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February 2008

February 21, 2008

Bush and Hillary are both dancing

President Bush and Hillary Clinton are both shuffling their feet, but only one of them...

February 15, 2008

Fascist? "You keep using that word…"

[Vizzini has just cut the rope The Dread Pirate Roberts is climbing up] Vizzini: HE...

February 10, 2008

Substance over Nothing and more

Jonah Goldberg has an insightful piece up at NRO that compares and contrasts Republicans and...

February 08, 2008

Hillary's righteous anger, Bill's obliviousness – UPDATED

Hillary Clinton has every right to be seriously teed off at MSNBC and David Shuster:...

February 07, 2008

Tim Blair is back!

Blue Crab has the news and notes that Blair is maintaining a sense of humor....

February 05, 2008

Ahem – Don't. Doubt. Me.

Heh. If Rush can say it, I can too, and it will sound prettier. ;-)...

February 03, 2008

Frozen Grand Central

Via Elder Son: From ImprovEverywhere.com over 200 people freeze in place on cue in Grand...

January 2008

January 24, 2008

2 ummm…unusual post from the Catholics

First up, Deacon Greg has no idea if this rant was really written by a...

January 23, 2008

Boycott ESPN? Praying is more powerful

I'm getting inundated with email from angry Catholics and other Christians about ESPN anchorwoman Dana...

January 18, 2008

Election ’08, Dems: Mocking, Memes & Apologies

You know, I might be better at this political analysis stuff than I knew. A...

January 18, 2008

Election '08, Dems: Mocking, Memes & Apologies

You know, I might be better at this political analysis stuff than I knew. A...

January 16, 2008

Hillary disenfranchising? Press does not care.

In Michigan yesterday, Hillary "won" by having her opponents basically thrown off the ballot (a...

January 15, 2008

Ezra Levant fighting the good fight

Little Green Footballs links to videos of newspaper publisher Ezra Levant answering for the apparent...

January 10, 2008

Election 2008: American Glasnost

Dick Meyer has some thoughtful analysis today. It moves beyond the incessant (and exaggerated) "Hillary...

January 10, 2008

Liberal Fascism stirring waters.

Wrote about Jonah's book earlier this week. Apparently, as Glenn Reynolds points out, some chuckleheads...

November 2007

November 13, 2007

Defining America & her culture

This nation, built by the beloved ‘wretched refuse’ from the four corners of the earth,...

November 02, 2007

Jonah has more debate questions for Hillary

Jonah Goldberg is offering debate moderators some fair and interesting questions they can ask Hillary...

November 01, 2007

Iraq War & Warming: A Study in Irony – UPDATED

It occurs to me that there is a delicious irony playing out before our very...

October 2007

October 30, 2007

Modest proposals & the Coulter fans

Okay, I'm going to say it. I am a Catholic, and my vision of a...

October 26, 2007

Cuba, Bush and “The Lives of Others”

Jay Nordlinger's column is one of the few places I've seen extensive coverage of President...

October 11, 2007

Now Coulter and the Jews? – UPDATED

I've written before about Ann Coulter's untamed mouth and how she manages to weaken her...

October 09, 2007

Muscle relaxants are niiiice…**

ADDENDUM**Take prescribed medicines only as prescribed.** Sigh. Well. So, my back has been bothering me...

September 2007

September 26, 2007

A Madman or a Roman Catholic; the difference?

I recall reading an article once, by I-forget-now, but the fellow who wrote it told...

September 26, 2007

Saffron Revolution heating up

The Burmese monks are being fired upon, at least four Buddhist monks are dead, many...

August 2007

August 01, 2007

“Stuff you prolly ain’t seen” round-up

Let's take a turn around the internets, shall we, and what's fun and/or informative out...

June 2007

June 19, 2007

Vatican road rules; Rushdie, a conventless nun and more

Just yesterday I dared to confess my miserable mutterings as I drive: Driving this morning...

June 12, 2007

Gay Marriage, Hate Speech, Good Lord.

:::UPDATE::: CALIFORNIA PASSES GAY MARRIAGE::: MY THOUGHTS here :::END UPDATE:::: Let's put this in chronological...

May 2007

May 29, 2007

Sheehan’s usefulness played out, she’s gone

So, Cindy Sheehan's overlong 15 minutes have come to a slightly whiney close as she...

May 29, 2007

Global Warming: Still Hoohah

Kobayashi Maru has a great post up on Byrnes, too, and a few things occur...

May 28, 2007

Choosing liberty

Over time, free nations grow stronger and dictatorships grow weaker...Freedom honors and unleashes human creativity...