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Truth in Blogging
Last week’s White House Blog post by Dan Pfeiffer was notable for the brutal unvarnished honesty of its title: The Same Old Washington Blame Game Posted by Dan Pfeiffer on December 30, 2009 at 03:34 PM EST We are unaccustomed to this kind of r...
Prefab Participation
Whilst walking the dog this rainy evening, I happened upon an illuminated, inflatable lawn ornament of the Halloween variety. These decorations are an easy, relatively inexpensive way to acknowledge the holiday. They require little or no thought bey...
Chicago Loses, Conservatives Rejoice
Something has been bugging me all weekend. I’ve never been to Chicago. From what friends and family have told me, The Windy City is indeed a great place. There is lots to see and do. But you wouldn’t be told that if you asked any number...
Bipartisanship, Health Care Reform & The Benefits Of Compromise
I write one, Jason writes one, I write another, and Jason writes another. And so I write this… I don’t accept the premise that because the conversation isn’t less strident in the extreme left blogosphere that it creates a “d...
Racism increases 67% since January
Here are the facts. Racism has been rising steadily over the last few months. In recent polls, President Obama’s job approval number has dropped from 70% to 50%. This means the percentage of racists in this country has risen from 30% to 50% - a 67%...
Hide Your Children’s Eyes! It’s Obama’s Speech!
As I said before, I’m completely and absolutely bewildered at how this even turned into a story. And, by the way, shame on all of you who needlessly fueled this fire. If you really want to set a good example for your children, how about teachin...
A Glenn Beck Counter-Counter Boycott?
My head is starting to spin. Luckily for me, Conor Clarke can make some sense of it all: What’s the logical conclusion here? Do we boycott and counter-boycott, until we’ve whittled ourselves down to country of red and blue companies as w...
