First Principles

Caligula sent a horse to the Senate. Minnesota is just sending part of the horse. — Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit May our Republic fare better.  Frank(en)ly, I think we’d be better off with the whole horse.

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This election could have been a lot worse for Republicans (and for conservatism) than it was.  The Senate is not filibuster proof.  The House didn’t flip as many seats as some feared.  Al Franken is still losing in Minnesota, preventing me from taking tons of guff by mere virtue of the fact that I went […]

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A Rant.

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Well, this isn’t officially over, but as I sit here typing, it more or less is.  (Update: Oh, it’s official.  And this blog entry is officially as long as it’s going to be.) Congrats to the Democrats and to President-Elect Obama. Some random thought about this new era:

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I once believed that, while I didn’t like pretty much any of Barack Obama’s policies, that I would be glad if he was the nominee.  If he was elected, he seemed like a guy I could get behind, root for, and like.  A guy I’d be happy to be the loyal opposition to.  A guy […]

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Tonight we went to the second-to-last last stump speech of the McCain-Palin campaign, held here in Reno with the Alaska governor.  I went to the last one, too, but this one was different.  It was bigger, more serious, and more hopeful – no matter who wins tomorrow. When we arrived, there were thousands of people […]

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This was a fun meeting:

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Yesterday I was at a big Nevada Day party in Carson City.  Prominent among the attendees were Obama supporters sporting buttons, stickers, shirts, and even facepaint. Every time I saw one of them walked buy with a drink in their hand, I wanted to take it away and drink half. 

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There are three different things that can happen in the next four years that will make me happy as an American.  I hope for them in this order:

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Literally:

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A lot has been already made about Barack Obama’s lament that “economic justice” and “redistribution of wealth” wasn’t a priority for the Warren Court.  (I’ve even heard some people call his arguments “conservative” because he suggests that the courts may not be the best places to achieve such re-distribution.)  Not enough has been made, to […]

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It’s begun: Likely among them are the 12 people who have registered to vote since August using the address of the 1,175-square-foot Brownlee Avenue house. Some of them already have voted. Others requested absentee ballots but have yet to return them to the Franklin County Board of Elections. None of them, however, seems to have […]

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Sometimes, conservative principles are extolled in the most unlikely of places.  Today I found it in The New Republic of all places, urging Obama supporters not to blame racism if he loses. For 40 years, black America has been misled by a claim that we can only be our best with the total eclipse of […]

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Peggy Noonan is glum, of late.  Bitter, even.  I heard her on a radio broadcast of Meet the Press complaining about the grace “both sides” needed, in commiseration with Glen Ifell who sat next to her and complained that how unfair criticism of her for moderating a Vice-Presidential debate in a race in which she had a direct financial stake.  She […]

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And that’s it. If McCain pulls this out, he’ll have Joe the Plumber to thank. I think this was by far the best debate, both in format, in McCain’s performance, and in moderator performace. I’m fired back up, but still unsure if a victory is possible at this point. The next few weeks will decide.

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Bottom Line: Thanks, first of all, to all the new traffic for visiting.  Come back often, and I urge you to comment and challenge me vehemently on this blog.  The key to philosophical strength is tempering that philosophy in the forge of debate.  If I’m wrong and can’t defend myself, I want to know. I […]

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What a disgrace that John McCain voted for the Senate’s bailout version yesterday.  The core – the heart and soul – of his domestic economic policy is to oppose wasteful spending, and to give no quarter to those who sneak in absurd and unrelated spending measures that give millions to their constituents and allow the […]

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Our message to Wall Street is this: the party is over. The era of golden parachutes for high-flying Wall Street operators is over. No longer will the U.S. taxpayer bailout the recklessness of Wall Street. Said Nancy Pelosi, right before she voted to force the U.S. taxpayer to bailout the recklessness of Wall Street.  Fortunately, […]

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Obama told the “CBS Evening News” he was not sure what went wrong. Well, that should help him solve this problem and bring Democrats and Republicans together.  If you don’t know “what went wrong,” how do you expect to make it right?!?

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Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen posted a particularly mind-numbing article today, angry that Obama isn’t angry or mean enough to counter the unforgivable meanness of Sarah Palin.  (Maybe he feels better after Obama’s unfortunate “pig wearing lipstick” comments today.) Yawn.  Hysterical liberals upset that their emperor is naked is the sun rising in the east.  […]

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