November 19, 2023

I can't believe you said that!

In 2009, a book came out titled, "I Can't Believe You Said That," which gave quotes from various leftists which they uttered in unguarded moments.    Since the left must moderate its statements when the audience ...

October 11, 2023

The problem with fences

In 2006 a leftist leader, Evo Morales, was elected president of Bolivia, a country known for its large cocaine exports but is relatively poor.  Evo promptly reached out to America’s enemies, including Iran.   At the time I wondered wh...

September 11, 2023

Leftists Suffer from the 'Streetlight Effect'

The self-righteous leftists among us suffer from the streetlight effect, "a type of observational bias that occurs when people only search for something where it is easiest to look."  This refers to an old joke: A policeman s...

July 23, 2023

Do Leftists Believe What They Claim to Believe?

Do leftists believe what they say they believe?  And if not, how would we know? On key issues, the evidence shows that their positions cannot be taken at face value. In "Barack Obama's Rules for Revolution: The Alinsky Model...

March 23, 2023

Don’t Psychoanalyze Putin

Growing criticism from American conservatives of the U.S. role in supporting Ukraine is largely based on views what we think Putin’s real interests are, and not on his record. Take, for example, American army veteran and columnist, Kurt Sch...

January 14, 2023

Gaslighting the Republicans

Denver Riggleman, who most recently worked for the January 6 select committee analyzing the message traffic that led up to the rush into the Capitol, has written a book treating the matter as an attempted coup. A former one-term Republican c...