A Marine Dad’s Pride – and Reflections on Service

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    Demon Denim

    A few months ago, George Will had at blue jeans in a curious column.  He thinks they’re shabby:  ”Denim is the clerical vestment for the priesthood of all believers in democracy’s catechism of leveling — thou shalt not dress better than society’s most slovenly.” Personally I don’t care how Levi’s look, but I’m alarmed by their militant activism.  The company has a full-page ad in today’s | Read More »

    NEWS FLASH: Ayers and Obama Again!

    Thiswas on AOL News this morning: “Bill Ayers (R), co-founder of the organization Weather Underground, chats with other voters after casting his vote in the U.S. presidential election at the Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School in Chicago, November 4, 2008. Ayers cast his vote within half an hour of U.S. democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama at the same polling place.” Still think there’s no continuing connection? | Read More »

    Mortgagecare Part D (UPDATED)

    (UPDATE: Apologies for the double posting. And no, it’s not because of the “new RedState”–it’s due to my own limited competence.) Am I the only conservative who felt a sickening feeling when McCain proposed socializing America’s “troubled mortgages”?

    Mortgagecare Part D

    Am I the only conservative who felt a sickening feeling when McCain proposed socializing America’s “troubled mortgages”?