Whenever There is a Truth That You Cannot Tell, That is a Truth You Must Tell!

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My very good friends on the left used to love, when presented with a fact which challenged their assertions, to use the expression, “The plural of anecdote is not data.” I, of course, pointed out that an ‘anecdote,’ if confirmed, actually is a datum. A few years ago, Barry Ritholtz writing in The Big Picture, …

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Sometimes You Just Have To Be An [Insert Slang Term For The Rectum Here] To Do Things Right

We have previously reported on how almost everyone supports drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation, but they prefer it to be in other people’s neighborhoods, and how even in Democrat-controlled Philadelphia, the City Council passed an ordinance which bans ‘safe injection centers in all council districts except one. We alson noted that, despite residential opposition, the …

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Aren’t the Left at Least Somewhat Aware That They Depend Upon a Civilized Society for Their Lives, Property, Safety, and Professions?

I have previously mused that Philadelphia Inquirer main editorial writer Daniel Pearson could actually be a conservative, though ‘moderate Democrat’ would probably be far closer to the truth. Though Mr Pearson is not the Editorial Page Editor, I would guess that he has some influence. And I have noted how the newspaper has granted outside …

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Whenever There is a Truth You Cannot Tell, That is a Truth You Must Tell!

When you don’t tell an obvious truth, you let the liars win. J K Rowling, the author of the brilliant Harry Potter books, is a stone liberal, one who decided to tell readers that Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, is homosexual. Miss Rowling never mentioned anything about her vision …

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What Could Trigger an American Existential Crisis?

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Our current chief executive stood before a red backdrop in Philadelphia screaming at what he called the “semi-fascist MAGA extremists” – people who hold different political views than his own. Does he have a cool enough head to avoid triggering a chain reaction that could lead to a very dangerous place?

Sometimes You Just Have To Be an [Insert Slang Term For the Rectum Here] To Do Things Right.

“Nice guy” policies have led to disaster in our big cities. My site has previously noted the open-air drug market in the Kensington section of Philadelphia; with published photos of junkies shooting up right on the street in front of SEPTA’s Allegheny Avenue train station, it’s pretty difficult not to notice. The government of Mexico …

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