John Derbyshire, Clever As Ever.

A good read on a current topic:

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/292393/you-should-be-paying-our-sex-lives-john-derbyshire

Maxine Waters...

...what a leader!

First Female Ames Winner.

Michelle Bachmann is the first female to win the Ames Straw Poll. But this has not received much attention. Conservatives naturally tend to pay less attenion to identity politics. And the media's disapproval of Michelle Bachmann as a human being drives them to ignore it as well.

Vilifying Capitalism

It happens at the hands of hippies-turned-teachers and professors every day.  As a result it creeps into the public rhetoric.  The fact that Microsoft had to "apologize" for this fully appropriate tweet is a testament to the way that Western culture has vilified one of the main driving forces behind Western greatness.

New York Times: Marion Barry Says Adrian Fenty Did A Lot For "White People"

The New York Times is at its best in a recent article.  Former inmate, former DC Mayor and current DC Council Member Marion Barry is interviewed for an article about the problems that come with "gentrification" and informs readers that Adrian Fenty (also a former Mayor) did a lot of things that "white people" like.  We assume he means more than eat at fancy sandwich shops.  The fact that the NYT even gives lip service to those who speak out against the peace and prosperity brought by "gentrification" is a joke in itself. 

WaPo Covers DC Conservative Happy Hour...Isn't That Biased.

 D.C. politicos host dueling happy hours.

The above article mentions the conservative First Friday happy hours and includes an awesomely bad picture of the rival lefty gathering.  It also includes a link to a longer write up on the two events that is strangely not overly biased.

And We Are Back... First Topic: Rep. Giffords

Our apologies for the delay between posts, but we were changing jobs.

Yesterday pictures of a rapidly improving Gabrielle Giffords graced front pages across the country. This prompted two questions in our mind: 1) Would her recovery get the same attention if she was a man? 2) Would it get the same attention if she was a Republican woman?

Answer 1) No. It would be ignored across the board. All media outlets would pay less attention and part of this is due to public demand: People like a damsel in distress story.

Answer 2) Kind of. Fox and other sympathetic outlets would cover the story the same way if she was a Republican. But there is no way that mere recovery pictures, like we saw yesterday, would be on the cover of the New York Times or Washington Post.