Oooops, hang on... "There is always a danger that for the sake of political correctness, or a party’s political advantage, we find ourselves filling up … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2008
Mark Steyn smashes BigCityLib’s face in with a shovel, buries him in his own city-approved compost heap
This time, it's personal: To end where we came in, M J Murphy wrote: “I think you owe Dr. Miller an apology.” Au contraire, I think “Dr Miller” owes me and Oriana an apology. Since he decided to go to such kinky … [Read more...]
Tonight I’m on the radio with Ted Nugent!
OK, by "with" I mean we're guests on the same show, but in different segments... I'll be staying up way past my bedtime to talk to Tennessee's James Edwards of the irresistibly titled [Read more...]
Michael Coren: must-read column on the Human Rights Commissions
Michael Coren writes: Take the case of Catholic Insight magazine. It is a tiny-budget monthly that caters to orthodox or conservative Catholics.
A radical … [Read more...]
Salim Mansur: “Ottawa must stop this censorship”
Salim Mansur writes: The Canadian Islamic Congress complaint -- as I wrote following its dismissal by the CHRC in June 2008 -- made Canadians take note, unlike any previous … [Read more...]
Todaze “there I fixed it”
Fueled by rising unemployment and food prices, the number of Americans on food stamps buying Oreos, Velveeta, Pepsi, Fruit Loops and corn dogs but absolutely no toilet paper or toothpaste with your money [ … [Read more...]
Why black women voted against gay marriage in overwhelming numbers
Wrongheaded but revealing NYT op-ed: This high rate of church attendance by blacks informs a very conservative moral view. While blacks vote overwhelmingly Democratic, an analysis of three years of national … [Read more...]
“It’s supposed to be racist now…”
writes our pal the Twisted Spinster (reporting the welcome news that the herd's been thinned again...) but when I was in my twenties my friends and I had a rule for dating: no YLMs (Young Latin Males). Not only were they jealous … [Read more...]
Wow!
Thanks to everyone who avoided being trampled to death by doing their Black Friday shopping through my Amazon links! You bought lots of really pricey electronical doo-dadds, which means a huge "cut" for me as an Amazon associate. Know what else? If you [Read more...]
Back and to the left: An Ottawa insiders thoughts on the (bloodless, naturally) Canadian coup d’etat
Well it was, if not nice, then ok while it lasted, but yeah, we are having a sort of "coup" up here in Canada, just weeks after an election in which the Conservatives won a slightly strengthened majority. … [Read more...]
Lots of chores and errands today, so…
Grab a coffee and check out new stuff at: Ezra Levant Free Mark Steyn/ Free Canuckistan … [Read more...]
Adler: “There are no ‘Great Books’ by black writers”
In fact, that’s not what Mortimer Adler said–he said that there were no “Great Books” by black writers before 1955, which was the cutoff date for the “Great Books” series, … [Read more...]