Hasta La Vista Father Christmas: California Post-Election Blues

“Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.”  Mary Ellen Chase
There will be no Christmas in May for California. What happened to California?  How did we come to this: poised on the brink of State bankruptcy?
Reason TV has produced an excellent video analysis. Unfortunately, it emphasizes too heavily [...]

Yoo Hoo: Pelosi Knew Too

Walking down Bancroft Avenue today, I noticed this flyer posted on a newspaper box:

The following flyer deserves to be its companion:

UPDATED 5-15-09

Panetta to CIA Employees: We told Pelosi the truth, Politico.com
Taunted by the GOP, Nancy Pelosi throws a punch-at the CIA, Slate Magazine
EXTRA READING:

Pelosi says she learned of waterboarding in 2003, Breitbart.com
Why Didn’t Pelosi Act?, [...]

Liberty is better than slavery: Andrew Klavan and YAF Student Videos

Late in April, Andrew Klavan wrote a wonderfully erudite piece about culture and the media entitled Toward a New American Culture. Klavan begins his analysis by noting:
For many years, conservatives have been complaining about the left-wing bias of both the mainstream media and popular culture. The two are intimately connected because, over and above commercial [...]