Charlie Wilson’s War is one of several movies I saw over the weekend, and I am glad to say I can recommend it.  Directed Mike Nichols from a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, there were certainly reasons to be concerned that the ostensibly fact-based film would stray too far into the realm of liberal fantasy.  It does do this on occasion, but not so much as to interfere with enjoying the

A study of hyper-moronicity.  It seems that “researchers” have discovered that sexists (men, of course) who are exposed to humor that disparages women are less likely thereupon to donate money to women’s causes.  So this is evidence that sexist humor (against women, of course) tends to unrepress prejudicial behavior among sexists (men, of course). Why the study didn’t bother to consider the effects of humor disparaging to men on women

It strikes me as strange that Caric and similar creatures don’t understand how their propagation and maintenance of the subtext contributes to stuff like this:  A jury Saturday convicted a black man of killing a white teen during a racially charged confrontation outside the man’s home despite his claims that he feared a lynch mob had come to attack his family. Jurors found John White, 54, guilty of second-degree manslaughter

Sen. Hillary Clinton – the Great and Terrible — has been trying to get those early caucus and primary voters to like her, right down to offering them Christmas gifts — albeit gifts for which the voters would ultimately pay.  So, how’s she doing? According to the latest numbers from Rasmussen, she is currently viewed unfavorably by 54% of all voters — the highest unfavorable rating for any of the Democratic

The other day, I missed the disclosure that the Center for Independent Media — funder of lefty bloggers – operates as a cut-out of sorts for money from George Soros. Captain Ed asked: Why doesn’t George Soros work with more transparency? Why create the illusion of the “independent” nature of CIM and its subsidiaries, like MinnMon? It clearly indicates that they intend to quietly influence people via the use of front organizations that