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June 2009

June 11, 2009

Palin's Pipeline Gets Last Laugh?

With the countless words being written about David Letterman's foolish, boorish and uncalled for "jokes"...

June 10, 2009

Lileks on Letterman on Palin – UPDATED

If you have missed it, the old rule that you don't go after a politicians...

April 2009

April 16, 2009

Why Susan Boyle matters so much

It's not because of her magnificent voice, although that gift from God is happily now...

February 2009

February 11, 2009

The $13 a week stimulus – UPDATED

Hey, $13 dollars is $13, I guess. In January that falls to $8. Here is...

January 2009

January 31, 2009

Why can't weeee be friends…"

I love this, from my Elder Son:

December 2008

December 04, 2008

Some questions from the mailbag

Q: Anchoress, I notice you're writing a lot about Advent and nothing about politics. A:...

November 2008

November 20, 2008

Christians & Gays & Proposition 8

My latest is up at Pajamas Media - my usual deathless pearls about the need...

November 03, 2008

Remember the Panhandle!

In 2000, the press declared the Florida polling places closed an hour before the precincts...

November 02, 2008

No Coal Power, No Questions in Obamaland – UPDATED

I don't know why the McCain camp is not running constant ads - at least...

October 2008

October 14, 2008

Vote fraud: The ACORN Breakdown

A few weeks ago, I emailed Jim at Gateway Pundit, who I recall having what...

October 13, 2008

Prom Queen of Love

Three beauties photographed by Carolyn Pass Got this great story from reader Frank, who found...

October 11, 2008

ACORN, Media & the Angry Right

We're watching the press out-and-out lie in its reportage. We're watching YouTube censor what may...

October 01, 2008

GOP: Hail Mary Pass or Go Home

I took a quick turn through the 'sphere and at my email and saw a...

September 2008

September 19, 2008

Palin s/b "gangraped by black men."

I'm down with a fever and likely this will be my only post for the...

September 17, 2008

Invading Palin's privacy – UPDATED

Remember in 2000, when Rick Lazio was running against Hillary Clinton for the NY Senate,...

September 17, 2008

Obama has a "troop-gate" – UPDATED

UPDATE II: Here is a long and anti-climactic denouement to this whole story. Bottom line:...

September 09, 2008

Psycho-Manipulation on Climate, Psychedelic!

Graphic via Beldar My latest piece for Pajamas Media, entitled, Psychologists Want to Purge Your...

September 08, 2008

Over Palin; not "hypocrisy," you never knew us – UPDATED

As Gov Sarah Palin is getting an actual fair shake in a NY Times piece...

September 03, 2008

Running Sarah Palin Thread of Hate & Doooom!

I'm liveblogging the RNC convention and the Giuliani/Palin speeches here Regarding Gov. Sarah Palin, the...

September 01, 2008

Sew the Scarlet A for Sarah Palin! – UPDATED

Palin in March, "wearing her pregnancy suit" You know, my instinct is to not even...

August 2008

August 31, 2008

Palin: Bad Mother, Bad Woman

What in the world has happened to liberal/Democrat values in the last 48 hours? It...

August 08, 2008

Linking around…

A 9 minute video is usually not my speed, but this one's clever and fast-moving....

August 06, 2008

Meyer: Why We Hate Us

Through his columns, first at CBS and now at NPR, Dick Meyer has provided this...

August 04, 2008

If it's Monday…

If it's Monday, I am hopefully sleeping in and then facing a leisurely breakfast before...

July 2008

July 28, 2008

Obama, you're no John Paul II – UPDATED

In pondering the question of whether or not Team Obama released for publication his prayer...

July 28, 2008

Obama's prayer: What's the truth, now? – UPDATED

:::UPDATE:::Okay, so after writing all the reasons why I believed Obama and his campaign meant...

July 21, 2008

Bravo, Drudge! Free Speech for McCain!

So, apparently the New York Times, on the heels of this Rasmussen Report which suggests...

July 21, 2008

Kosovo, Clinton and binladensa (continued)

Last week, in linking to Michael Totten's piece on Kosovo and its affection for Bill...

July 16, 2008

The Obama-groupie journalists

The article pretty much speaks for itself: WASHINGTON:( By Jim Rutenberg) Senator John McCain's trip...

July 12, 2008

George Willing America Right

I teased you about it last week, because I was just enjoying the book so...