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May 16, 2014

“The NRA’s RINO Endorsements”

We’ve discussed this here before:  the NRA looks for candidates who maintain senior status, which means that the organization is heavily pro-incumbent, provided the candidates they endorse have a stable record on protecting gun ownership. Which raises the question, why is the NRA supporting those whose records on gun rights are not terribly impressive, when many of the groups members are strong constitutional advocates, and as such, are far more

“The Emerging Junta”

Some of the National Review writers are clearly more willing to look reality in the face than others.  Like Kevin Williamson, for example: I will confess to a little despair over the relatively mild reception that has greeted the evidence, now conclusive and irrefutable, that the Internal Revenue Service, under the direction of senior leaders affiliated with the Democratic party, was used as a political weapon from at least 2010

No one is entitled to have a television program … [Darleen Click]

.. but since when does the private religious beliefs of business owners become a litmus test for business? First they lost their television show. Now the Benham brothers say they are losing their business. SunTrust Banks is cutting ties with would-be reality stars David and Jason Benham after liberal activists attacked them for their conservative views on abortion and gay marriage, The Daily Caller has learned. In a statement provided

“‘Hump Day’ event cancelled after students claim bringing a camel to campus was racist”

Thus reinforcing yet again that the contemporary academy — less a space for intellectual exploration than it is an increasingly leftist-dominated Petri dish for social engineering gambits, grievance politics, and inane departments handing out inane degrees that leave graduates in crushing debt and with no hope for finding a job — is actually taking already brainwashed kids and making them even dumber young adults.  Campus Reform: Students at the University

“It’s such a great, simple idea.” [Darleen Click]

“… Young Brazilians want to learn English. Elderly Americans living in retirement homes just want someone to talk to. Why not connect them?” h/t David Thompson