Epistemic Closure Redux: The Campaign, the Debate and the Jobs Report
The Left’s reaction to Wednesday’s debate and Friday’s job report illustrates why the political conversation in America has become so hopelessly discordant. We are not arguing about two candidates or two parties, but two worldviews. Bad news for President Obama challenges the belief system of the Left; it is not enough for them merely to dispute facts, […]
Not Since Johannes Gutenberg …
. . . published the Bible has any book deserved more enthusiastic hype than does Evan Sayet’s new book The Kindergarten of Eden: How the Modern Liberal Thinks and Why He’s Convinced That Ignorance Is Bliss. You will click this link. You will buy this book. You will read it, and your mind will be enlightened […]
ROMNEY IN COAL COUNTRY
UPDATE: You Call This a ‘Recovery’?
ABINGDON, Virginia Mitt Romney spoke to a crowd of nearly 4,000 people here in a midday rally, where he emphasized for the coal industry, a vital part of the economy in southwest Virginia. There was a strong representation at the rally from the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE). While at the rally, I […]
Fire-Code Capacity: INCREDIBLE Crowd for Romney-Ryan Rally in Virginia
Mitt Romney speaks Thursday at campaign rally in Fisherville, Virginia (Associated Press photo by Charles Dharapak, via Ken Gardner.) Last night’s rally in Fisherville, Virginia, was so crowded, I couldn’t even get inside with media credentials, and really was lucky to get there at all. When I turned off the ramp from I-81 onto I-64, I was […]
It’s Morning in Vanuatu Again
“How long, O Lord, how long? Where will it end? “All I ever wanted out of this campaign was enough money to get out of the country and live for a year or two in peaceful squalor in a house with a big screen porch looking down on an empty white beach, with a good […]
MITT ROMNEY WINS FIRST DEBATE
UPDATE 10:32 p.m. ET: Damn. Mitt won it straight-up. I’ve turned my TV to MSNBC to watch their reaction. Rachel Maddow: “I personally do not know who won this debate.” This means . . . yeah, Mitt won. He beat the hell out of Obama. Ed Schultz: “[Obama] created a problem for himself tonight on […]
Douchebag Lawyer Defends Denial of Service (DDOS) Attacks as ‘Free Speech’
At what point do those in the legal community who defend criminals — guaranteeing them their due-process rights, giving them “their day in court” — cross a line into advocating, endorsing or excusing the crimes committed by their clients? Not a moot question, given how Jay Leiderman speaks of the actions of the “Anonymous” hackers he […]
What Hath Daily Caller Wrought?
Slept late today because I figure I’ll be up late writing about tonight’s debate, and I didn’t participate in the Drudge-induced hype over yesterday’s Daily Caller/Sean Hannity release of a 2007 video, e.g., Allahpundit: It’s the talk of Twitter and of our comment threads, so here’s a dedicated post to let your imaginations run wild. […]
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