First Principles

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69. “Mercurial”?  “Enigmatic”?  Are you frickin’ kidding me?  How about “evil”?  How about “crazy”?  How about “murderous” or “terrorist sponsor” or “nuclear arms dealer to the Taliban/Iran/various & sundry Baddies”? And how about […]

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There are two things that can in my view most significantly impact the quality of news reporting – ignorance and bias.  This headline shows both.

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Bob Hastings put up a very interesting post about the sudden departure of KOH’s Bill Manders, lamenting the loss of local conservative media.  And while local, talented talk radio is something any community should always want more of, and is something Northern Nevada has a serious scarcity of, we don’t have to just complain.  Every […]

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When Bill Clinton was being impeached for perjury, I was beyond annoyed with the whole spectacle.  It’s not that I don’t think perjury should be taken seriously – it should.  And it wasn’t that I was a Bill Clinton fan – far from it. But the sanctimony and obvious political hackery at the heart of […]

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I used to listen to NPR all the time.  My dad listened to it all the time when I was a kid, from the time his clock radio went off in the morning to whenever Prairie Home Companion finished.  When I was in high school, I had a 45 minute drive to school.  I listened […]

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Waking up to reality after being in a dream world is never a pretty thing, as evidenced by this profanity laced screed excoriating a fellow “journalist” over at the Huffington Post.  It’s from a very liberal (self described Marxist) who nonetheless realized that he couldn’t deny the truths of our still fragile but undeniable success […]

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I should have live-blogged this, so ripe it is with stupidity.  But here are some highlights as I sit a watch with increasing outrage and disbelief. Obama claimed that the “Stimulus” bill is stripped of earmarks.  Really?  Are you kidding?  Sure – only if you get really creative with the language.  You can rename all […]

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Today Obama went to a dinner party at George Will’s house, along with conservative writers Bill Kristol and David Brooks.  I have to give all involved a lot of credit, and how much would I have given to have been a fly on that wall! The one thing you can take to the bank, though, […]

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Andrew Breitbart launched an awesome new blog today, a clearinghouse of Hollywood Conservatives blogging together in a site called “Big Hollywood.”  In my mind, this is a critical step in the rebirth of real conservatism in America.  I’m linking to it, and will check it often. One of the big differences between conservatives and libertarians, […]

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While reading this article about how the Democrats want to pass a $1 Trillion “rescue” bill in less than a week, I noticed this little paragraph that grated on my brain like fingernails on a chalkboard: With an ongoing recount in Minnesota’s Senate race and the process for replacing Obama in the chamber still uncertain, […]

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,,, Name That Party! That’s right, folks!  We all know the game.  In a mainstream media account of political corruption, who can be the first to find the party affiliation of the corrupt politician!?! Today’s contestant is Larry Langford, mayor of Birmingham, Alabama!  Come on down!

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