leftism

So much for trendy leftism

Americanism of South Korean youth that got great play in Asian headlines a few years ago was on the wane. This anti-Americanism didn't get huge attention in Britain, which likes to have a laugh at...

left wing

It occurs to me that there are certain misconceptions of the concepts embodied by the left-wing upon the behalf of the right-wing elements at this forum. I find myself confronted by these...

Sad and Disturbing…but not Surprising

McCain/Palin supporters walk through the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Affluent liberals and “progressives” respond with the grace, class, and tolerance that we have come to expect of...

Shannon’s Prodigality

I am thankful to Shannon for continuing his prodigal prodding (those words don’t work together very well, do they?) that leads us to define our own agreements with him – and sometimes...

Explaining Elitism to Leftists

I’ve been thinking about this subject for sometime now. When recent events prompted me to write I spun out over a thousand words on the subject. (I’m rushed, please forgive any typos.)...

How the Left Imposes Its Values

From Newsweek via Instapundit:Belief in god, like getting pregnant, is a private matter between consenting adults (or one consenting adult and one or more deities) and is no one else’s...

Free Speech in LA

Check it out. (Via Hog on Ice.)

The Overworked Class

We’ve been used to the phrase, “the working class”, but this article [h/t Instapundit] leads me to think we might need a new one. Try this on for size: “Today Obama advocated...

The Democrats’ Denial-of-Service Attack

The TV news is all Palin, all the time. And daughter of Palin. Politically this isn’t necessarily bad for Republicans, to the extent it focus scrutiny on Governor Palin, who I think stands up...

Obama’s Decision Making

Tom Maguire [via Instapundit] says: Obama was wrong about the surge while McCain was right, but by and large I think the case could be made (but not by me!) that Obama is by far the more thoughtful...

“Working” versus “Fighting”

The Assistant Village Idiot observes that Democratic politicians tend to say “I’ll fight for you,” whereas Republican politicians tend to say “I’ll work for you.”...

Noonan On Palin

Because she jumbles up so many cultural categories, because she is a feminist not in the Yale Gender Studies sense but the How Do I Reload This Thang way, because she is a woman who in style,...