Lee on Sep 06 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Society
How many children does John McCain have? It’s seven including adoptions, but very few seem to know that. Easier question: how many children does Sarah Palin have? Five and I bet you knew that instantly. Welcome to sexism says liberal feminist Linda Keenan, in a profound and important confessional apology to Sarah.
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Lee on Sep 03 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
The title is what Time Magazine labeled New Jersey’s Senator William Warren Barbour in 1940. The expression takes on a better curve for Sarah Palin, but it fits the occasion of a very partisan and frankly rather phenomenal speech tonight (transcript).
I suppose I’m surprised by the surprise in so many media reactions I’m seeing. [...]
MikeR on Aug 23 2008 | Filed under: MikeR's Page, Uncategorized
American Daily
The single most important building block of any nation is her families. Destroy that and you can easily lay claim to a nation’s soul.
I agree. I think we have failed to maintain the nuclear family and lost the fundamental building block. Part of the reason so many folks are enticed by government [...]
Lee on Aug 05 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Society
Alan Finch, Helen Finch, Alan Finch the Revenge
Looking over our logs, it’s incredible how much global traffic we get from people searching for information on Alan Finch (August’s #1 ASHC keyword and a top-30 quantity since February). Perhaps a little odd for a blog that tends to focus on American party politics, economic theory [...]
MichaelW on Apr 17 2008 | Filed under: Blogs, Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Libertarianism, MichaelW's Page, Military Matters, Notes on the war, Philosophy
There seems to be some confusion on the part of some as to exactly what sort of place ASHC is:
I was rather surprised to read this dubious and scornful appraisal of Michael Yon’s Wallstreet Journal editorial at A Second Hand Conjecture, a heretofore conservative site.
The post Mick Stockinger is referring to was created by Joshua [...]
Peg on Feb 13 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Economics, Peg's Page
One of my liberal friends routinely rails at me for being such a selfish, uncaring conservative. When I remind him, though, that he is the one who moved from Minnesota to Florida because he “could not afford the taxes” in his former home state, and I am the one who remains here - [...]
Lee on Feb 06 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Michael Goldfarb denounced Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives as “disgraceful” today, for their open criticism of John McCain’s record and views. He labels it the result of a psychological condition he and other McCain apologists call “McCain Derangement Syndrome”:
I understand that some conservatives are uneasy about a McCain nomination, that he isn’t their first choice [...]
Lee on Jan 31 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Arnold has to govern liberal California, Rudy had to govern liberal NYC and McCain…McCain is from Arizona. So what exactly is his excuse for his dramatic shift to the Left over time? Lest you think he has one, here’s a very good interview from Kudlow & Company with Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, who is championing [...]
Peg on Jan 31 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Foreign affairs, Peg's Page, Religion and theology, Society
(Cross posted at What if?)
My liberal friends think I’m a conservative. My conservative friends think I’m a liberal. Frankly - there is truth in the assessment of both groups. Depending upon the issue, you can honestly label me with both.
One issue that continues to gnaw at me is that of equal rights [...]
Lee on Jan 21 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
(photo: Marc Nozell)
Matt Stoller at OpenLeft has a pretty interesting observation about the swing of the self-described “very liberal” constituency from Obama to Hillary over the course of the primaries:
In Iowa, Obama beat Clinton by 16 points among those who consider themselves as ‘very liberal’. In New Hampshire, they were even. And now [...]
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