Because I have to run out and get some things for the wife’s birthday while she’s out treating herself to one of them expensive haircuts broads are always justifying (“But look at the fine detail along the feathered edge, here, where she’s tapered it.  I mean, she used a straight razor there, for Chrissakes!”), I am just going to point you to this piece by the National Review’s John Miller,

The

Just leave those dirty dishes, honey.  Today, Jeff cleans and dries and stacks them in the      cupboard.

Chianti: “And another thing:  your 70s cinema is totally derivative of the French New Wave –”* me: “– Enough!  Man, you had best be mobbed up, is all I have to say—because otherwise, you’re about to be poured over ice into a highball glass, stuffed with cherries and orange slices, and turned into some poncy Sangria, then locked into a refrigerator with a bunch of rowdy Guinness draughts.  Which, if

Sean M’s always interesting Brea Canyon takes on the draconian

Larry Elder offers up “The (blue) State of the Union address.” A taste: My fellow Americans, I am evil. I only care about rich people, and rich people only care about other rich people—unless, of course, your name is Kennedy. In fact, it is misleading to say that I only care about the rich. I truly only care about Republican, white, Christian males who are rich. I would say that

Newsday profiles John Boehner, who defeated Roy Blunt and libertarian favorite John Shadegg (who dropped out) to replace Tom Delay as House leader: John Boehner came to Congress 15 years ago as a crusader against what he saw as the excesses of Democratic power. […] Boehner has a strong conservative record, but has also shown an ability to reach across party lines. He pushed pension legislation through the House last

For those of you who haven’t been following the Allah cartoon flap too closely, Frontpage has a nice thumbnail timeline of the controversy to date that includes this editorial commentary: […] Islam is not a race; the problems with it are not the product of fear mongering and fiction, but of ideology and facts—facts that have been stressed repeatedly by Muslims around the world, when they commit violence in the

Chianti: “You tawdry, godbothering Americans—all you do is stuff your faces and hate brown people.  And stink like cheese puffs.* “Honestly, it’s a miracle you can live with yourselves.  Now please—leave my sight before I’m forced to use violent and unpleasant hand gestures to vigorously insult you.”

From the Economist‘s Global Agenda Watch, “Betting on Bernanke”: The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by another quarter of a percentage point, to 4.5%, at Alan Greenspan’s last meeting in charge. His successor, Ben Bernanke, is taking over at or near the end of a cycle of monetary tightening, and thus may sit on his hands for a while. But his first big challenge is not far