Self-deception, by definition, is impossible to see without someone else’s help. And, all too often, it is likely that the person who helps us see that will, in the short term, anger us. This is part of being human.
Rufus, over at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen, ties this self-deception, or lack of self-criticism, [...]
This post is the fallout from a Facebook discussion. The issue at hand had to do with “Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell” (DADT) and its purpose. After all, no soldier, sailor, marine, or airman’s job is to get laid for their country. So serving in the military is not inherently dependent on sexual [...]
The latest word is that John and Elizabeth Edwards are now separated and will likely divorce. The descent of John Edwards has been stunning. From one step away from VP to a viable Presidential candidate, he is now simply a rich man who can’t keep his pants up. Worse, with all the [...]
In case you haven’t heard about Sen. Harry Reid’s comments on Barack Obama, here’s a recap:
[Reid] told staff to brace for a tough weekend and instructed them to go into damage-control mode. He then hunkered down at his home in Searchlight, Nev., and began working the telephone, apologizing for saying Obama had a good chance [...]
For those of you who don’t share my religious views, this post will be largely academic for you. But I hope that those who do share my religious views will take a moment to seriously consider the points I intend to raise.
I grew up in a very conservative Christian household. We [...]
Increasingly, there is little difference between the methods of the far left and those of the far right. Take, for example, the use of the Senate filibuster. Air America’s Mark Green is today’s example of liberals behaving ignorantly:
To reach unanimity at the Constitutional Convention, the 1787 “Connecticut Compromise” created a House of Representatives [...]
Anne Applebaum wants to know why responses to swine flu outbreaks vary so widely:
How did we get to this point? That is, how did we get to a point where outbreaks treated with the utmost seriousness by the World Health Organization — swine flu has been officially declared a “pandemic” — receive vastly different levels [...]
A so-called moderate:
The issue is not whether Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan committed a terrorist act. He did.
Here is a prime example of reporting opinion as fact. Terrorism has a very specific, and legal, definition: (2) the term “terrorism” means premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents;
So, to [...]
The truth is that what happened at Fort Hood yesterday was horrific. It is simply incomprehensible how a Major in the US Army, a psychiatrist who had taken an oath to do no harm, could violate every oath he had ever taken and open fire on his fellow soldiers. It is an act [...]
In a seat that Republicans have held since Abraham Lincoln, the winner of the Republican primary is pulling out of the race. The reason?
Some have called the race a test of the GOP’s future: whether traditional conservative ideology would lead the way forward or if a more inclusive approach would draw more people back [...]
