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Commentary and analysis on American politics, culture, and national identity, U.S. foreign policy and international relations, and the state of education - from a neoconservative perspective! - Keeping an eye on the communist-left so you don't have to!

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Celebrate Human Achievement Hour

Via Glenn Reynolds , check out this cool video from the Competitive Enterprise Institute : The Competitive Enterprise Institute plans to rec...

Paul Krugman Wants More, or Else!

Paul Krugman's in the news this weekend. The ubiquitous Nobel-winning economics professor and New York Times columnist has in recent we...

Oakland Remembers Slain Police Officers

This is the front-page photo from today's Los Angeles Times , which accompanies a report on the city's services for the four Oaklan...

Full Metal Saturday: Britney Spears

It's time again for the weekend's full metal roundup of great " Rule 5 " blogging, and related blog-ruffianism. This week...

Friday, March 27, 2009

I've been searching for an angel in white...

One of my favorites from The Eagles , " One of These Nights ":

Time Magazine's "Great Recession"

The cover story at this week's Time asks, " Is This Crisis Good for America? " The story rips the Reagan years as the precurs...

"Why can't we just figure out a way to get rid of this pig..."

From the comments at Daily Beast , with reference to Rush Limbaugh: I didn't listen to this clip, but I already know I didn't miss a...

Modern-Day Hoovervilles

The New York Times has an article and slideshow on the new shanty towns: Tina Garland, an out-of-work truck driver, in the kitchen area o...

McCain Was Right on Fiscal Fundmentals!

Via Memeorandum , " On Spending and the Deficit, McCain Was Right ": Barack Obama used to get very upset about federal budget defi...

Michele Bachmann, Saving America

I'm looking at Memeorandum , and again not one conservative blogger is listed next to all the leftist attacks on Representative Michele ...

Leftists Launch "Currency Trutherism" Against Bachmann

Are conservatives interested in standing up for Michele Bachmann? I sent out my post yesterday to a number of top bloggers but heard nothin...

The Kooky League of Ordinary Marxists

While it's by no means jaw-dropping for those familiar with the babbling "liberaltarianism" at Ordinary Gentlemen , Freddie...

Obama's Commitment to Afghanistan

I watched this morning's White House press conference on Afghanistan. President Obama declared that success in Afghanistan represents ...

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Yuanization of the American Economy?

There's a big outcry on the left in response to Representative Michele Bachmann's congressional resolution that would prohibit th...

Adam Lambert Sings "Tracks of My Tears"

Last year, when I posted on Smokey Robinson's "Tracks of My Tears, " I suggested that it was that "one damn song that ca...

Why Can't Cantor See Britney?

Okay, here's the Huffington Post 's headline on Representative Eric Cantor's Britney Spears faux scandal: " Cantor Watched ...

Sarah Palin: Pray With Me

From Ben Smith and Memeorandum , check out this video of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's speech to a Republican dinner in Alaska: I like ...

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

"Mortimer came to the meetups to score, man!"

Remember what I said about Althouse's comments section? I rest my case (snark...): " 'Love in the Time of Commenters' ...

Why Be Conservative?

Check out Christopher Brownwell's excellent essay at American Thinker , " Why be a conservative? " As a conservative I will no...

Barney Frank's Distraction

Think Progress is really bad. After attacking John McCain last year with allegations of plagiarism, the editors issued an apology that inc...

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