Archive for Blog

Reading Ms. Coulter’s column today I can’t help but think of another “Republican” who contorts logic and the traditional understanding of words to make the case for squishes, David Frum. Take, for example, this ridiculous paragraph: To act as if Obamacare is the same thing as “Romneycare” is just a word game, on the order of acting like a “gun” has the same properties as a “gunny sack,” or “fire” is the same thing as a “firefly.” Question:... Read More→

On Saturday, January 21st I was back in my hometown of Huntington (on Long Island) to see Mark Levin at our local bookstore, Book Revue.  His new book Ameritopia went on sale last Monday across the nation.  I’ve had three books signed in my life: one by Yogi Bera, and two now by Mark Levin.  It’s not my nature to go out of my way to see celebrities, a trait I clearly inherited from my father’s side of the family. Mark’s last book, Liberty and Tyranny, debuted in early 2009, right after... Read More→

Talk radio host, author, and Constitutional lawyer will be signing copies of his new book, Ameritopia, in Huntington, NY on Saturday, January 21. SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 AT NOON Book Revue 313 New York Avenue Huntington NY 11743 In March ’09 I attended Levin’s signing of Liberty and Tyranny at Book Revue.  It may be considered one of the first Tea Party rallies, as approx. 7,000 people unexpectedly showed up and snaked around the block. Huntington also happens to be my hometown, and there... Read More→

Who will smear Mitt, especially if he’s the nominee?  No, not Gingrich and other conservatives.  Sharp attacks aren’t smears.  It will be the entire mainstream media apparatus. The morning of the Iowa caucus, Reuters ran an innocuously entitled “news” piece called “Factbox: Presidential candidate Mitt Romney.” Is this a dispassionate review of his record and policy recommendations?  A biographical thumbnail sketch?  Some context of his time as Governor of... Read More→

There are few times in the last 3 years that I remember gleefully posting news related to Republican politics.  Tonight is one of those occasions.  (The victory of the Tea Party in 2010 stands out, but Boehner and McConnell have given Republican few reasons to cheer ever since.) With nearly 90% of vote in, Rick Santorum is virtually tied with Mitt Romney for the winner of the Iowa caucus.  Drudge: Rick 28,895 Mitt 28,841 Despite millions of dollars spent by Romney in Iowa, and relatively pittance... Read More→

Today on NRO, Victor Davis Hanson summarizes the essential tensions of Europe and European foreign affairs.  For example, his take on Europe’s perennial utopianism. Like clockwork every few decades, some self-described European “visionaries” swear that the continent can either live in peace under utopian protocols or, more darkly, be united under one grand — and undemocratic — system, willingly or not. But for all the noble pretensions of the Congress of Vienna and the European... Read More→

Quick – a test for you, reader. Think conservative.  Think of the types of people who are, generally speaking, conservative.  Name some you know. Now think liberal; liberal types of people; liberal people you know.  Keep both groups in mind for a few minutes. It is only natural to grow accustomed to certain assumptions: you would never, for example, critically re-examine why it is better to have an umbrella when it rains.  Obviously, it helps to keep you dry.  But as other to ideas we... Read More→

Dear Readers, Reagan’s famous “11th Commandment” warned that ““Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.” Maybe I recommend a 12th? “Thou shalt not abandon fellow Republicans in the fight against liberalism” …  Which brings me to a letter I received from a friend. “William,” it read “Do you remember a few months back you helped me out with Conservative talk show host, Douglas Urbanski? You were so kind enough to announce... Read More→