— and not as a pseudo-intellectual playground on which to play out their fantasies of rubbing elbows with radicals? It was Beaver Cleaver’s oppressive Eisenhower America. Not like now, where the promise of socialist Utopian transformation has provided us with unprecedented liberty. Provided, that is, we only want shit that is granted us by the State — and provided we embrace the identity narratives assigned us by our self-styled leaders.

Today, from Nancy Keenan of NARAL, who wants me to help with the war against women. Writes Ms Keenan: Dear J, The War on Women is in full swing, and it’s going to take everything we’ve got to end it. That’s why I’m so glad you did your part recently by taking action to stop attacks on birth-control coverage. We need your help to stand up for women — to

That headline can be read in several different ways — all of them perfectly apt, if I do say so myself. Trust me. Or, if you don’t trust me, a violent and fundamentally unserious pseudo-intellectual psychosexual predator and Visigothic purist, unhelpful defamer of all who are good and just and brave and sincere, then here: see for yourselves. Convinced? Good. Told you so. Squishes.

This is a question, I think you’d mostly all agree, you don’t need to be an “insider” to be asking. Evil creeps while the contented man sleeps. Which is something Benjamin Franklin never said. But probably thought a couple of times. And if not Ben Franklin, almost certainly Johnny Cochran. (thanks to Carin)

IDs are for getting on planes or buying beer or driving cars, not for voting or showing proof of citizenship or taking government aid. CNSNews: The U.S. Department of Agriculture-administered food stamp program does not check the Social Security Number (SSNs) of some of its 46.3 million recipients, many of whom are using the numbers of dead people and invalid SSNs to get benefits potentially totaling $1.1 million a month,

— And before the trolls chime in to accuse wild-eyed desperate conservatives of engaging in guilt by association — if there’s one thing we know for sure about Obama after 3+ years as President it’s that just because he told a crowd in Harvard Square to open its hearts and minds to the words of Derrick Bell doesn’t mean he actually meant it — let me just say this: the

Well, I do. And now I think I may know why. From Economic Policy Journal (h/t Michelle Malkin / geoffB): As the price of gasoline soars, top Mitt Romney adviser, Harvard economist Greg Mankiw sticks to his guns and calls for a hike in gasoline taxes. In a recent blog post, Mankiw points to a WaPo column which states: N. Gregory Mankiw, former top economic adviser to President George W.

Debating a person of the Left is like trying to nail jello to the wall. Contradictory assertions, circular logic, refusal to consider opposing arguments or deliberate misinterpretation of opposing arguments are among the characteristics of a Leftist screed in search of utopia. Today’s latest exercise is the mind-numbing musings of Nat Frank at HuffPo. Entitled Belief Alone Is No Basis for Public Policy, Frank attempts to make an argument against

So asks Jim Pethokoukis. And without reading the column, I’m going to go with my gut and answer, “because 34.7% of the country remains stubbornly and irredeemably stupid?” There. Tell me I didn’t nail it.