Iraq- “A War We Just Might Win”, reports… the New York Times?!? UPDATE: It’s official- Congressional Democrat says that American success would pose “a real big problem” for Dems.

OK, technically, it was an Op-Ed page contribution, not a NYT staff article, but still, this is an astonishment! What does it mean, what is the world coming to, when America’s “paper of record wreckage”, flagship publication of the Left, drum major of the “Bash Bush” Corps, actually prints a guardedly optimistic piece acknowledging [...]

House-Senate conference revives “John Doe” protection.

As reported at FOXNews.com:
“WASHINGTON — After nearly a week of intense, behind-the-scenes wrangling, congressional negotiators late Tuesday agreed to include in the pending Sept. 11 security bill sweeping liability protections for citizens who report suspicious activity they fear might be linked to terrorism.”
Fantastic- but, just one question: why on earth would such an [...]

Alaska is just a little different…

If anyone suggested to me while I was growing up in Southern California that I would one day settle down in Alaska, I’d have told them they were high. Life does take the unexpected turns- can’t imagine living anywhere else now.
For you who listen to NPR, you may have caught the segment yesterday afternoon [...]

“Shut up and shuffle!”

In the aftermath of the Democrats refusal to protect Americans from intimidation by lawsuit, there have been a number of changes proposed to certain signs and public service announcements you may remember having seen before. But, that was before.
Then…

and now…

And the new travel advisories:

So, is this the situation you want to find yourself in? At [...]

President Cheney’s bold action steps

Some humorous relief- God knows we need it. Found this “secret” document of VP Dick Cheney’s “First 100 Minutes” plan for when he assumes Presidential powers today. And I’m sure there are more than a few unhumorous folk who believe such a list actually exists.
Minute 1: Nuke Baghdad
Minute 15: Eliminate the Department [...]

God help us

Forget about “If you see something, say something”.
Forget about “We’re all air marshals now”.
As of tonight, the Democrats in both the House and Senate have declared the new reality:
Who…what American, in the aftermath of 9/11, could ever have imagined that it would come to this?
If some Cassandra had in those days foretold this action, who [...]

Deport Them Now

First, a reminder of my pride in America’s immigrant heritage, from a previous post.
The recently defeated immigration bill was an insult to all those who are standing in line, playing by the rules, acting in good faith and expecting they will be treated in good faith. The campaign waged by the bill’s supporters was [...]

Family time (Pt. 2)

I’ve continued to enjoy having a great time with my daughters this past week. I got some “1-on-1″ time at a local coffee shop with my older daughter Wednesday evening before she left on Thursday, and good honest talks with her on other occasions. Now it’s just me and the “little one” (18 year old) [...]

A Contract with our Children

That is the proposed title of a really outstanding set of policy proposals offered on a web site I just found called “On Tap“. Wish I could recall what link I followed to get there so I could give proper credit to them, but I can’t- my apologies to the unacknowledged blogger. Anyhow…
The [...]

Family time

Haven’t had the idle time to write new posts recently- I’ve been enjoying a visit from my two daughters.  The older one (24) is here for a week, the younger (1 for two weeks.  Both arrived last Thursday night.
We took it easy and restful on Friday, then drove down to Homer on Saturday.  Sunday [...]