Rebecca Dana writes from the left about Keith Olbermann's temper tantrums on Al Gore's Current TV. Here's her attempt to...
This is a must-see. The video is so astounding that I thought she had to be in on the joke...
Clayton Cramer: there is something pretty darn scary about a situation developing where expressions of patriotism and national pride are...
In "The incentive behind GOP obstructionism", Washington Monthly columnist Benen writes: At first blush, it's tempting to think congressional Republicans...
A few days ago, I mused: I suppose the next "narrative" will be to explain why Cain isn't a "real"...
I agree, but not quite the way the author meant it... On the right, we're quite aware of what our...
Here's a common street-level view from the left, a random comment on an LA Times article bashing (who else?) Rick...
A friend of mine likes to mention that Republican-leaning "red states" (formerly called "blue states" before the 2000 election) consume...
Conservatives have a hard time getting their message out: their opponents have a virtual lock on the universities and schools,...
As someone who believes that capital punishment is sometimes appropriate, and that war shouldn't be treated as a police matter,...
Renee Girard was right: People are most united when they have a common scapegoat. A major source of civil conflict,...
The left demands that we abolish the death penalty; several arguments are cited: 1. The death penalty is a cruel...
From Tom Toles: Complete the following sentence: "Japan's nuclear power plants failed because of..." (a) Insufficient regulations. (b) An early...
Some troubling news from National Review: You can also peruse Tahrir Square in Cairo, where as many as a million...
Via Bookworm, a recent news snippet from San Francisco: Greg and Christy Baciocco, who have run NuStar Heating and Metal...
The governor of Alabama is in a whole heap of hot water today. Why? Because he believes orthodox Christian beliefs...
1. Quasi-respectable American leftist gets access to the foreign press. 2. American leftist tells foreign press absurd things which confirm...
From Gary Varvel: Choose one: A. The economy must be "built", like a road or bridge; it is a kind...
Helpfully illustrated by The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's David Horsey: Choose one: A. Everyone's property really belongs to the government. If the...
I'm listening to a podcast of "This American Life" — the episode on "Crybabies". Sometimes TAL can be non-partisan —...
This is a fairly old item, but still worth noting: A civil rights complaint has been filed against a woman...
I agree that Sarah Palin can be, or at least come off as (I'm recalling a certain debate with Biden)...
Interesting (well, perhaps "frustrating" is a better word) Rachel Maddow interview with a Republican citizen-politician candidate. ("I'm a scientist, not...
The new explanation is, of course, that risky mortgages were re-sold as commodities because of GREED by the RIGHT WING......
An editor of The Atlantic offers the world at large this bit of sage advice: "Don't Replace Larry Summers with...
I plan to update this as needed... Sept 16, 2010 - MSNBC rhetoric cited as primary influence for death threats...
A while ago, a left-leaning relative of mine was expressing her feelings of disgust towards Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who appears on...
Bookworm (among others) note Obama's odd off-the-cuff statement in Milwaukee: "Some powerful interests who had been dominating the agenda in...
Conservatives usually simply call themselves, as I do, "conservatives"; and will admit they hold views which are considered "right wing"...
Grab your pith helmets, boys and girls! It's Progressive Safari Time! Those living in New York City and other "liberal"...
This is a bit dated now, but here's the reaction of Gordon MacDonald (author of "Ordering Your Private World", a...
This is mainly a letter to Troy, in response to a comment of his. How the Left Views the Left...
One of the truly bizarre arguments I encounter from the left essentially boils down to claims that there is no-one...
Numerous left-leaning friends, associates, and relatives have argued that when religious people legislate or vote from their convictions, it "violates...
Steven Lubet in Salon apparently slept through the Bush years: American political discourse has gotten increasingly nasty over the past...
Via Instapundit, another mall vendor selling anti-Obama items has been evicted: Marsha Hammond, the mall's marketing director, has a different...
Is it important to embrace policies which help, rather than harm people? Is it at all important to tell the...
... over Palin, apparently: ... I'm not saying Sarah Palin did that. I'm just saying that there's this subliminal level,...
I've been hearing this narrative a lot: "President Obama is the real target of health care protesters, not policy." Yup:...
When "Jane Galt" first appeared in the wake of 9/11, I found her a refreshing and interesting libertarian voice. But,...
We're used hearing progressives and liberals claim they are motivated by generosity and caring, while their opponents are cold-hearted and...
Politico: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is taking heat from Johnson & Johnson, Nike and other corporate members over its...
One of the stranger characteristics I've observed in the left is the need to project or find all of one's...
"Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don't give it any value." So said a Canadian Human Rights...
Dr. Paul Krugman is a respected professor of economics -- one who has a column my country's most prestigious newspaper....
I was talking to a friend a work recently, and he implied that southern racists all switched parties and became...
If you have any friends, relatives, or co-workers who have a strong affinity for, shall we say, left-leaning politics, one...
Cox & Forkum have produced some of the most powerful right-leaning political cartoons of the last seven years. Their art...
Sometimes, I get tired of the echo chamber blogs have become, and feel the need to attempt to engage in...
In wake of the Kerry-related "tasing" incident, Steve Graham ruminates about Andrew Meyers' prospects for future fame. I took a...
There are many Democrats who hold strong personally-conservative values. They work hard, are frugal, contribute to society, have raised their...
Here's an interesting study write-up in the L.A. Times which seems to indicate political orientation is hard-wired into the brain....
Today's topic is patriotic Democrats. I know there absolutely are patriotic Democrats. But what are they patriotic about? For example:...
If you're looking for a philosophy which will impress a lot of the "cool" people out there, conservatism is not...
One of the tactics I've noticed over and over among the left is something I'm calling the commit/accuse pattern, in...
One of the odd phenomena I've noticed is that a large percentage of those who would be externally identifiable as...
Just a final follow-up on my last post, where I pointed out that I'm opposed to liberal-ism, and don't harbor...
During the last election, we remember how Dick Cheney was lambasted for a not-very-public use of the F-word to a...
Where have I seen this behavior before? Chaing Kai-shek was on the verge of defeating Mao Tse-Tung's Red Army, which...
This is the kind of thing which currently makes it onto Google's "News" page. Apparently, in "Progressive U", we can...
KC Johnson, "a 38-year-old bowtie-wearing Brooklyn College professor", who operates the "Durham Wonderland" blog, which covers the Duke (non-)rape case:...
In the conservative world, the oft-repeated belief is that liberals hate and fear us more than Islamic terrorists. After a...
This isn't the kind of thing I normally pay much attention to here, and never planned to write about it:...
If somebody says they want a banana, and then suggests it's because they're hungry, and like bananas -- the charitable...
Readers: This article is part of an apparently-ongoing correspondence. If you want brevity, you can skip the greetings below and...
There's been an ongoing discussion on several posts regarding my contention there is no conservative equivalent of the tendancy among...
It's been common, in recent years, to hear defensive-sounding complaints from "the left", protesting loudly that, yes, they love their...