In the Lord of the Rings, the Mouth of Sauron was the ambassador and messenger of Sauron. As a Black Numenorean, the Mouth had given up his greatness to worship and serve Sauron. Likewise, the Wall Street Journal appears to be descending from once great heights to serve as the mouth of Karl Rove and other…
Author: Bill
Cronyism & Comcast
Comcast is in the process of buying Time Warner Cable, a deal that will create the largest cable provider in the U.S. The FCC, of course, has to approve the deal. It is no surprise that Comcast and Time Warner Cable have done their best to grease the wheels for approval through political donations and…
Freedom Reigns: Still No Stopping the Texas Economy
Wendell Cox’s new report, 2013 Metropolitan Area Population Estimates, is the latest confirmation that Paul Krugman and other liberal critics of the Texas Model are wrong; Texas has far and away the most dynamic economy in the United States. For example: Late in the last decade, Dallas-Fort Worth passed Philadelphia to become the fourth largest metropolitan area….
Why Worry? The New York Times says ObamaCare is not a Problem
Turns out, per the New York Times, that Obamacare is really just federalism at work, another experiment in the laboratories of democracy, the states. Everybody can stop worrying now: The online insurance marketplace in Oregon is such a technological mess that residents have been signing up for health coverage by hand. In Texas, political opposition…
In Freedom’s Cause: A Story of Wallace and Bruce by G. A. Henty
I love all of G. A. Henty books, as does my son. In Freedom’s Cause: A Story of Wallace and Bruce is about the twentieth of Henty’s great historical fiction books for boys–and their dads–we have read together. Like the rest of them, this one helped us learn about history and the difference between right and…
Killer Chihuahuas
World Magazine reports that a pack of feral Chihuahuas are on the loose in Phoenix “nipping their way through city streets, terrorizing residents and turning sidewalks into minefields of excrement.”
What’s Wrong with Texas? The Lone Star State is not Cooperating with the Left
One of the top priorities of the left today is shifting the national balance of power by turning Texas blue, using tactics it claims were responsible for a similar transition in Colorado. However, based on the results of the recent Texas primaries, it’s obvious that the people of Texas are not cooperating with the left’s…
Erickson, Coulter, and Good Writing
Red State’s Erick Erickson and Ann Coulter recently went back and forth in a debate over whether conservatives should support Mitch McConnell. Coulter got things started, using inflamed rhetoric while criticizing “nonsensical jeremiads against McConnell on the RedState blog.” Erickson’s response was quite good. I think a neutral reader with no opinion on McConnell might…
Growing our Imagination and Changing the World through Fiction
I recently suggested to a friend that he should read more fiction. He replied that fiction was boring and he is more interested in reading nonfiction books because they can help change the world. He also, though, graciously asked if I had any recommendations for fiction that he might read. The following is my response…
Where I Get My News
I get my news from a variety of places and through a variety of ways. I browse websites, use RSS feeds, read emails I have signed up for, and follow some twitter feeds. None of these ways is perfect, and I am not always consistent with them, finding that I have other things to do…