Note: Thanks to the flu, I missed the first After Party. Thanks to Ben Evans for reading this for me. You probably realize that I have to be really sick to miss a party. Actually, I don’t feel so bad right now, but I don’t want to spread this to the most important people in… [Read more…]
September 11, 2011
Have you been watching the 9-11 anniversary programs? I have. They remind me of several things. My Uncle Patrick Mahon, for one. Uncle Pat and I watched M*A*S*H reruns every day at 4:00 when I was a kid. We met at my Aunt Mame’s house (unwed sister to Pat and my mom). Uncle Pat drank… [Read more…]
September 7, 2011
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September 3, 2011
Maybe you scoffed at the headline. Maybe you didn’t see it. Maybe you’re in denial. Or maybe you just don’t care what other people think. If you want to stop the slide into irrelevancy (and the Tea Party movement is far down that path), then pay attention. If, however, you like the screaming in wilderness, stop reading… [Read more…]
August 14, 2011
“I will die fighting this Democrat-Media Complex, and I will fight alongside you.” That’s Andrew Breitbart’s commitment to African-American conservatives meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the airport in St. Louis, Missouri, yesterday. The three-day “Meet Me in the ‘Lou” conference is the work of the remarkable people at MoveOnUp.org. Today’s day two, and… [Read more…]
August 7, 2011
Can you guess the year? Scottish scientists cloned a sheep named Dolly President Clinton signed a bill barring federal funds for human cloning Bank robbers in Kevlar suits staged an epic gun battle with Los Angeles police The English Patient wins Best Picture Oscar Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of England Timothy McVeigh convicted of… [Read more…]
August 5, 2011
Answer: Bondbonds. Sometimes the only option is humor. Maybe it’s time to laugh . . . at ourselves, at our pre-occupations, and at our president. We elected him. And, in a republic, you always get the leadership you deserve. Now what? Now focus. Public displays of anger only hurt us. Anger is a tactic. Yes,… [Read more…]
August 4, 2011
Do you ever feel like Dan Blackford? Dan is an original Tea Party organizer. He’s been at it since 2009. And he’s just about worn out. According to the Wall Street Journal, Blackford’s given up his position in the Houston Tea Party. All the protests, the organization, the fundraising, the block-walking, has it done anything?… [Read more…]
August 2, 2011
There’s hysteria on both sides. From Satan Sandwiches to “killing future generations,” you’d think Congress is voting on a bill to launch the US nuclear arsenal on Philadelphia, Detroit, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. There are reasons to distrust the deal. I distrust it. There are great reasons to distrust the Congressional committee charged with finding… [Read more…]
July 21, 2011
Look, folks, let’s remember who’s on whose side. Dana Loesch is a champion of liberty, the conservative grassroots, and everything else we stand for. And she’s a great friend to me, to the Tea Party, and, in a sense, to all of us. She’s elevated this movement locally and nationally like no one else. You… [Read more…]
July 6, 2011
July 4, 2011, felt hollow, like celebrating the birthday of someone deceased. Independence Day celebrates the birth of an idea: that people create governments and empower them, not the other way around. Do we still believe that? Yes, I still believe that. Morally, at least. And you probably do, too. Does America still believe that… [Read more…]
September 15, 2011
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