As I watched the news coverage yesterday of Sen. John Kerry's veep selection, I was struck by the utter stupidity of NBC's instapoll on the subject. When asked who would do a better job of running the country, 45 percent said Edwards, while 38 percent said Cheney. That finding runs counter to Bush's answer Wednesday […]
By now this is old news -- sort of -- but last weekend Sen. John Kerry came out with a statement that had me dumbstruck. Kerry and I disagree on a lot of things -- most things -- but on this we agree: I oppose abortion, personally. I don't like abortion. I believe life does […]
National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru observes that what scares at least one former Clinton administration official most isn't Islamofacist terrorists, but conservative Christians. Many millions of Christians, Jews, Muslims, and other religious believers will reject Reich's witless rhetorical oppositions. One can believe in the political "primacy of the individual," the obligation of all people to answer […]
That forced perspective thing kinda stinks. The media is such a tease.
Today is a special two-fer day here at Hoystory. First, today is the obligatory banging of the tip jar day for the month of July. (June too, I don't think I banged the tip jar in June.) Second, today is my birthday. Happy birthday to me. If cold hard cash is your preferred gift of […]
I was going to refrain from beating up on Michael Moore for awhile just because it seemed like piling on. After all, sites like www.moorelies.com, www.bowlingfortruth.com and www.moorewatch.com, are doing a pretty good job of ensuring that the Oscar-winning filmmaker's propaganda doesn't go unchallenged. But then I read today's "column" by my favorite New York […]
I was checking out propagandist Michael Moore's Web site the other day and was surprised to find a page on how to help the soldiers. I was surprised, but then I took a closer look. Moore's "help" to the soldiers includes offering to send them free copies of his books or movies. I would encourage […]
You can find Evan Coyne Maloney's latest work on Bill Clinton here. Maloney went to Clinton's New York book signing and he's got some good stuff. You don't even have to get a minute into the video before you get this: Young woman: I told him (Clinton) he was an inspiration for me. Maloney: And […]
Columnist and blogger extraordinaire James Lileks answered the front door the other day and found a Kerry supporter on his stoop. A minor political note, if you�re interested in such things. The other day a young girl came to the door to solicit my support for her presidential candidate. I asked her why I should […]
The corrupt Jacques Chirac has, as he has opined before, "missed an opportunity to shut up." Chirac was angered at Bush's statement that the European Union should give Turkey a firm date for its admission to the group. France doesn't want Turkey to join and Turkey's biggest booster in the EU is Britain. It doesn't […]