I'm a sucker for a seasonal gift guide

Grace Coddington's memoir 'Grace' / Victorinox pen knife, Goodhood / Checked scarf, Topshop / 'Lulu' underwear, Monki / ...

declaration of stuff

I said I'd come back. There was a moment back there when I wondered if I would but then this evening I was cycling back from the cinema ...

Government Regulations and the Death of Business

I've recently read a couple of opinion pieces which dissect the reasons behind Mitt Romney's loss to Barack Obama in the last electi...

Four More Years: What Does It Mean?

So the Great Community Organizer got reelected for another four years. Here are a few of my thoughts and predictions about what that means t...

A little note

I can't believe it's been two months since I last posted. Spurred by a few people asking where the hell I've gone, I thought I...

What I've Learned from Liberals

What I've learned from liberals: Changing the facts of history is all right, as long as it fits liberal dogma. If liberal dogma changes,...

Euripides' Observations

Thomas Sowell I am a fan of Thomas Sowell and his work in economics, as well as a defender of US constitutional values. Every so often, ...

Bishop E.W. Jackson Message to Black Christians

Found this recently. Bishop E.W. Jackson is a conservative with principles based on his Christian background. While many may dismiss his arg...

The Changing Meanings of Words and Political Correctness

Two things bother me the most about liberal doctrine. The first, which I have often mentioned in my column, is the fact that liberals hold a...

Euripides Recommends: No Easy Day by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer

No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden , by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer, should be on your reading lis...

Obama: "My Number One Priority is to Keep Our Diplomats Safe"

In an appearance on Univision today, Barack Obama fielded a question about the embassy and consulate attacks in the Mideast. He declared: ...

What's So Scary About Obama?

Mitt Romney, talking to a private fundraising group, had a few blunt things to say about government dependency.  He mentioned that almost ha...

Repost: Barack Obama's Ideology

Is President Obama a leftist ideologue? Well, yes. The real question is just how dangerous to American values is such leftist ideology. I wa...

Protesting the US

The recent attacks on US embassies and consulates and the Mideast protests against the US have shown just how out of touch President Obama...

Obama's Class Warfare in a Nutshell

Here's the essence of Obama's brand of socialism and class warfare. In this view of the world, anyone who does a than others must be...

Taxing the Rich - Bringing Down the Bourgeoisie - The DNC Convention

Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm at the Democrat National Convention. She kind of reminded me of Eva Peron . For me, watching the ...

Obama Worked to Cut a Billion Dollars!

I just couldn't pass up this gem. Obama, in his convention speech accepting the Democrat nomination to run for president of the US in th...

neon good time

Angora jumper, H+M. Neoprene skirt, Topshop Boutique . Floral hologram iPhone case, Amazon.   Nail Varnish in Neon Green, American Apparel ....

The Propaganda Schools Teach Our Children

As part of my current teaching gig, I get the opportunity to review high school textbooks that are currently in use across the US. Most of t...

Lessons learned from Possum Living

Though the production of the 'Teenage' film itself seems to continue to pootle along slowly (it was originally expected to be finish...

Euripides Endorses

Years ago, I used to be invested in the party system that dominates politics in the US. Yet, in the process of growing up, I discovered one ...

REPOST: Standing for Something: Part 2 - Euripides on Tyrants

Euripides was one of the first Greeks to decry tyrants and espouse democracy. This is the second part of a multi-part article ( see part 1 )...

REPOST: Standing for Something: Part 1 - Indiscrimination?

The Declaration of Independence - one of the anchors of my conservative thought. What is a conservative? Why are conservatives conservative?...