Monthly Archives: February 2010
Case Study
We conservatives have long claimed that what we call the Main Stream Media (aka MSM, Dead Tree Press, Dinosaur Media, Drive By Media, State Controlled Media) has a definite leftward bias. A good case study is a piece last week in the NYT on the Texas state school board. Apparently some of the members of [...]
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Tea, Anyone?
Ben McGrath has a surprisingly well balanced piece on the Tea Party Movement at the New Yorker. Bon lisez!
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What to Think, What to Think…
The trouble with thinking for yourself is all the thinking it takes. Dr. Sowell was right; we pay people for specialized knowledge. A good example of my not knowing what to think is a piece at Dr. Zero on the ban on DDT. All was well, the world was saved when… biobob goes and makes [...]
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Ron Paul for President?
I have to admit I know little about the man. But one thing I did know was his opposition to the Iraq war and in my mind that disqualified him. Now, however, I read about his proposal of alternates such as Letters of Marque and Reprisals which are authorized under the Constitution. An interesting idea [...]
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Hypocrisy and the Coarsening of the Dialogue
Palin in 2012? Sorry, not a clue. Her poll numbers appear to be slipping, though. But I think the real story here is the media. At the New York Times, Frank Rich used the poll to leapfrog into an op-ed piece that can be summed up in one word: Nasty. For all of the complaining [...]
It’s February…
I try to stay away from linking to other people’s stuff but City Journal posted a really good article on Black History Month from their Summer 2001 issue. And since it is February…
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Truth In Writing
Writers should always tell the truth, don’t you think? I’m not talking about fiction here, but deception. I know the events in a novel didn’t happen, so I’m not deceived. I know Captain Ahab didn’t go around the world chasing a white whale. But when Ishmael tells me his story, I understand that there’s a [...]
Maybe They Could Make It Out of Jello