I’ll be staying home for the Thanksgiving holiday this year so on Saturday I took a quick trip up to southeastern Oklahoma to spend a few days with my folks. Everyone else in my clan had stuff to do so I made the trip alone. As a recluse by temperament, I always look forward to […]
F.o.B. Ted sends along a link to this review of Robert Spencer’s new book, Stealth Jihad.
Mark Steyn has a brilliant little post over at The Corner in response to an observation that politically correct fluff has crowded real history out of school curricula. He was responding to this.
Here are a few loose thoughts that have been bouncing around in my enormous head over the last couple of weeks. Most everyone seems to believe that this election represents some sort of seismic shift . . . the end of one era and the beginning of a new, and very different one. But what, […]
James Lileks nominates a few more phrases for retirement here. They include: “I loves me some ______ .” Internet comments that begin with “Ummmm … ” “Not so much . . .” “FAIL”
Some recommended reading here on Veteran’s Day . . . My friend Stephen Mansfield’s beautiful little gift book: Also, why not donate $48 dollars to one of these soldiers’ assistance organizations in recognition of the 48% of voters who chose a old soldier for Commander-in-Chief over an inexperienced lefty lawyer. Soldiers’ Angels Fisher House
That’s right. “Garden” and “Gun.” This magazine appears to have been around for a while, but I never knew of its existence until I came across it on the rack at Borders yesterday. It’s awesome. In the issue above, you’ve got ads for heirloom shotguns, the cover story about amazing southern food, an article about […]
The Bush Administration had Congressional approval to build a fence along strategic portions of the border with Mexico. But it drug its heels, piddled around, and got virtually nothing done. Now it’s out of time. Of course, it was clear from the beginning that the President’s heart wasn’t really in it. So what do we […]
 Some researchers at Oxford came up with a list of what they consider to be the irritatingly overused phrases. Their top ten? 1 – At the end of the day 2 – Fairly unique 3 – I personally 4 – At this moment in time 5 – With all due respect 6 – Absolutely 7 […]
I just posted my first ever “Reader’s Poll” over at my Chris Matthews’ Leg blog. Help me out and go over there and vote.
