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Pundits Worry about Conservatism. Again.
Apart from the chorus of people telling Mitt Romney how to run his campaign, last week spawned a lot of “What is Conservatism” musings.
“Are peanut butter and jelly sandwiches racist?”
“A bizarre question, to say the least, but one that at least one school administrator is asking out in Portland, Oregon. Verenice Gutierrez, principal at Harvey Scott K-8 School, seems to believe that there are racial connotations associated with the c…
Bellyaching, &c.
Oh, do people hate conservative bellyaching about media bias. But, oh, is there a lot to bellyache about. Media bias does not mean everything. And it can be overcome. But it means a lot.
Every Romney error is magnified; every Obama error is diminished….
The Particulars of Polls
As a recovering pollster (I worked for Democratic pollster Peter Hart from 1974 to 1981), let me weigh in on the controversy over whether the polls are accurate. Many conservatives are claiming that multiple polls have overly Democratic samples, and so…
Senator Wendy, if You Please
If Republicans ran the culture, Wendy Long would be a household name. She’d be a heroine. She’d be celebrated. She’d have a Barbie doll named after her. She’d be driving the election season.
But Wendy Long is the Republican running for Senate …
At the Plaster Politics Café…
… what are we really fighting about?
This day in baseball history
The Los Angeles Dodgers entered play on Sunday September 30, 1962 — the last day of the regular season — with a one game lead over the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers could win the National League pennant by beating the St. Louis Cardinals in Lo…
“Political women can’t shake their attraction to bright shades of red and blue because of the subtext of patriotism.”
“Teenagers dart from one aesthetic tribe to another in search of the most comfortable fit. Rarely do people create their own style vocabulary.”
Why is Obama postponing a trip to Columbus, Ohio to come to Madison, Wisconsin the day after the first debate?
Larry Sabato, of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, says: “Obama naturally would want to be on friendly turf after the debate, and he may think he’ll draw a bigger turnout here than in Columbus… Columbus is mixed politically… Madison i…
Shooting May Not Be the Highest Form of Human Achievement…
…but it is remarkably fun and satisfying. My son and I went to a local shooting range this afternoon, as we do most weekends, and fired off 300 rounds, using all four of our semiautomatic pistols, my son’s Ruger and Kahr and my SIG Sauer and ArmaLi…
Green Weenieism, the Next Dimension
Earlier today, Steve gave this week’s Green Weenie award to Matt Damon for the anti-fracking movie Promised Land, which, it turns out, was financed by the United Arab Emirates. Who, trust me, acted out of a noble concern for the environment and had n…
Joe Biden Plays Doctor. Hilarity Ensues.
In Florida, America’s Rain Man, Joe Biden, promised seniors that Obamacare would provide for free a colonoscopy based on a “feeling they had” and not on medical need. In doing this, and sanctioning the overuse of a procedure that is considered to be o…
“It is the worst sort of pain I have ever seen in my life. His eyes…”
“Words do not possess the depth in which to fully convey that emotion and what I felt when I saw it. . . . You feel like the worst piece of scum on the planet.”
The Potemkin Employment Increase
Last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a disingenuous report claiming that and additionsl 386,000 jobs had been created this year which boosted the Obama regime’s job creation record into positive territory. This report ignores increases po…
There's always next year.
“The Brewers finally are eliminated from the race for the second wild-card berth in the National League, and they go out with a whimper, getting routed by the worst team in the majors.”
Meadhouse is now free to devote full allegiance to the Reds.
On Lilla-Livered Liberals
Have you bought your copy yet?
The “Great Disconnect” indeed. Or perhaps I should say The Reckless Mind indeed. I’ll have a lot more to say later on about Mark Lilla’s lead review of Charles Kesler’s I Am the Change in today’s New Yo…
Uighurs In Paradise, the Sequel
(John Hinderaker) Three years ago, we followed the story of four Uighurs, Muslims from China who were captured in a terrorist training camp in Pakistan not long after 9/11, and sent to Guantanamo Bay, where they spent seven years before finally being r…
Washington Post recounts assassination of Ambassador Stevens.
You know, you read this Washington Post article on the assassination of Ambassador Stevens, and you keep telling yourself This movie is completely unbelievable. On the eve of his death, U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens was ebullient as he returne…
Biden Misstates Number of Fallen Heroes in Iraq and Afghanistan
Yesterday, speaking at a campaign event in Florida, Vice President Joe Biden said, "I ask every day, what's the exact number of the fallen angels — not generally, not an estimate, the exact number — because for every one of those women or me…
"If the ascent of women has been much exaggerated, so has the descent of men."
Asserts Stephanie Coontz:
Men’s irresponsibility and bad behavior is now a stock theme in popular culture. But there has always been a subset of men who engage in crude, coercive and exploitative behavior. What’s different today is that it’s har…