For those of you who are interested in Andrew Sullivan's brand of "conservatism," National Review's Jonah Goldberg reviews Sullivan's latest book. *UPDATE* Sullivan has responded here. There's one response that Sullivan makes to Goldberg's review that I'd like to highlight. Sullivan quotes page 120 of his book: To equate the astonishing rise of evangelical and […]
Apparently stupidity is rampant at Orange Coast College just up the I-5 in Orange County. Student leaders at a California college have touched off a furor by banning the Pledge of Allegiance at their meetings, saying they see no reason to publicly swear loyalty to God and the U.S. government. The move by Orange Coast […]
Just ask Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Connie Schultz, wife of Ohio Senator-elect Sherrod Brown. She notes that virtually every major Ohio daily, including The Plain Dealer, endorsed Republican Mike DeWine over her husband, yet Brown won the election handily. "So many reporters across the state kept coming up to me angry about their newspapers' editorials," […]
As of 3:17 a.m., it looks as though my father, Richard "Dick" Hoy will be one of the trustees of the Grossmont Union High School District Board. With the top 3 vote-getters winning seats, Hoy Sr. is currently 2nd behind Jim "Little Dictator" Kelly. Congratulations to Hoy Sr. It looks like the campaign will be […]
There will be a lot more written by everyone about everything in the coming days, so here are some tidbits that are on my mind: If Democrats end up taking the last two up-for-grabs Senate seats (Montana and Virginia) then watch out for the campaign to get Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman to pull a Jim […]
I went to the polls a little later in the day this year than I typically do. When I arrived, the local NBC affiliate was outside interviewing a Hispanic guy in Spanish -- probably over the Escondido mayoral and council races and their recent ordinance that prohibits renting apartments/houses to illegal immigrants. By the time […]
I'm kicking back in the San Marcos Panera Bread restaurant with its free wi-fi as I kill some time before going into work tonight for the late shift and I came across this gem: A poll worker was arrested Tuesday and charged with assault and interfering with an election for allegedly choking a voter and […]
I won't be doing much analysis of Tuesday's election until probably Thursday at the earliest. I'll be working late Tuesday putting out the Wednesday paper, so you can check all the usual suspects for all the usual commentary. I encourage you to exercise your right to vote. And one last reminder, for those of you […]
I commented last week that "true conservatism" to Andrew Sullivan means Andrew Sullivan's conservatism and that's not very conservative at all. Let me first say that I agree with just about every single one of df's criticisms of how the Republican Party has behaved in Washington, especially since George W. Bush became president. Yes, fiscal […]
Last week, Sen. John Kerry said the members of the U.S. military are stupid and uneducated. After two days and a shunning by his colleagues not seen since the days of Hester Prynne, Kerry apologized -- sort of. Kerry's apology was transparently insincere and it followed the template of insincere apologies by all politicians nowadays. […]