As you’d expect, I’ve spent a lot of time arguing with left-wingers. As a result of those discussions, I’ve learned a lot of the little tricks the left — and yes, sometimes those on the right — like to use when arguments are going against them. Here are some of those techniques… 1): Attack The Messenger:: Instead […]

There are some things that you really shouldn’t have to explain to people. You know, like don’t put your hand on a hot stove, don’t spit into the wind, and don’t buy into the notion that Jews “rule the world by proxy”. Of course, that’s a reference to the now infamous speech that ex-Malaysian Prime […]

“(U)nhinged and creepy lunacy is spreading like a virus through the left and not just on the fringes. Snapping them out of it is nearly impossible. Reminding them of 9/11 doesn’t help, it’s already an irrelevant historical event to them that no longer has anything to do with what we’re doing today. They will generally […]

For those few of you who are unfamiliar with the divisive debate about abortion, let me fill in some of the details for you. You see, for the most part, the argument revolves around when life begins. Those of us who are staunchly opposed to abortion believe life begins at conception. So for us, in […]

The news that Eastman Kodak is preparing to file for bankruptcy, after being the leading photographic company in the world for more than a hundred years, truly marks the end of an era. The skills required to use the cameras and chemicals required by the photography of the mid-19th century were far beyond those of […]

Whom should we nominate to represent the GOP in a fight against President Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election? I believe the name of the candidate that fills the majority of the answers in 10 particular questions deserves your vote. Last week, I discussed the first five questions. (If you haven’t read those, please […]

We’ve been dealing with liberal media bias for years, but George Stephanopoulos’ performance in the Republican presidential debate Saturday night in New Hampshire was particularly egregious. In many of these MSM-moderated debates, liberal moderators have tried to stir up personal fights between candidates, which diverts our focus from more important issues and, before national television […]

Only a fool believes that all those with whom he differs are bad people. Moreover, just about all of us live the reality — often within our own family — of knowing good and loving people with whom we strongly differ on political, religious, social and economic issues. That said, I have come to believe […]

LISBON, Portugal — When the Republican presidential candidates tire of bashing each other, perhaps they will start addressing the expansion of radical Islam. Only Rick Santorum raised the issue in last Saturday’s debate in New Hampshire. Next door in Spain, two new satellite TV stations recently signed on. They won’t be airing “Judge Judy,” but […]

The most underreported and unexplored story of the entire presidential campaign has been John Kerry’s time as an anti-war protester. Here’s a guy who is selling himself to the American public as Sgt. York reincarnated and yet the same press which spent weeks hyperventilating over the unsupported & insubstantial “George Bush AWOL” story has shown […]

Many conservatives, myself included, would probably be accused of anti-intellectualism because we, like William F. Buckley, “would rather be governed by the first 300 names in the Boston telephone book than by the faculty of Harvard University”. However, I believe the term “anti-intellectualism” is a misnomer. Conservatives aren’t hostile to intellectuals per se, many of […]

Two items have burst onto the media stage this week: A movie called The Iron Lady about one of the greatest women in history — former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — and a growing European recall of breast implants in danger of exploding. I wonder what the former would say about the latter. Did […]

There are at least two things that make it very difficult to accurately evaluate historical events. The first is that hindsight is 20/20. In other words, we tend to judge what happened in the past without taking into account all of the knowledge that we have acquired after the fact. For example, when we look […]