tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44966947685053139142011-04-21T17:43:48.696-04:00The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.comBlogger2981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-5721455188387577562009-01-14T13:48:00.002-05:002009-01-14T14:14:03.984-05:00

Allahpundit passes the news item along: "New Jersey child services seizes boy named after Hitler from parents." You may remember little Adolph Hitler Campbell from this story, wherein little Dolphie's parents try and fail to get a local bakery to put his name on a birthday cake, after which they settle on Wal-Mart. Now the state Division of Youth and Family Services has taken the children from

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-63595565197056663822008-12-20T18:14:00.003-05:002008-12-20T18:29:16.446-05:00

So, earlier today I hosted my first ever LiveChat, with a smashing turnout of one person...which was one person more than I expected. And that's fine, because it was mostly a test run to see how it works. But my discovery of CoverItLive LiveChat has caused me to wonder what else Michigan bloggers are missing as far as communications tools go.This is especially important because the Michigan

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-61901464037180942062008-12-19T13:28:00.003-05:002008-12-20T13:50:38.124-05:00

Suggested Topics: Auto Industry; The Future of Conservatism (Caps!)

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-88452269668468680232008-12-19T13:20:00.004-05:002008-12-19T13:25:06.818-05:00

Because I can.I just figured out how to host a LiveChat on my blog, and in celebration I shall host a LiveChat tomorrow, Saturday, December 20, from 2-3 PM.How it works: The LiveChat box will be on my latest blog post. Click on it, enter a username, and start chatting. As moderator, I will have the option to allow or disallow comments before they appear in the box. (Considering the small

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-91049651061614254662008-12-19T13:02:00.002-05:002008-12-19T13:14:07.966-05:00

Courtesy of the BBC: "Mice suspected in deadly cat fire."After years of oppression of mice, sectarian violence between the two bitterly opposed species has finally escalated in Canada. Noted one stiff-upper-lip commenter--the spokesman for the Toronto Humane Society--"It's unfortunate and ironic that mice caused the fire that killed the cats." He also noted the shocking nature of the assault:

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-52923168971054868192008-12-19T10:13:00.005-05:002008-12-19T10:29:52.465-05:00

John Hinderaker of PowerLine Blog today writes about the "silver lining" in the possible auto industry collapse--namely, the United Auto Workers collapse.Most conservatives I've talked to here in Michigan have the same struggle I do. None of us want to see thousands of people out of jobs, unable to support their families, and potentially having to move. On the other hand, there seems to be very

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-66402150064736467762008-12-18T11:02:00.003-05:002008-12-18T11:15:11.495-05:00

Jay Nordlinger's "Impromptus" (which he has been producing at a delightfully rapid pace this week so far) included (scroll down a bit) a letter today from "someone with a close knowledge of Harvard Law School." This paragraph in the letter struck me:One thing that really bothers me is that the brightest students seem to really want to have a cause to pursue. The Left gives them many causes, but

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-38379219940766202322008-12-17T21:22:00.004-05:002008-12-17T21:49:30.202-05:00

The good ones, I mean! I've become concerned about society recently, for two reasons. And they're both from the same web page. A prominent video website recently placed CBS's The Big Bang Theory and NBC's Chuck on their list of best TV shows you aren't watching. I hope this doesn't mean you, gentle reader. For, although The Office and 30 Rock are finally truly funny again, although Scrubs is

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-22886014645195621542008-12-17T20:09:00.002-05:002008-12-17T20:55:42.801-05:00

Hey-o. Back. I wish I didn't have to begin posts like this so often, but nobody told me: Grad school takes a lot of your time. Hm.That said, I'm very nearly done with my first semester. (Oh, how the definition of "very nearly" has changed since I came!) And since it seems probable that I'll never have a semester as stressful as this one until I'm actually a student-teacher, I should have plenty

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-48060317498452803692008-12-04T17:59:00.005-05:002008-12-04T18:28:09.578-05:00

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Here's my game summary:And with that out of the way, some thoughts about college football.College football is like the ancient world, and I love them both for similar reasons. Everyone has their city-state. Each city-state has its peculiar rituals, cults, symbols. They go out to fight each other. Victory is more than just victory, and defeat more than just defeat. Everything that happens has

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-53526753665931591962008-11-22T10:21:00.005-05:002008-11-22T10:29:13.532-05:00

Sorry I haven't been posting lately; this grad school thing takes a lot of your time, as it turns out. Next semester should be better...But in the meanwhile...today. Today is The Game. The beleaguered Wolverines, who will miss a bowl game for the first time since 1974, travel to Columbus to look for redemption against their arch-rivals, the Ohio State Buckeyes, who are playing for yet another

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-6553006005115800322008-11-17T10:32:00.002-05:002008-11-17T10:50:52.193-05:00

Since I seem to have come under some scrutiny for my posts recently, I thought I'd write a bit about where I am now that the election is over and we've all had some time to think about conservatism going forward.My staunch conservative friends who read this blog know I'm not one of those mushy-headed folks who thinks that Republicans should sacrifice principle for electoral gain. Not in the

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-9925279187595205842008-11-17T10:24:00.003-05:002008-11-17T10:32:23.262-05:00

That's what The Shadow-Liner wants to talk to conservatives about, and he starts things off with an excellent post about defeatism. (Read it all!) Here's part:A sense of history is important at times like these. Society, as Burke wrote, is ". . . a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. Each contract

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-90086820888960114322008-11-15T18:06:00.002-05:002008-11-15T18:11:58.963-05:00

Just read a fantastic book review on NRO by Joseph Morrison Skelly about Herb London's new book, America's Secular Challenge: The Rise of a New National Religion. (Psst: You should read it, too.) Obligatory excerpt, but it's all worth reading:London identifies five developments in our time that have paved the way for the ascendancy of radical secularism. They include the rise of

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-76184653370926316622008-11-15T17:53:00.002-05:002008-11-15T18:06:30.068-05:00

Well, Western Michigan (!) beat us in hockey last night, 2-1, at Yost. I thought that was bad.But nothing can compare to sitting through a game in which Michigan football solidifies its most losing season ever--8 losses, never happened before here in A-squared--in (by my estimation) negative-45 degree weather. At least it happened against a team that, even when they're likely to have an 8-win

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-40386921122294766882008-11-14T13:02:00.003-05:002008-11-14T13:10:22.163-05:00

Because I'm getting confused.(H/t to Michelle Malkin, and from there Diana West.)I mean, I know the Right is just totally hateful, racist, bigoted, all that stuff. But then things like this happen in California. Or this, at Augsburg College. Also, things like this, in Philly, and this, in Illinois. And you start to wonder just who it is that takes abstract beliefs and enforces them on people.

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-72282545714090428142008-11-14T12:56:00.004-05:002008-11-14T13:02:25.638-05:00

And he's so, so right:This should be viewed as a war. As in any war troops on the ground are vital. I would of thought that the Surge proved that to us. The internet is there as a tool to help facilitate the gathering of volunteers. A means to get them on board in the first place. Secondly to show them how to meet locally with others, and thirdly how to make a difference in their community. We

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-65755252593999056682008-11-13T23:15:00.002-05:002008-11-13T23:49:10.599-05:00

Conservatives...we're upset. Well, a lot of us are. Barack Obama won. We didn't like John McCain too much, either. The only candidate we really felt any sympathy with got trashed by a mainstream media and an elite culture that, honestly, hates people like her. That was wrong.But what place should Sarah Palin have in our future?She's been a fantastic governor. Don't tell me she's incompetent

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-41791433343122174512008-11-12T18:15:00.003-05:002008-11-12T18:23:58.955-05:00

...here's some more from Akindele Akinyemi, Urban Conservative: Certainly, we have seen changes in our schools during the last 20 years. Teacher salaries have been raised, student-teacher ratios have been reduced, annual per-pupil spending has increased by about 40 percent and total annual expenditures have grown by nearly 60 percent in constant dollars, from about $180 billion to $280 billion.

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-21595315907804721402008-11-12T16:47:00.002-05:002008-11-12T17:15:16.656-05:00

This is from last Friday, but reflects my own thoughts quite well. Akindele Akinyemi, Urban Conservative:I have been warning the Republican Party about the role of minorities in the party. Now all of a sudden all across the nation is how do we get more Blacks into the party. I mean Jesus, we just now figuring this out? Maybe if you put some money behind outreach programs we can go further. <!--[

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-77790729556753198712008-11-11T23:07:00.003-05:002008-11-11T23:51:08.648-05:00

(I reserved this critique for a new post instead of attaching it to the last one, for the sake of posting brevity. Anyway, read on.)For some time now, we've talked about the three legs of conservatism: social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, militarist/nationalist/hawkish (take your pick) conservatives. Most people have wanted to talk about how to unite the three, but the truth is that the

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-63456664804383016482008-11-11T22:33:00.002-05:002008-11-11T23:07:04.154-05:00

Choose your metaphor. I like "picking up the pieces" best. Whatever it is, the Republican Party needs to do it, and fast.And note that I say "Republican Party." Not "conservatives," or "libertarians," "traditionalists," or whatever the group is calling itself at the moment. It would be difficult to count the number of times friends have told me that they're "conservatives, not Republicans."

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-74445417623917318142008-11-11T22:29:00.003-05:002008-11-11T22:33:43.046-05:00

...of my pledge. To post once a day. (On weekdays, I suppose.) Still keeping up, barely.Updates: My dad, who raised me in the ways of conservatism and Michigan football, has begun his blog: Libertarian Tim. (Note: Not his real name. His real name is just "Tim.") Welcome to the blogosphere!

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-63772954051564906752008-11-10T19:13:00.002-05:002008-11-10T19:17:09.555-05:00

...badly, too. I CAN do lots of work without posting on this blog. Lots and lots of work. So...the next-to-last post may have been an alarm of the false variety. Hmm....but in the interest of noting a historical event...Finally! Now let's go out there and not be quite as sad, until New Year's Day, when we can drown our sorrows with entire bowls of Chex Mix.

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-62530865805892515152008-11-07T12:41:00.003-05:002008-11-07T13:00:23.084-05:00

Yup, Obama won, on a platform of unity. And yup, his supporters are jumping around, graciously taunting conservatives instead of burning their houses down like they deserve. This is going to be a really interesting four years.And a really great four years, honestly. There's hardly anything more frustrating than watching a political party once full of bright-eyed idealists with the will and the

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-69260067448997359692008-11-07T12:24:00.003-05:002008-11-07T12:40:45.654-05:00

So, I figured I'd pretty much just post every once in a while once I began grad school, but then certain events transpired. 1) I became lazy. 2) Elections/debacles. 3) I realized that if I reserve all my time for school work and commit to little else, I'll commit most of my time to nonsense (read: funny YouTube videos and audio clips from radio sports shows). So I'm going to try to make sure

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-80815379963822522532008-11-02T23:52:00.004-05:002008-11-05T00:26:18.815-05:00

In The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce defined "calamity" thus: "A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering." On Tuesday, conservatives suffered a calamity.I'll confess, I am writing these words two days before the election. If, as I hope, John McCain prevails against all odds, these words will nevertheless be a rallying cry

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-76194912220714102782008-10-22T15:53:00.002-04:002008-10-22T16:32:36.007-04:00

(There is a semi-real post about the Ugly vs. the Good game--remember, the Evil is the last game every year. But first, abuse.)Because we could see a grown man cry:But seriously folks. I'm not saying Mark Dantonio has all the composure of a toddler before his nap. Still, in honor of Bob Wojnowski, I have decided to provide a transcript of this actual, fabricated conversation in the locker room

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-71185145421726940402008-09-28T13:05:00.002-04:002008-09-28T13:09:15.765-04:00

THAT. WAS. AWESOME.Michigan: Better than you since 1817.

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-9607822775105113862008-09-25T19:26:00.002-04:002008-09-25T22:55:10.434-04:00

A friend attempted to "pick apart" a wonderful column by David Warren that I posted on Facebook. Instead, he revealed his own ignorance and puerility.I refuse to debate those whose sweeping pronouncements, because they are based on their poor understanding of the current crisis, are akin to neolithic cavemen deifying flashes of lightning.

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-253918321310616092008-09-23T16:23:00.004-04:002008-09-23T17:01:30.076-04:00

From right to left: Coach Sulky Face, Javon Ringer's grill, and Lowly Grad Assistant who is inexplicably all up in it.I'm talkin' about the guy in the middle, above.Your first clue: He goes to a university that defines itself entirely in relation to another school. Seriously. This urbandictionary page is a fascinating case study in the unparalleled wonder that is the Spartan Psyche.But there

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-43550637736834965552008-09-22T16:05:00.003-04:002008-09-22T16:45:10.974-04:00

Sanity may yet win the day, but it won't be because of men like Robert Kuttner, whose American Prospect piece today--"Paulson's Folly"--studiously exploits ignorance about the sources of the current financial crisis to mischaracterize Paulson's bailout plan and encourage false stereotypes of Republicans and Democrats.Read it all, though for anyone well-versed in the situation it is akin to

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-14653856624831746982008-09-21T20:59:00.003-04:002008-09-21T21:09:53.222-04:00

The best way to tell for whom to vote in presidential elections is whom the candidates make angry, and how much. Sarah Palin has almost locked up my vote forever.Charlie Rangel recently referred to her as "disabled" (Hat tip: Allahpundit). Canadian tax dollars funded this statement that Sarah Palin is "white trash" (Hat tip: also Allahpundit). And there's so much more.It's been, quite honestly

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-20614817633211547112008-09-21T20:00:00.002-04:002008-09-21T20:30:09.600-04:00

But in case you missed it, the once-amusing sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live has lent out its airtime to the Obamessiah.SNL opened a recent episode with a sketch featuring John McCain fumbling with technology (haha! he's old!) and approving ridiculous attack ads against Obama (OMG heresy). They even took a shot at Sarah Palin's lack of experience (haha! she's got less experience ...

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-21989321000725043842008-09-19T21:31:00.000-04:002008-09-19T21:58:48.600-04:00

Today is, as ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg notes, the two-year anniversary of one of the best sports radio rants ever.  Ever. September 23, 2006.  My Wolverines were on their way to an 11-0 start and had just sobered up the Irish (haha) to the tune of 47-21.  The Spartans had beaten Notre Dame in South Bend in 2005 in OT and classlessly planted its flag on their 50-yard-line.  A beleaguered Irish

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-38116353524395392892008-09-19T09:40:00.000-04:002008-09-19T10:38:48.933-04:00

I'd planned a more elaborate post regarding the powerful "FDR Myth" in American electoral politics, but alas, rude interruptions from my life as a graduate student have prevented me from doing so.  Suffice it to say that the FDR Myth--that the free market failed, Hoover's conservative policies were ineffective, and Roosevelt fixed the whole thing with government involvement--is back.  This time,

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-91839473005009591832008-09-15T21:42:00.000-04:002008-09-15T22:03:14.199-04:00

Posts like this are always a good opportunity to look foolish later on, but hey...a paid professional already did it today, so why not me? I still think Michigan goes to a bowl game.  Here we go. They have to win at least seven games, most likely, to do this, since all 7-5 teams have to be taken over all 6-6 teams (negating Michigan's inevitable ratings/attendance advantage over all the likely

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-54582381034945150652008-09-12T11:36:00.000-04:002008-09-12T12:14:49.248-04:00

Grad school has been consuming much time I would normally spend on this blog, so I apologize for the extremely long delays between posts.  I cannot predict an uptick in blogging here, but I can post what I can when I can, anyway.  So here goes! Jay Nordlinger is, hands-down, my favorite political writer.  Unlike most who write about politics, Jay displays in his columns an irrepressible humanity

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-91513959762446828292008-09-04T22:44:00.002-04:002008-09-04T23:04:47.905-04:00

The Sarah Palin thing has generated enough interest in me at a time when I happen to have the luxury to post a lot, that...here we are. My post about Sarah Palin. Or, I guess, Sarah Palin in the larger context of the presidential election/general electoral politics.Her speech was good. Not just good. Awesome. I haven't heard a better speech since, perhaps, Zell Miller's at RNC '04. "I guess

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-27129212541340775492008-09-04T22:24:00.000-04:002008-09-04T22:38:28.620-04:00

Pile it on! Paul K. Driessen:  "The Truth About DDT."  Author of Eco-Imperialism:  Green Power and Black Death. http://www.3dchem.com/molecules.asp?ID=90.  Some basic info about this little-ish molecule. Time.com:  "Safe DDT."  From army officers.  They know safety. Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope column:  "Was Rachel Carson a Fraud and Is DDT Actually Safe For Humans?"  A measured answer.

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-43849603190130896982008-09-04T22:17:00.000-04:002008-09-04T22:24:25.729-04:00

Hey guys.  I've been absolutely terrible about posting, obviously, but to be fair, it's my first week at one of the top grad schools in its field in the world.  Things are busy, to say the least!  But as I adjust and things settle down a bit, I'll try to be back and providing insight--or ramblings, depending on your perspective--on the political/athletic/whatever interests me events of the day.

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-83601349865301755832008-08-31T23:14:00.000-04:002008-08-31T23:25:32.385-04:00

But so far, they're stuck with trivial and/or unintelligent people.  Thank heaven. Obama's in trouble.  After the national convention, a presidential candidate ought to see a 10-15 point bounce...nothing.  Not only that, but McCain's surprise pick of Sarah Palin, an energetic corruption-buster and staunch social conservative from Wasilla, Alaska, has been earning praise from the conservative

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-47641436976999880322008-08-31T09:56:00.000-04:002008-08-31T10:05:43.366-04:00

This has little to do with current events, but a recent disagreement with a friend leads me to provide this list of sites with information on DDT -- and the fact that it is most certainly not dangerous. Steven Milloy:  "DDT:  The Bald Eagle Lie."  Putting some of these Green movement lies to rest. RachelWasWrong.com:  "Is DDT Safe?"  Erm...yes. RachelWasWrong.com:  "DDT and Wildlife."  Friends

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-26407834751798725982008-08-31T00:06:00.001-04:002008-08-31T00:29:16.811-04:00

On the other hand, they won, so I guess they made the best of a bad situation. So did Rich Rodriguez, but it wasn't enough.  The numbers don't necessarily reflect this, but...Nick Sheridan was much, much worse than Steven Threet.  Threet wasn't that great.  The O-line wasn't good.  The WRs aren't meant for this system.  The linebackers figured it out in the second half, too late to stop Utah

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-240176391539374502008-08-30T09:58:00.000-04:002008-08-30T10:10:46.369-04:00

I'll write another post about the ridiculous and inevitable column about change at U-M with Rodriguez, but not now.  I'm tired from my last rant, and anyway today is, as Bob Ufer would say, the holy day of obligation for the religion that is Michigan football.  (Did I blaspheme enough there?  Maybe more later.) We are running a cuhrazy system.  Our coach has a Southern-ish accent.  Michigan

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-57049428343754635252008-08-30T09:23:00.001-04:002008-08-30T09:54:55.756-04:00

It has been a LONG time since I posted, due to moving and adjusting to a new place.  (ANN ARBOR, WHOO!)  But here I am again, gentle readers, and writing about Michigan football.  Or rather, about bad journalism pertaining to Michigan football. First, Lynn Henning, writing for the Detroit News.  He thinks Michigan and Michigan State will now both be perennial Top 25 football teams.  (I disagree,

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-67545786346309239312008-08-18T09:58:00.011-04:002008-08-18T11:18:55.389-04:00

The two major presidential candidates recently participated in a debate hosted by the enormous and influential Saddleback Church in California and moderated by its ultra-famous pastor, the author of the heavily-merchandised The Purpose-Driven Life, Rick Warren.  Byron York has two good columns on the subject, here and here.  I'd like to comment on another, poorer, column, which can be found here.

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-57614012074337271822008-08-15T10:13:00.001-04:002008-08-15T10:24:28.698-04:00

Gerard Baker:  Georgia:  Europe Wins a Gold Medal for Defeatism.  "If shifting moral blame won't relieve us of our responsibilities then surely defeatism will."  Europe and its moral degeneration. Thomas Sowell:  Whose Special Interests?  "Since unions are losing the game under the current rules, their obvious answer is to change the rules."  Open-ballot measure touted as worker's rights

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-83420958401228787542008-08-14T15:58:00.002-04:002008-08-14T16:25:11.726-04:00

It's that time of year again!  (via Adam Rittenberg's Big Ten Blog on ESPN.com) Three Michigan State football freshmen are facing misdemeanor charges of failure to obey police.And they say Michigan State has no tradition!  Anyway: Safety Charles Burrell, defensive end Cameron Jude and walk-on receiver Mitchell White were cited June 30 for fleeing from campus police when approached and ordered to

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-80587330486906336102008-08-14T10:25:00.000-04:002008-08-14T10:38:41.297-04:00

Charles Krauthammer:  How to Stop Putin.  "The Russia-Georgia cease-fire brokered by France's president is less than meets the eye."  But only because the Russian troops are still moving. Senator John McCain:  We Are all Georgians.  "The Georgian people have suffered before, and they suffer today."  *nodding* President Mikheil Saakashvili:  Russia's War Is the West's Challenge.  "The Russian

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-45237089577093210552008-08-12T10:25:00.001-04:002008-08-12T11:16:34.440-04:00

Our nation has a tendency to blame elected officials whenever something goes wrong, the implication being that these problems could have been prevented or solved with relative ease.  The news media provides an army of experts and pundits who reinforce this belief, since there is no shortage of people who have never had to make a more serious decision than what hair growth product to purchase who,

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-40904649169104549552008-08-12T10:16:00.002-04:002008-08-12T10:23:55.713-04:00

George Will:  Russia's Power Play.  "Who remembers 1934?  Or anything."  Usual brilliance. Victor Davis Hanson:  Moscow's Sinister Brilliance.  "The Russians have sized up the moral bankruptcy of the Western Left."  More on this later. William Kristol:  Will Russia Get Away With It?  "Dictators aren’t moved by the claims of justice unarmed."  Wait...they aren't? Robert Kagan:  Putin Makes His

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-22091680724255966602008-08-11T15:38:00.001-04:002008-08-11T15:47:02.764-04:00

This is an original, inspired by a visit to one of my oldest, deepest loves: Lake Michigan. As a disclaimer, this is by no means supposed to be a historically faithful account of my visit.Reflections on a Pier in St. Joseph“You will find poetry nowhere, unless you bring some of it with you.” – Joseph JoubertThe sun descends upon the lake,The inland sea I call my own,Straggling brilliance in its

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-91981848955292337902008-08-07T12:56:00.000-04:002008-08-07T13:01:19.630-04:00

Or my two hundred and ten bucks. This is me, holding the culmination of my entire life's work. Five glorious season tickets, obscuring the two other equally glorious tickets, the glorious season T-shirt voucher, and the glorious flecks of spittle on my mouth.  I have a glorious problem.

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-69989463758179666872008-08-06T22:17:00.000-04:002008-08-06T22:39:37.228-04:00

Ahem. Tom, a faithful commenter and a good friend, asked for my sources on the tie between gay marriage and dissolution of the family in those nations that have legalized the former; he also wanted evidence that links legalization of gay marriage with weakening of families.  I can do both at once:  The indispensable Stanley Kurtz has done the research for us. May 25, 2004: "Unhealthy

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-9350710888479032752008-08-06T22:09:00.000-04:002008-08-06T22:17:29.983-04:00

Rather late, I know, but what the heck? Jay Nordlinger:  The Road to Beijing, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.  (More will come, so head over to NRO for those.)  Fellow Michigander discusses issues relating to China and the Olympic Games in Beijing.  As always, his focus is the despotism of the "People's Republic", its many human rights abuses, the heroic dissidents of the regime, and the reactions

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-10254759604737011632008-08-05T15:42:00.000-04:002008-08-05T16:32:11.052-04:00

A friend of mine placed several posts on my facebook wall ridiculing the idea that liberal policies of large welfare-state programs and centralization have caused social decay. "Oh, I see. The grinding materialism is the Democrat's fault. :p Funny, the party that called for Americans to contribute to the war on terrorism by "going to the store" now decries materialism. :p" I, of course, am

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-72720582122311975012008-08-04T12:21:00.000-04:002008-08-04T13:11:48.567-04:00

A friend of mine, with whom I often talk about politics, history, philosophy, and the like, shared an idea with me that he'd been pondering.  He believes that the concept behind Maslow's "hierarchy of needs" has come largely to dominate the modern consciousness.  The hierarchy, taken from Maslow's 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation," proceeds thus:  physiological needs, safety, love/

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-38121439342134875302008-08-04T12:15:00.000-04:002008-08-04T12:21:33.736-04:00

This deserves a post all its own.  I'm back after a LONG hiatus.  No excuses, really.  Just cogitating, not feeling particularly writer-y, at least not blog-style.  But I owe it to you, gentle reader, to continue to express my unique flavor of conservatism in this age of unceasing motion.  Moreover, how could I deprive my readership of my half-educated insights into Michigan football?

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-30729821330911458552008-07-15T10:01:00.003-04:002008-07-15T10:40:52.385-04:00

The great Thomas Sowell writes today on National Review Online about the lack of economic knowledge driving Obamania:In an election campaign in which not only young liberals, but also some people who are neither young nor liberals, seem absolutely mesmerized by the skilled rhetoric of Barack Obama, facts have receded even further into the background than usual.Sowell, as a distinguished economist

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-5798251948402220242008-07-15T09:46:00.002-04:002008-07-15T10:00:55.008-04:00

Jay Nordlinger: Impromptus (Tell It, Phil, &c.) -- Everyone should read Impromptus. Rich Lowry: Anti-Fact Consensus. Barack's Iraq senselessness. LA Times: Cover Charges. New Yorker cover heresy sparks outrage Bret Stephens: Descent From Entebbe. Fall o' civilization stuff. Scott Johnson: Let's Party Like It's 1984. Barack's Iraq revisionism. Ed Morrissey: Mother Nature, The Biggest Oil

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-86051402857523311932008-07-10T10:05:00.003-04:002008-07-10T10:42:50.083-04:00

PowerLine Blog's Paul Mirengoff continues a debate between himself and Peter Wehner over the prospects for conservatism. Read his entry here.Real conservatism recognizes the truth that a moral citizenry is more important to a nation than good laws. It also understands that bad laws can encourage vices among the citizens that create problems that legislation is unable to remedy. Conservatism is

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-13395256328160321032008-07-10T09:47:00.004-04:002008-07-10T10:45:44.987-04:00

--Victor Davis Hanson: Barack W. Bush? Bush's sinister plot for a third term? --Christopher Booker: Our Leaders Are In Carbon-Cloud Cuckoo Land. Western civilization suicide watch. --George Will: Beer: Is There Anything It Can't Do? Survival of the drunkest. Fascinating column about the role of beer in the history of humanity. --John Nichols: Obama Votes To Silence Debate And Pass FISA. In

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-36268790503432621912008-07-08T09:54:00.000-04:002008-07-08T10:08:40.936-04:00

Thomas Sowell pens an article today on RealClearPolitics about the appearance of "Obamacons":  Conservatives who are voting Obama this November.  Here's a bit: Partly what is going on is that, in recent years, the Congressional Republicans in general-- and Senator John McCain in particular-- have so alienated so many conservatives that some of these conservatives are like a drowning man grasping

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-75354270156958286152008-07-08T09:42:00.000-04:002008-07-08T09:53:59.790-04:00

MuskegonPundit: Claim:  Kids who say yuck may be racist.  (!)  British nanny state stuff. MuskegonPundit: No New Power!  Green Fascism on the march in Georgia. Ed Morrissey: McCain:  I'll balance the budget by cleaning up entitlement programs.  Pipe dreams. Michelle Malkin:  Treasury Dep't:  Chavez's government is funding and assisting Hezbollah.  But Chavez is secular and Hezbollah is

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-59635851826879020662008-07-07T09:24:00.000-04:002008-07-07T09:46:40.839-04:00

Hello, gentle readers!  I'm back after a hectic Independence Day weekend, bringing you all the news that I cared to comment about. And here's the result:  PowerLine's Paul Mirengoff writes today about Barack Obama's plan to inculcate civic pride in our nation's youth.  That is, use the federal government's coercive power to force high school students to do 50 hours of local community service and

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-41114079462481708662008-07-03T15:43:00.000-04:002008-07-03T16:08:58.292-04:00

I've been really bad about posting lately, hm?  Well, it's Fourth of July week, and at a grocery store that means WHOA SLOW DOWN HOW CAN ANYONE EAT THIS MUCH FOOD?  And stuff.  That's right, I'll be working tomorrow, a full shift.  Woot.  But for all those of you who get the day off... Independence Day is a great day.  Most people don't call it "Independence Day" anymore, of course.  We, as a

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-15154467490547094372008-06-30T09:18:00.002-04:002008-06-30T10:00:20.963-04:00

I received the following comment yesterday: "for conciseness' sake, replace all blog posts w/ 'liberals, LIBERALS, soulless LIEberals, materialism, liberals!, irrational, liberals! conservatives rock; I am so entirely blind to the irony of accusing liberals for a variety of offenses of which conservatives are equal guilty that Jesus is rolling over in his grave' TIA -nonpartisan"   What a

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-4947661769784657982008-06-27T16:24:00.001-04:002008-06-27T16:32:38.317-04:00

The Cowbell Commander over at Autumn Thunder has produced his very own 1 minute, 50 second musical starring the nation's first Hutt-American college football coach.  (The second was Mark Mangino.  But by that point, the way had been paved.  Also flattened.)  Enjoy!

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-52045238522055206162008-06-25T09:55:00.002-04:002008-06-25T10:21:10.488-04:00

That's right. By fifteen people. Into a coma.Oh, and the article also reports:In related news, the results of a survey conducted recently in Britain andpublished in the Sunday Telegraph revealed that Muslim youth in the UnitedKingdom are increasingly radicalized.The report noted that radical Islamic leaders operating in the UK are having far greater success than in the past in attracting young

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-81625722942267917602008-06-23T10:22:00.002-04:002008-06-23T10:44:27.283-04:00

Jason Mattera at the Washington Times notes that the overwhelming majority of commencement speakers are leftists:Sadly, if you've attended a graduation ceremony in the last 15 years,chances are you heard from a Democratic Party official, liberal activist, orsomeone within the mainstream media. Young America's Foundation has kept arecord. The tabulations are fairly simple. We match the U.S. News &

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-60661172720355360422008-06-19T11:22:00.004-04:002008-06-19T11:57:24.323-04:00

Three recent stories highlight inherent weaknesses in modern liberal concepts of governance. First, Muskegon Pundit notes that Nebraska's state Medicaid will no longer provide for penile implants, declaring sex medically unnecessary. (Get the government out of the bedroom! Erm...) I always knew liberals hated poor people, I just didn't know how much. But, I kid the system. Anyway, I think

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-28037276007939377142008-06-19T10:33:00.003-04:002008-06-19T10:50:20.551-04:00

Maybe.Yesterday I attended a barbecue for bloggers at the house of Jack McHugh, and I'm delighted to report that he is even more charming in person than in his Internet comments and briefly-worded event emails! And an excellent host, beside.I saw some familiar faces--but then, I have a pretty good memory for them--in father and son Gilman, writers of Michigan Taxes Too Much and Random Rants From

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-82594790596896483342008-06-18T00:39:00.002-04:002008-06-18T00:45:08.607-04:00

I won't be posting for the next few days; I plan on taking a trip around the state to visit friends some friends. On this trip, I will also be attending a barbecue at the home of Jack McHugh, from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. This barbecue for bloggers follows a forum on teacher quality, hosted by Marc Holley of the University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform. Although I

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-87277384583918297912008-06-18T00:07:00.002-04:002008-06-18T00:39:25.450-04:00

Oliver Kamm writes today in The Guardian--that's right, Britain's premiere lefty publication--that the world is safer today than before the advent of George W. Bush. (!) Read the whole fascinating and thought-provoking article.I agree with his basic analysis that the 9/11 attacks moved Bush's foreign policy philosophy in a better direction, but his execution was poor. In my estimation, Bush

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-38550433831231804782008-06-17T08:37:00.002-04:002008-06-17T09:08:28.469-04:00

George Will defends the Court's decision in the case, PowerLine's Scott Johnson criticizes Will.Nothing makes a citizenry, or a faction of the citizenry, angrier than when the nation's unlected highest court makes a decision with which they disagree. However, Supreme Court decisions must be criticized in a cautious and moderate way, an independent judiciary being necessary to the maintenance of

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-22646450250856724022008-06-16T17:17:00.002-04:002008-06-16T17:20:07.058-04:00

There's a new blogger in town, and her name is Alcazal. (Well, that's more like her online alias, you creepy Internet stalkers you.) She took over an older group blog and converted it to her own personal uses, here. Visit, visit!Also, ThinkCarpeDiem...come back! If you're reading this, I mean. I forgot to link you on my sidebar, but I promise I will if you start blogging again...

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-14862318771490784732008-06-16T17:13:00.002-04:002008-06-16T17:17:33.367-04:00

I may have mentioned before that Day By Day, by Chris Muir, while conservative politically, can be a little risque. It's still an interesting and funny cartoon, and it will continue to be featured on my site as a source of controversy and thought.Just a little disclaimer.

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-67644675599186870672008-06-16T09:08:00.002-04:002008-06-16T10:11:08.773-04:00

ALERT: Before reading, please understand that this book's opinions and conclusions are not exactly or necessarily my own. I shall comment on them after I finish explaining them. They are summarized here, gentle reader, for your curiosity and reflection. End alert.Peter Schweizer, a research fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, has compiled research in his new book, Makers and Takers,

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-58280459872642718022008-06-13T09:16:00.004-04:002008-06-13T09:53:05.574-04:00

Gregg Easterbrook, an amusing if often wrong sports commentator and political writer, gets it right today and in a major way: he gives us the numbers to show that not just the rich, but also the poor and middle class are better off today than they were five, eight, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty years ago:The case that things are basically pretty good? Unemployment is 5.5%, lowby

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-77080695400835144842008-06-12T10:13:00.003-04:002008-06-12T10:21:28.407-04:00

I spent way too much time this morning replying to a single comment, so I'm just posting it as a regular post (again) because if I'm going to spend that much time on it, then darnit! The five people who read this blog should see it: "Anonymous" writes:interesting ... though from Michelle Obama's speach they seem to bepromoting a "more free" american, which of course means a more "

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-60521104937257994382008-06-11T22:50:00.002-04:002008-06-12T10:49:38.351-04:00

Camille Paglia today called out talk radio for their delusions about Barack Obama:Meanwhile, conservative talk radio, which I have been following with interestfor almost 20 years, has become a tornado alley of hallucinatory holograms ofObama. He's a Marxist! A radical leftist! A hater of America! He's "not thatbright"; he can't talk without a teleprompter. He knows nothing and has doneless. His

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-39628143975940191182008-06-11T09:12:00.002-04:002008-06-11T09:56:43.272-04:00

If you look back at the entire run of this blog--maybe four and a half months--you will find that I was not always the prospective McCain-votin' blogger that I am now. In fact, I wrote scathingly about the man in several posts. I seriously contemplated rebelling and voting third party or not at all. But back then, I wasn't a college graduate, and now I am, and with that--apparently--has come

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-85854503090830200852008-06-10T09:54:00.002-04:002008-06-10T10:31:20.052-04:00

Barack Obama has vision. Well, that's not precisely true; he has articulated a vision. It is a vision of an America remade, reborn, reinvigorated. An America without inequality and without boundaries and limits. Most of all, an America unified. It all sounds very nice, but like everything politicians say--and Barack Obama has been revealed to be nothing more than a politician, shady

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-86116511009316145392008-06-06T09:34:00.003-04:002008-06-06T10:34:42.771-04:00

Wow, I was gone from blogging for a long time! Okay, back to business.Since Barack Obama has now won the nomination, prepare for a potential series of posts--especially if I feel like it--about the man against whom I will be campaigning vociferously. I promise, I won't talk about how his supporters regard him as the second coming of Jesus Christ himself. Well, no, the other thing...the

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-48114873472483672642008-06-02T00:22:00.003-04:002008-06-02T00:56:41.706-04:00

Adolph Hitler's brand of fascism, and in fact much of American progressivism even through the Thirties, was built around notions of racial strength and purity. Jonah Goldberg traces this grouping tendency to the Sixties' race riots--specifically the violent black separatist movements, many of which were based on black racial supremacy--and today to the left wing's explicit use of racial politics

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-50297832107808368202008-05-30T13:25:00.002-04:002008-05-30T14:08:21.433-04:00

Today's topic: nonsense and its prevalence in academia. Read on!Today, see-Dubya posts about the British professors' union, the Universities and Colleges Union, which is poised to introduce new rules to harass Israeli and Jewish professors and institutions. Even if you--like me--do not believe that Hitler and his cronies were right-wingers at all, still one must admit that anti-Semitism has

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-91019067353405604932008-05-26T21:34:00.003-04:002008-05-26T22:00:48.729-04:00

A friend, who has become increasingly liberal as he has progressed through college, recently sent me an article that purports to shed light on why conservatives and liberals have honest misunderstands that lead to name-calling. I wish I still had it--and I may be able to coax it out of him again--but its title was something like, "'Are Conservatives Stupid, Or Evil?" The article's surprising (

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-1516649369273634002008-05-26T21:22:00.002-04:002008-05-26T21:34:09.112-04:00

I've posted far less than I would like, mostly due to work. However, there is another cause: Jonah Goldberg's brilliant and important book, Liberal Fascism. Here is one brilliant summation of why liberals (the real kind) such as myself despise progressive governance:"The village may have replaced 'the state,' and it in turn may have replaced the fist with the hug, but an unwanted embrace from

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-27386741555853900362008-05-24T12:34:00.003-04:002008-05-24T12:44:50.525-04:00

I'm working on a bit longer, more polished essay-style post rather than the traditional random-thought-or-gut-reaction-to-news-story musing. To that end, there will be no morning post and possibly no evening post.On the other hand, I figured I would provide you, gentle reader, with some real inspiration. Therefore, partake:The Michigan Marching Band, I have recently discovered, was the first to

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-11720674415154394112008-05-23T14:33:00.003-04:002008-05-23T14:43:24.526-04:00

My friend "ThinkCarpeDiem" has posted an objection to this post about the competition between liberalism (i.e. modern conservatism) and progressivism (i.e. modern liberalism). Unless there is an outcry for it, I shall not post that objection--you can look at the link yourself--but I think the counter-comment I wrote clarifies my position on this issue. Read on:TCD:Thanks for the comments. I

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-11468844253378198722008-05-23T10:37:00.002-04:002008-05-23T11:14:33.511-04:00

Yuval Levin wrote a piece for Commentary recently, entitled, "Not Quite Dead," in response to an obituary written by George Packer of The New Yorker for a political philosophy--you can guess which one. Here's an interesting bit:Let me suggest two things he might have noted. First of all, the kind ofintellectual turmoil and self-searching he cites would be almost unimaginable onthe left, today or

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-65434429809050492502008-05-23T10:16:00.004-04:002008-05-23T10:37:30.724-04:00

Representative Maxine Waters (D., Venezuela) yesterday threatened a major oil executive with "socialization" of the oil industry if off-shore drilling didn't produce lower gas prices:Link: sevenload.comAt least she's honest about which direction she wants America to go, unlike Barack Obama; if your philosophy is that the government exists to solve problems, then what better aspiration could there

The Wandering Wolverinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496694768505313914.post-5649163170294267272008-05-22T10:15:00.003-04:002008-05-22T10:23:09.951-04:00

...tomorrow, or possibly tonight. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about you, gentle reader! I have, however, sacrificed your general enlightenment in favor of earning a few bucks, for I must go to work today.However, I shall leave you with a fantastic column--by one of my favorite classicists, Victor Davis Hanson--about the colonels who have turned Iraq around, their possible promotions to

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In the 1930s, the progressive craze nearly destroyed the Republican Party. The twin crises of the stock market crash of 1929 and World War II frightened the nation into accepting enormous amounts of government control, taxation, and spending, and the Democrats owned it all. The Republicans, still embracing the classical liberalism of the 1800s and 1920s, were nearly destroyed, left at one point

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My little series about the future of the GOP happened, luckily, to coincide with a fantastic but depressing column by Robert Novak about congressional Republicans' latest lunacy:On May 9, Flake sent Boehner a candid letter: "We need more than individualmembers of the Republican leadership to state their opposition to the bill. Weneed the leadership to use its good offices to explain the

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John Hinderaker of PowerLine posted this attack on John McCain made by Iowa Democratic Senator Tom Harkin:Republican presidential candidate John McCain's family background as theson and grandson of admirals has given him a worldview shaped by the military,"and he has a hard time thinking beyond that," Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Ia., saidFriday."I think he's trapped in that," Harkin said in a conference

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In keeping with DBD's Princess Bride theme for the day.Chris Arndt's blog, Apologies Demanded, has led me to a fantastical land of global warming craziness exposed for the entertainment of--hopefully--increasingly many. Global Warming Insanity documents the crazy things people do and say about the upcoming secular apocalypse and the Green code of conduct. (Think the Jesus statue from Scrubs,

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Obama cannot be touched, apparently.It's not okay to hint that Barack Obama is an appeaser, even if you're really suggesting that about Jimmy Carter. Even if it actually makes a good point.It's not okay to say that Barack Obama won't do a good job of protecting the nation. That would be an unacceptable personal attack.There are other examples--including the racism column from The New Republic

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