Declaration of Independence: A Fisking
A conservative blogger’s perspective on the Declaration of Independence.
Reading the Other Side
Most blog readers, like talk radio listeners, gravitate to those sites where the host’s views mirror their own. This actually encourages over-the-top language, villification of the other side, and shoddy reasoning. Echo chambers tend not to reward nuance.
Heroes Don’t Shout
The title of Ralph Peters’ New York Post column today says it all: HEROES DON’T SHOUT.
My Apologies
Apparently, I missed the memo that everyone is supposed to apologize for semi-random events for which they have no control. My bad.
GOOD MOVIE, WRONG LESSON
Yes, the Jack Nicholson character (Colonel Jessep) had some great lines and it was easy to cheer for some of them. But Jessup was a villain in the flick.
