Some Animals are More Equal Than Others

Michelle Malkin :

Uh-huh. Let’s face it. Nanny Bloomberg’s unmistakable message is this: “Cheez-Its for me, but not for thee.”

So says Michelle. You’re going to have to go there to figure what the heck she’s talking about.

But when

USATODAY.com  SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. — White House hopeful Fred Thompson continued his debate-night criticism of rival Mike Huckabee on Friday, calling the primary contest a fight between the ideals of Ronald Reagan and populist appeals that blame others for

Ross Douthat at The Atlantic

Here is some free advice for liberals who don’t care much for Jonah Goldberg or his (bestselling) new volume: Either confine yourself to dismissive snark, of the sort perfected by my colleague Matt, or buckle

A STUDY that claimed 650,000 people were killed as a result of the invasion of Iraq was partly funded by the antiwar billionaire George Soros.

Soros, 77, provided almost half the £50,000 cost of the research, which appeared in The

McQ, over at Q&O, notes progress in Iraq… progress tha very few in the MSM will ever notice:

Another real indication of progress in Iraq:

Iraq’s western province of Anbar, hotbed of the Sunni Arab insurgency for the first four

Scott Johnson, Powerline, has “The case against John McCain.” I’ll go beyond Rick Santorum, and I don’t trust McCain on foreign or defense policy either. McCain has the problem of letting extraordinary temper get the better of

I’ve spent the morning hopping around the ‘sphere, and have noted a trend I’ve noted in previous election years…  I’m noticing how very much of the platforms of the Democrats is surrounded by guilt. Perhaps you’ve noticed it, too?

A

Ben Smith over at the Politico notes that there’s been a lot the last 48 or so over charges of racism:

A series of comments from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, her husband and her supporters are spurring a racial

John Hawkins emailed a bunch of right siders within the last week or so and asked a series of questions aimed to judging where we are on the presidential election, and specifically the Republican nomination. Among those responding:
The Absurd

Ms Magazine, established by Gloria Stienem, may proclaim itself the voice of all woman, but it surely is not.   Some topics are just too darn hot for the girls to handle, such as this ad (PDF)

 Via, Powerline:

• Another Honorable mention at the udderly ridicowlus version of OTB’s caption contest.
• Speaking of OTB, Joyner is running a headline…Huckabee and Al Qaeda Oppose Guantánamo.And James? Huckabee is dead wrong here. This should end his WH run,

On the eve of Doctor Martin Luther King Day,  I pose a question.   Does socioloigical change come from outside or within?   I suggest the latter.   True change comes from self-examination and then rejection.  

So did mainstream culture change due to

Last couple days it’s been around 65 here during the day. Unusually warm. The new weather front came in this morning, with a thunderstorm packing 75MPH winds. You can imagine that power’s a little iffy, today.

I’m going to pass along some extended quotes that caught my eye over the weekend.

During the thousand years that included the careers of the Frankish soldier and the Polish king, the Christians of Asia and Africa proved unable to

In kicking around the blogs today, particularly the leftie blogs, I’m seeing a word that is often used and usually misunderstood, or at least ill-defined in context.

The word is “Change”.  There seems to be an almost universal cry for