I tell you, politics doesn’t get a whole lot better than this. First, we have Barack “I inherited this mess from Bush” Obama telling high school students to take responsibility for their own actions and to not blame others for their failures. Don’t believe me? How exactly can one be so completely unaware of the […]
A bunch of high school students from one of the local public schools got together and wrote a letter to the editor of the San Luis Obispo Tribune. After reading the missive, one wonders what they’re teaching young people today. We are writing to protest the law that targets illegal immigrants in Arizona. Amnesty International […]
I’d added some Kate Beckinsale movies to my Netflix queue a few months ago, and this one finally made it to the top of my list and into the mailbox. “Nothing But The Truth” is loosely based upon the Valerie Plame “scandal.” The focus of the story is Beckinsale’s character, reporter Rachel Armstrong (whose rough […]
If you're reading this, it means you've arrived at the new host for my blog. If things look messy, I hope to have them fixed in short order. Apparently my blog has achieved a certain size and degree of complexity that I can't really set it up until it's "live." So, forgive the mess. Things […]
Most blog readers (left and right) are probably familiar with undercover journalist/provocateur James O'Keefe. He's the guy who captured video of ACORN employees all too eager to help a pimp and a prostitute set up a house of ill repute -- such ill repute that it also involved sex-trafficking of underage girls. The story was […]
It’s been said that familiarity breeds contempt. This is certainly true of how many on the left perceive Christianity – and conversely Islam. From “comedienne” Rosie O’Donnell’s famous statement that “radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam” to the tarring of the entire pro-life religious movement as dangerous because one nut goes and […]
A couple of decades back, “new” math was all the rage in certain parts of the educational establishment. In “new” math, students were praised for their work irrespective of whether that work produced a correct answer. In short, the one thing that “new” math ensured was that students didn’t learn math. Today’s Wall Street Journal […]
A study in Econ Journal Watch of major American economists and their stated views on budget deficits finds just one whose views change drastically depending upon whom is in residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
American Enterprise Institute’s Michael Rubin offers a scorecard to identify the people we should be talking to.
All Tim Kaine’s spinning won’t be able to obfuscate the fact that the economy is unlikely to be much improved come election day.