full bellies and new purchases

I'm back in Manchester with a belly heavy with Spinach Stew. I'm finally reveling in the glories of having parents drive you back af...

just married

I didn't really think I'd write a Royal Wedding post (not that I didn't love getting up bright and early, flicking on the coffee...

mood

Margaret Howell's East Anglia seaside house / varsity top worn by Mel from Two Breads, Please? / simple lunches and weather warm enough ...

Steven Crowder: BARACK FOR BRAZIL!! (Featuring an All-Star Cast)

Steven Crowder endorses Barack Obama for president...of Brazil.

models and tomboys

Two sweet videos of British models Hannah Noble and Molly Smith. The videos give a sense of the safety of the suburban home lives of these g...

FORGED? Obama Birth Certificate Released

FOXNews reported that the White House released President Obama's long form birth certificate. While I'm not a birther and don't...

On Letterman, Maher Charges Racist ‘Tea-Baggers’ Are ‘Corporate America’s Useful Idiots’

As a new feature, here at Self Evident Truths, I've created The Stinkies Award for Media Bias . I'll award The Stinkies to the media...

Advanced Thuggery: How to College Course on Violent Union Tactics Chilling Case Studies

Two union leaders teach a college class on "thinking creatively" about disrupting manufacturing businesses by using fear, intimida...

While Obama and Congress Spending Goes Out of Control - Culture Matters

Americans are finally waking up to the fact that absurd deficit spending and a huge national debt are somehow bad for the country. A few eve...

In praise of Paul Smith

When Ella shared a few little anecdotes from the morning she spent hanging out in Paul Smith's workshop  with a bunch of fellow blogger...

Andrew Klavan: How to Behave During an Islamic Massacre

Andrew Klavan takes on multiculturalism once again in this How to Behave During an Islamic Massacre.

the allure of the bunny

When I read recently that Playboy is opening a bar in London, my mind was filled with fond images of retro Bunny Girls in the golden days an...

Protesting the Madison, Wisconsin Tea Party Rally with Sarah Palin

This was a find. At a recent Tea Party rally in Madison, Wisconsin, which featured a speech by Sarah Palin, someone turned a camera on one o...

unique aw11

  Some of my photographs from the Topshop Unique show back in February. The playful-ness of the collection; models with cute drawn on puppy ...

personal style wobblies

Lately I've been suffering from a slight loss of mojo regarding my wardrobe. It happens to all of us and during dry spells, I usually ta...

On Civil Liberties and Morality

F. A. Hayek Just some thoughts today on the link between civil liberties and morality. It was Edmund Burke, the 18th Century conservative, w...

repton boxing club

  Alisdair McLellan's short film for Sunspel is a sweet six minute insight into the Repton Boxing Club and the boys that box there. Dee...

home

Phew! Back home in Bristol and appreciating the chance to recharge batteries and spend deliciously un-rock 'n' roll evenings indoors...

President Obama's Trash Talk

I was going to post an analysis of a quote on civil liberties and morality but found this video analysis from the Wall Street Journal showi...

Jennifer Roback Morse Testimony to RI House Judiciary on Marriage

Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute argues before the Rhode Island House Judiciary committee about the dangers of the arguments...

Mean to Me: Freedom from Being Offended?

There are a lot of things that offend me. For example, abortion is truly offensive. The idea that we as a nation accept the ideal of Woman...

Observations on Modern Liberal Thought

Number 1. The Larch. The Larch. I awoke this morning to the music of the long-lived Canadian rock band Rush . Years ago, they produced a son...

Scorpion Hunting: Or, the Insidious Nature of Fighting Leftist Ideologues

Bark scorpions such as this unfortunately live in the same place I do. Their sting is quite painful and can be quite dangerous to small chil...

Andrew Klavan: Barack the Magic Suit, A Political Fairy Tale

Andrew Klavan tells a tale of hope and change, of Imagination Land, and the Utopian ideal.

Why The Current Education System Fails: The Self Esteem Issue

The Speed Bump cartoon by Dave Coverly teaches one, simple reason what's wrong with today's school system. Entitlement indoctrinati...

The University Is Not Welcome to Squelch Conservative or Religious Opinion

University of North Carolina - Wilmington Professor Mike S. Adams Mike Adams, a professor of criminology at the University of North Carolina...

be right back

I'm in the midst of backed-up deadlines with books to read and essays to complete by the end of the week before I can return home to en...

Who Will the Republican Party Choose for 2012?

With Barack Obama kicking off his billion dollar 2012 campaign (that's billion, with a big, fat B) Republicans seem to be in a state of ...

Those Darned Fear Mongering Tea Partiers

Erskine Bowles, co-chair of Barack Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Leftist vocabulary loves the term ...

mothers day

Being in a different city means no blinkily making my way downstairs and flicking on the coffee machine for a Mothers Day breakfast but I wa...

fat sams

I've had renewed enthusiasm for Bugsy Malone this week after going to Itchy Feet (a touring clubnight that plays soul, funk, rock n roll...