Aug
31
A tale of two Kennedys
August 31, 2009 | 9 Comments
Kathryn Lopez links to an excellent (no, really) Ross Douthat column that puts into perspective the different lives of a pair of Kennedy siblings. For abortion opponents, cruel ironies abounded in this sibling disagreement. Because of Eunice Shriver’s work with the developmentally disabled, a group of Americans who had once been marginalized and hidden away [...]
Aug
5
This guy gets it
August 5, 2009 | 2 Comments
I’ve often wondered what the point of running for Congress was if, upon election, you basically sold out all your principles. What’s the point of winning if you’re not actually going to vote for or against legislation based on what you think is best for your constituents and for the Nation at large? Is it [...]
Mar
20
The morning ICCI
March 20, 2009 | 3 Comments
I have decided to come up with a simple little term for the posts related to President Obama: the ICCI. It stands for: incompetence, corruption, and constitutional ignorance. At the end of each day I will have a post detailing all the news related to President Obama that fits into these categories. I should not [...]
Mar
19
One for the Palin bashers
March 19, 2009 | Comments Off
Courtesy of Jay Anderson, here is a totally on-point column from Noemie Emery. Now that the Obama presidency is nearing the 60-day mark, it’s time to thank those fastidious scribes on the left and the right who worked so hard to warn us against Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, and the dire things that would surely [...]
Nov
4
Good use of technology
November 4, 2008 | Comments Off
Wow. It’s election night, and CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer is in New York talking to an Obama campaign strategist in Chicago. But instead of the split screen or window TV viewers might typically see during live remote interviews, the Obama spokesperson will be projected as a three-dimensional hologram, making it appear as if he or [...]
Nov
4
Live blogging
November 4, 2008 | Comments Off
I’ll be chiming in time to time tonight here and on Southern Appeal. My tv and computer are in different rooms, and I’ll be having some company over, so I probably won’t be blogging up a storm. Besides, I need to save some ammo for the post-mortems. But check in and I’ll be sure to [...]
Nov
4
In case of voter fraud
November 4, 2008 | Comments Off
I filled in my absentee ballot a week ago, so I got to miss out on all the fun of waiting for hours in line to vote today. Anyway, if you note any irregularities today: fraud, intimidation, violence, or electioneering, call 866-976-VOTE, and report what you saw. Oh, and don’t forget to vote. Unless you’re [...]
Nov
3
The people who decide elections . . .
November 3, 2008 | 6 Comments
And then determine the fate of our country, and perhaps the fate of the free world, are people like this: Sheen, of Lincoln, Nebraska, says his vote is coming down to one issue: abortion. Sheen says he’s “definitely pro-life” and he’s trying to decide whether Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain is more in [...]
Nov
3
They hate life
November 3, 2008 | 1 Comment
With the election a day away, it’s helpful to remind ourselves that there is a portion of the population that is unrelentingly hateful. They do not merely have different views on abortion and life issues – no, they are active enemies of the culture of life. And if Barack Obama wins tomorrow, and if Congressional [...]
Oct
31
Is he trying to help or hurt Obama?
October 31, 2008 | Comments Off
Doug Kmiec’s descent into madness has been one of the most awful spectacles of the election season. Evidently, he ain’t done yet. A top advisor to Barack Obama says, if elected president, the Democratic candidate will look to appoint Supreme Court justices in the mold of Justices Stephen Breyer and David Souter. “Of course, he’s [...]
Oct
30
George Will: Clueless
October 30, 2008 | 4 Comments
The meltdown of George Will into a bitter, angry scold has been one of the saddest things to witness over the past few years. Every now and then he has offered constructive criticism, but it is clear that he is a shell of what he once was. The latest example is this article. From the [...]
Oct
30
Is this really surprising?
October 30, 2008 | Comments Off
Yet another non-conservative is jumping on the Obama bandwagon. The author of the End of History makes the latest awful argument for Obama. When Fukayama actually gets something right, then maybe I’ll consider what he has to say. Not only was his thesis in The End of History wrong, the book was just riddled with [...]
Oct
29
Rethinking Sarah Palin
October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment
Now that I have finally earned my Ph.D. and am officially a part of the Inside the Beltway intellectual elite, it’s time I reconsidered my support for the McCain/Palin ticket, especially because of the presence of the intellectual lightweight Sarah Palin’s on the ticket. I don’t know that I can support a Vice Presidential candidate [...]
Oct
27
Redistribution and the Court
October 27, 2008 | 4 Comments
Well here’s an interesting bit of audio from 2001. “If you look at the victories and failures of the civil rights movement and its litigation strategy in the court. I think where it succeeded was to invest formal rights in previously dispossessed people, so that now I would have the right to vote. I would [...]
Oct
27
Eerily prescient
October 27, 2008 | 2 Comments
The other day Jay Anderson put forward the theory that perhaps – perhaps – Mitt Romney was behind the anti-Pailin whisper campaign among conservatives. What needs to happen for Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential aspirations to remain viable? Primarily, at least 2 things: (1) McCain needs to lose, and (2) Sarah Palin has to be seen [...]
Oct
24
Unconstrained vs. constrained vision
October 24, 2008 | 2 Comments
Peter Robinson discusses his interview with Thomas Sowell, where Sowell elaborates on his 1987 book, A Conflict of Visions. Robinson sums up the book’s major thesis: Then there is Thomas Sowell, the economist and political philosopher. He prefers an older way of looking at American politics–a much older way. In his classic 1987 work, A [...]
Oct
24
Krauthammer for McCain
October 24, 2008 | Comments Off
Despite his less than enthusiastic reaction to Sarah Palin, I don’t think Charles Krauthammer’s vote was really ever in question. Still, it’s good to see him take it to some of his fellow conservative journalists. Contrarian that I am, I’m voting for John McCain. I’m not talking about bucking the polls or the media consensus [...]
Oct
23
Who is being partisan?
October 23, 2008 | Comments Off
One of the funny things about the post below regarding the Knights for Obama is that they whine about partisanship, and yet I think a fairly good argument can be made that is they who are engaging in blatant partisanship. First of all, as Baron Korf writes in the comments below: Tacit Endorsement = Bad [...]
Oct
23
This is getting scary
October 23, 2008 | 15 Comments
Truly a horrific story: The McCain volunteer Ashley Todd, 20, of College Station, Texas, was robbed at an ATM then had the letter “B” carved on her face by her Obama-supporting robber. McCain has called the Ashley’s family– The attacker said the mugger was screaming about McCain when he beat her. Tolerant liberals at work. [...]
Oct
23
Sadly this is not a parody
October 23, 2008 | 7 Comments
I might have to brush off my old “Catholics for Satan” post because we have a new group in town: Knights of Columbus for Obama. Here’s their little whine at the outset: Our organization is responding to those who have tarnished the great reputation of the Knights of Columbus by dragging its 1.3 million members [...]