Polls show that most polls are stupid

Media Matters has been crowing about a survey that’s been widely reported upon by the left:
A Harris poll released on March 24 found that a majority of Republican respondents believe that President Obama “is a socialist,” “wants to take away Americans’ right to own guns,” “is a Muslim,” “wants to turn over the sovereignty of [...]

The Generals

A new book tells the stories of four generals who changed the modern U.S. Army.

Anti-Muslim Ignorance and Caricatures are Conservative Problems

Right-wing critics to the contrary notwithstanding, Islam isn’t the problem; radical Islam is.

The Olympics and the Spirit of Capitalism

The winter Olympics may seem an odd occasion to celebrate the virtues of entrepreneurial capitalism and economic decentralization, but a front-page piece in today’s New York Times provides an appropriate opportunity to do just that.
As the winter games conclude, the U.S. leads all competing countries in total medals won – 36 and counting – and [...]

Feminist Diversity Cop Wants More “Colored Women” in Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair’s annual Hollywood issue hit newsstands this week, and the full color glossy has  taken a decidedly monochromatic approach to highlighting Tinseltown’s up-and-comers. Naturally, the preponderance of slender, white women gracing the Vanity Fair cover is a big deal in the feminist blogosphere.
Fair enough. The Vanity Fair cover does resemble the MSNBC lineup.

But it’s [...]

The Spender-in-Chief’s Fiscal Freeze Follies

There are more loopholes in Obama’s proposed “spending freeze” than in an Olympic volleyball net.

FULL TEXT of President Obama’s State of the Union Address

The prepared text of tonight’s State of the Union address:
Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:
Our Constitution declares that from time to time, the President shall give to Congress information about the state of our union. For two hundred and twenty years, our leaders have fulfilled this duty. They [...]

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Silly, Bristol! Abstinence Pledges are for Lying, Manipulated Kids.

If anyone would want to spin a new narrative and forget her past, it would be Bristol. Every story about her is marred by the taint of professional ne’er-do-well Levi. Who wouldn’t want to start fresh?
Reasonable, no? Compassionate, even.  Given the patronizing approach Double X took in its scintillating exposé of Bristol Palin’s sexual [...]

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Why We Can’t Negotiate With Children or the Leftists in Washington

Follow the Left and soon America will have a toothless smile.
One of the common misconceptions parents hold today is the notion that they can reason with a child to convince him to obey or do what’s right. To use the politically correct terminology is “make good choices.”
This approach is based on the false premise that [...]

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Eric Kurlander: Empathy for Hitler? What in the World is Oliver Stone Talking About? – HNN

Last week the director Oliver Stone caused quite a stir when, in describing his new Showtime mini-series, “A Secret History of America,” he declared that Adolf Hitler was an “easy scapegoat throughout history… [who]‘s been used cheaply.” “We can’t judge people as only ‘bad’ or ‘good,’” Stone continued. Even Hitler was “the product of a [...]