone doubt that Ms. Miers’s only qualification to […]
Ah, how times change Anyhow What can U.S. do to halt rising gas prices? Not much Rising gas prices are always a bad thing for an incumbent president, especially one heading into a tough re-election battle. But President Obama admitted in a speech in Miami recently that there’s not all that much he can do […]
Actually, it is kind of a bummer, because 1300 are being laid off, and I’d be surprised if they were all rehired once they restart the lines (The Hill) General Motors has temporarily suspended production of its Volt electric car, the company announced Friday. GM, which is based in Detroit, announced to employees at one […]
Since we haven’t found WMD in Iraq, a lot of the anti-war/anti-Bush crowd is saying that the Bush administration lied about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. Well, if they’re going to claim that the Bush administration lied, then there sure are a lot of other people, including quite a few prominent Democrats, who have told […]
“How about that for the next Kerry-Edwards bumper sticker? “Three-quarters of us don’t trust him on terror, but only 60 percent of us think he’d be incompetent in any international crisis.” “Interestingly, the elite (and increasingly unwatched) media always make “mistakes” in the same direction. They never move too quickly to report a story unfavorable […]
The best way to win in politics is to choose the right opponent. When your opponent is making a strong effort to get one particular candidate nominated to be his adversary in the general election, it’s worth paying attention. Clearly, in Michigan — where Democrats could and did vote in the Republican primary — there […]
When a whirlwind dies, there is a sudden quiet. Los Angeles last Thursday was deathly silent. Andrew Breitbart — the conservative gadfly-blogger-entrepreneur — died at the age of 43. He just crumpled on a Westwood sidewalk, in full view of other pedestrians. Breitbart — besides being a unique media figure who in many ways changed […]
On June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Sumner commented on what is now considered the most famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln. In his eulogy on the slain president, he called it a “monumental act.” He said Lincoln was mistaken that “the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here.” Rather, the Bostonian […]
“(C)ompassion is defined not by how many people are on the government dole but by how many people no longer need government assistance.” — P.2 “(T)he USA is the greatest nation, not because Americans are inherently superior but because its government was founded on principles which seek to allow maximum individual achievement.” — P.3 “Folks, […]
It is sad that to be a left-winger is to be a hatemonger, but the death of conservative media activist Andrew Breitbart has certainly brought out those true colors of the left. The giddiness displayed and cheering indulged by America’s leftists over the fact that Mr. Breitbart died late Wednesday night has been shrill, disgusting, […]
“Sportsmanship…what a load of crap, don’t preach your morality to me. Steve Austin doesn’t have any mercy… you want mercy? Take your *ss to church!” — Steve Austin “You can talk about your Psalms and your John 3:16. Well, Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your *ss.” – Steve Austin “Vince Mcmahon may have bought […]
At least Jimmy Carter attempted to sorta say he cared about high gas prices. Obama can’t even work up a bit of empathy (NY Times) With his re-election fate increasingly tied to the price Americans are paying at the gas pump, President Obama asked Congress on Thursday to end $4 billion in subsidies for oil […]
I’m not sure about you, but I find it interesting that so many Democrat/liberal policies seem revolve around population reduction, particularly in the Black community (CNS News) Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a House panel Thursday that a reduction in the number of human beings born in the United States will compensate […]
Look, I don’t really give a sh*t what you do with your life, and I want government out of my bedroom as much as the next female of child-bearing age. But — and let’s be clear about this — that includes me not paying for your bad decisions, in the bedroom or anywhere else. –: Emily […]
“Let’s support children who do exist.” Oh, that reminds me. The great atheist Richard Dawkins acknowledges that God might exist. In that spirit, shouldn’t pro-choice people acknowledge that children in the womb might exist? But the big question, in both cases, is: What are you going to do about it? — Ann Althouse “I used […]
They’re baaaaaaack. Barack Obama’s election-year goon squad kicked into high gear this week by kicking the president’s fiercest opponents in the teeth and targeting their pocketbooks. Returning to bully business as usual, the Obama campaign launched a brazen salvo against two prominent conservative critics and their legions of private citizen donors. Let’s be clear (to […]
Andrew Breitbart’s heart was too big to fail, but it did anyway. If you don’t know who Breitbart was, you haven’t been paying attention. A conservative activist, entrepreneur, author, muckraker, media pioneer and performance artist of sorts, in his heart he was a radical. His friends saw him as a fearless truth-teller and provocateur. (The […]
