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  • Northern Alliance Radio Network

    The Northern Alliance Radio Network is back LIVE for another exciting and provocative broadcast day.It all starts at 11AM central with me and John Hinderaker. We'll likely talk about the Eric Holder testimony this week, Sarah Palin's book and other literary masterpieces by politicians, and about illegaly hacked emails about' [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:47am EST

  • Beer of the Week (Vol. XXXI)

    This week's edition of Beer of the Week brought to you as always by the festive folk at Glen Lake Wine & Spirits. They've got everything you need for holiday cheer whether you've been naughty or nice. Many of our current Christmas traditions and customs have come to us from [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:16am EST

  • No Glee In Mudville

    There's no reason that I should like Fox's television series Glee. It's a musical comedy set in a high school. While I enjoy plays and movies, I generally can't stand musical versions of either. Way back in junior high I remember going on a class field trip to see a' [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:45pm EST

  • All the Wrong Reasons

    I see some merit to Chad's comments from the other day about the perils of providing unconditional support to Sarah Palin based on reasons other than her individual merit.Then I saw that MinnPost approvingly commented and linked to the sentiment.This is good.If the Democrats, feminists, media elites, and Beltway insiders [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:08am EST

  • Doing That Crazy Hand Jive

    Irish lodge protest after cheat shuts them out: Ireland appealed to France and soccer authorities Thursday to replay their World Cup playoff in Paris after an obvious handball by Henry produced the winning goal.Ireland's government and opposition leaders united in demands for Wednesday's 1-1 draw in France to be replayed, [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:38am EST

  • Hit the Lights

    Fraters resident energy guy (what, you don't have a guy?) Tim from Colorado e-mails on the approach of a new dark age:So this is how it will all begin.Xcel Energy is launching a state wide program on December 11th "to promote energy efficiency and the purchase of compact fluorescent bulbs.""The'" [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:20am EST

  • Brown Out

    NFL fans everywhere are eagerly anticipating this Sunday's showdown between the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns. Not since the epic Browns-Bills shootout in Week Five, when Cleveland clawed out a 6-3 win, has a game attracted this kind of excitement. Many intriguing questions are already emerging as the pre-game buzz [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:55am EST

  • Hammer Time

    The most recent edition of National Review features Charles Krauthammer on its cover and has a good piece on the indispensible intellectual/pundit by Jay Nordlinger called Critic-in-Chief (sub req): So, Charles Krauthammer has not exactly been a wallflower or nonentity. But since January 20, 2009, his fame, reach, and popularity [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:03am EST

  • All The Right Reasons

    Caught a good bit of Rush's interview with Sarah Palin today over the lunch hour. I thought her performance was decent if a little uneven. She displayed the same down-home folksy Palin charm that we saw on the campaign trail last year. And there's no denying that there's a certain [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:23pm EST

  • It All Depends On Whose Baby Is Being Gored

    This following story caught my eye for a number of reasons. Man Gets Life In Punching Death Of Fetus: A Hopkins man accused of having a friend punch his pregnant girlfriend to kill the fetus has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.Twenty-five-year-old Dameon Gatson was [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:45am EST

  • You've Come A Long Way Ralphie

    In Friday's WSJ, Eric Felten writes on the marginalization of Thanksgiving: Given half a chance, retailers would probably try to get their plastic garlands hung just after Labor Day. (Ho-ho-ho, it's back to school!) But we've been spared that particular encroachment, thanks to a holiday that has proved capable of' [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:59pm EST

  • If You Build It, They Won't Fumble

    After yesterday's victory over the Lions, Vikings head coach Brad Childress made what has to be the worst excuse for a player's performance and the worst pitch for a new stadium for the team that we've heard to date: We asked Brad Childress if Adrian Peterson could have done anything' [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:23pm EST

  • What A Country!

    French intellectual Guy Sorman speaking with Russian economic advisor Arkady Dvorkovitch on global warming (from Sorman's book Economics Does Not Lie: The growth potential of China and India has convinced them that oil prices can only further rise, to Russia's great benefit. When I raise the specter of global warming [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:56am EST

  • Fraters Stimulus A Success

    For some months now, there has been a severe blog post recession. Among Minnesota conservative blogs especially, there has been a significant decrease in the number of posts. In an effort to put an end to this recession, at least at Fraters Libertas, Chad the Elder put together a Blog [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 2:25pm EST

  • Northern Alliance Radio Network

    Word is finally leaking out to the wider world about a certain Saturday radio program being hosted by bloggers. And reviews so far are less than raving:Oh, great. Just what we needed: Four hours of radio consisting of bloggers no one knows about yapping about blogs no one cares about.Turning [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 10:13am EST

  • The Same Cat With Different Stripes?

    Matthew Continetti has an interesting piece in today's WSJ that asks Can Sarah Palin Make a Comeback?: Could Ms. Palin follow Reagan's example? Maybe. She'd need to return to her 2006 playbook.In Alaska, Ms. Palin didn't run as a culture warrior. She focused on issues with overwhelming public support: ethics [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:56pm EST

  • Beer of the Week (Vol. XXX)

    Another Beer of the Week brought to you as always by the right jolly fellows at Glen Lake Wine & Spirits. Why bother with the agonies of shopping at the mall when everything you need to spread holiday cheer is available at their store? The coming of winter is not [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:12am EST

  • Radio Free America

    I noticed the look of the AM1280 the Patriot web site has been updated. Most prominently, the podcast links for the various programs have been removed from the front page. They're now accessible only via the tiny "podcasts" button near the top of the page.This move was no doubt caused' [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:37pm EST

  • Can't Hardly Wait

    I've never been very good at waiting. Actually, that should be amended slightly: I've never been very good at unplanned waiting. If I know that I'm going to have to wait in advance--for a plane, during an auto repair, etc.--I can prepare for it by having a book or my' [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 1:46am EST

  • Not Giving As Taking

    David Harsanyi has a killer piece on the delicious irony of pro-choice Democrats being concerned about the health care bill restricting abortion rights and freedom called Freedom to Confuse: Take the torrent of hypocrisy that spilled from the jilted pro-choice wing of the Democratic Party after a House amendment to [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 1:30pm EST

  • Inviting Them Over Here So They Can Fight Over There?

    Alleged Somali recruiter arrested, linked to Minnesota: A 43-year-old Somali man from Minneapolis was arrested this week in the Netherlands for allegedly financing the recruitment of up to 20 young Somali men from Minnesota to train and fight with terrorists in their homeland.The arrest appears to be the most significant [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:13pm EST

  • Free To Go

    All of the recent commentary and remembrances of the fall of the Berlin Wall remind us again of how the Wall became a stark symbol of the divide and differences between the Communist block and the West. It brought clarity to the Cold War struggle and made efforts to claim [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:13am EST

  • Dazed and Confused

    Sen. John Kerry on how he came to the conclusion that we need to dial back it back a few notches in Afghanistan.Last month I was traveling down a dirt road in Afghanistan's Helmand province in a heavily armored vehicle. Through thick, bullet-proof windows, I could see Afghans staring as [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:00pm EST

  • Welcome To Our Crib

    Every day, the media is filled with stories about the difficult economic times we're facing. With unemployment and foreclosures rising there's no doubt that a lot of Americans are hurting out there. With some many people in so much need, it's a time when Americans look to their charities to' [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 3:46pm EST

  • The Eleventh Hour

    UPDATE: Bumped to today. A trio of offers and activities to commemorate Veteran's Day today. First up, John (himself a vet) e-mails to make us aware of a very special offer from Applebee's: On Veterans Day all active duty military and vets can eat free at Applebee's. All they have' [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 12:17pm EST

  • Northern Alliance Radio Network

    The Northern Alliance Radio Network is back LIVE for another exciting and highly significant broadcast day. The full First Team should be assembled, as John Hinderaker is reportedly recovered from the pig flu, tanned, rested and ready for a dramatic return. It all starts at 11AM central. Highlight is likely [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:00am EST

  • The Nature of the Regime

    In Thursday's Star Tribune Gail Rosenblum had a column about an Iranian exile living in the US. Tajadod Pritschet was from a wealthy, prominent family in pre- Revolution Iran. Upon the violent takeover by the mullahs, things turned ugly for her and all of those living non-Islamic fundamentalist compliant lifestyles. [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 3:21am EST

  • Damn Liberal Yankees

    If you need another reason to hate the Democrats, here it is. Union workers, welfare queens and and illegal aliens thrive under Democratic administrations, but not as much as the New York Yankees.In this, the first year of the Obama Administration, the Yankees won their first World Series since . [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:52pm EST

  • Beer of the Week (Vol. XXIX)

    After a two week hiatus, baby we're back with another Beer of the Week brought to you by the good Americans at Glen Lake Wine & Spirits. Having spent the last few weeks in Asia, I'm glad to be back in the good ol' U.S. of A., home to the' [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:34pm EST

  • Go-Go Gone

    Twins trade Gomez to Brewers for shortstop Hardy:With one swift move, the Twins addressed two important needs today, trading center fielder Carlos Gomez to the Brewers for former All-Star shortstop J.J. Hardy.The move gives the Twins a shortstop to replace free agent Orlando Cabrera and clears up an outfield logjam. [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:08pm EST

  • We Have The Power

    Tim from Colorado e-mails to explain that if the Obama Administration's energy policies continue, we may all be left dancing in the dark: There are two types of power demand: base-load and peak-load. Base load is the minimum amount of energy you need to operate essential services like hospitals, water [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:30pm EST

  • A Simple Plan

    (Begin with black screen and somber music in background. Scroll the following in bold white text.) U.S. unemployment rate in January 2007 when Democrats assumed control of Congress? 4.6% U.S. unemployment rate in October 2009? 10.2% According to a recent CNN poll, percentage of Americans who believe the economy is [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:57am EST

  • Grandchildren of the Revolution

    Had an interesting conversation at dinner with a Chinese colleague last week while in Nanjing. She was talking about the devastating impact that the Cultural Revolution had on so much of traditional Chinese culture. She fears that a good deal of it had been lost forever despite recent efforts in [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 1:35pm EST

  • Dreams of My Blogger

    Had a dream about the Ukraine last night. Won't go into details lest I find myself going through another EST-like session of dream analysis/interpretation at the hands of Mister/Doctor/Professor Saint Paul. But I do think it's an positive omen that we will soon see another posting from the reclusive Crazy' [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:42am EST

  • Playing Favorites

    In yesterday's WSJ, Thomas Frank revealed a shocking discovery that he had unearthed: Glenn Beck's red phone is not really a hotline to the White House. No! You mean that the phone is nothing but a schlocky part of Beck's shtick whose purpose is to entertain and amuse his audience? [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:55am EST

  • Getting Well Soon

    Dear President Obama- Just wanted to drop you a note and thank you for everything. As you know, last January we were in pretty rough shape. Our obituary was being written and some were ready to dump our corpse on the dead cart. Now, thanks to your arrogance, overreach, and [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:24am EST

  • Paging Mr. Weber

    Every time I finish up a trip to Manila I'm left with a puzzle. The population is young, energetic, and friendly. Many have a decent education, speak pretty good English, and have a cultural affinity with the United States. Their country sits astride some of the most important trade routes' [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:54am EST

  • Two For The Road

    Read two worthy books on my recent bidneess trip. First up was Jonah Goldberg's indispensible work on the history of fascism and its connection to progressive American politics. So much has already been written about the book that I don't feel the need to add much other than to reaffirm' [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:56am EST

  • No Chickens Left Behind

    From The Hill, a report on the latest pronouncement from Rep. Jim Oberstar:... slipping into Creole, Oberstar said, "A white guy gave us these chickensbut we don't have food for them. If we had the feed, we'd eat it ourselves."Not something you hear every day from the distinguished Chairman of [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:03am EST

  • Advice For A Falltime Homeowner

    I had a war on my hands this weekend.Sunday I made a massive assault on the yard. Like FDR, I am forced to wage a two-front war. And again like FDR, I set priorities. The front yard is the equivalent of Nazi Germany with a massive Silver Maple, two Choke [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:43pm EST

  • In Economy, Stupid

    You warily glance down the aisle and spot a beefy gent clad in a t-shirt and gym shorts struggling through the narrow passage way. You avoid eye contact, bow your head, and silently plead, "Please no, please no, please no..." A shadow falls across your face and you feel (and [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 3:35pm EST

  • Gut Shot In Green Bay

    Two-year contract to sign aging quarterback who played for hated rival for many years...$25 million. Seeing said aging quarterback return to rival's home field and stick a dagger into the hearts of fans...Priceless. When the Vikings signed Favre I was extremely skeptical that the move would work out. But after [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 11:29am EST

  • Democrat Party Girl

    Reviewing the just released list of White House visitors will make any Minnesotan swell with pride. Our senator, Amy Klobuchar, called to visit the executive mansion not once, but twice. The listed "visitee" was no less than the "POTUS" and the "FLOTUS". (Looks like she wisely avoided the SCROTUS.)Access to [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 3:59pm EDT

  • Northern Alliance Radio Network

    The Northern Alliance Radio Network is back LIVE for another exciting and highly significant broadcast day. It all starts at 11AM central.Topics of discussion likely to include the effect of the swine flu on NARN members, races of note on election day next week, the impending health care bil in [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 10:46am EDT

  • The Right To Bare Butts

    Boulder's Naked Halloween Streak May Be Coming to an End (sub req): BOULDER, Colo. -- This city has always taken pride in its liberal-to-the-point-of-loony reputation. But this Halloween, one of its wackiest traditions is under siege: the Naked Pumpkin Run.The event is exactly what its name implies. Scores of men [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:04am EDT

  • It's A Scary World After All

    Halloween seems to be becoming increasingly popular around the world. I was a bit surprised to see public decorations (with pumpkins and scarecrows) in Manila: And even more so in Nanjing: Have a safe and happy Halloween 2009 wherever your tricks or treats take place. [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 1:30am EDT

  • Minnesota Democrats Explained

    The spending behavior of Minnesota politicians such as Al Franken and Betty McCollum have been discussed here in the past. Things such as tens of millions of dollars for libraries in Africa and hundreds of millions of dollars to hire scores of new vocational guidance counselors forthe public schools in [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 7:16pm EDT

  • Take Two Whiskies and Call Me In The Morning

    David Harsanyi has a prescription for reading the House health care bill: The King James version of the Bible runs more than 600 pages and is crammed with celestial regulations. Newton's Principia Mathematica distilled many of the rules of physics in a mere 974 pages.Neither have anything on Nancy Pelosi's' [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 11:42am EDT

  • Nixed In Nanjing

    In my four previous trips to China I never had much of an issue accessing the internet. So I was surprised to discover that when I was in Nanjing this past week a number of sites were blocked at our hotel. The banned list included, but was likely not limited [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 9:49am EDT

  • I Want You, I Need You, But There Ain't No Way I'm Ever Gonna Fund You

    Editor's note: the author is employed by a large for-profit health insurer. This post represents his personal opinion only and should not be construed as the position of his employer.There is a saying in the health care industry:ChoiceAvailabilityPricePick two of the above.This saying is reflects the basic truth of economics. [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:27pm EDT

  • Hoppy To Be Home

    After spending most of the last two weeks on business travel in Asia (the Philippines and China), my plans for sustenance tonight contain the following key elements: Pale ale and pizza. [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 2:34pm EDT

  • Keep It Simple

    Another mild-mannered, moderate opinion piece--this one on the price of oil--courtesy of Alex Magno in The Philippine Star: In our case, the peso has recovered significant value against the dollar. But that is not enough to cancel out the rising dollar price of oil we import from the world market. [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 9:57am EDT

  • Wrong Way Kang

    ROK man heads north to DPRK: A 30-year-old man from the Republic of Korea (ROK) defected on Monday to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) after crossing the eastern part of the Military Demarcation Line, the official news agency KCNA said Tuesday.Kang Tong-rim, who lived in the southern province [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 9:39am EDT

  • I Thought We Were Broke?

    Just over a week ago the federal government officially announced an annual deficit for 2009 of $1.4 TRILLION dollars.To be clear, that doesn't mean they are merely spending the preposterous, hyper gluttonous sum of $1.4 trillion in one year. If that were the case, we'd be in Fat City in [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 7:17pm EDT

  • By The Numbers

    President Obama declared the Swine (H1N1) flu epidemic a national emergency yesterday. Some relevant statistics on the US fatalities:Iraq War: 4,3519/11 Attacks: 2,976Swine Flu: 1,000Afghanistan War: 885After passing Afghanistan casualties, I'd say it's a pretty likely event that this flu epidemic skyrockets to the top of this list.Wait, let's add' [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 11:11pm EDT

  • Why the Wild Things Aren't

    Ben from Infinite Monkeys chimes in on the discussion of Where the WIld Things Are from earlier this week: Everything you need to know about Where the Wild Things Are is summed up with the identity of the screenwriter: Dave Eggers, America's Top Self-Indulgent, Pretentious, Too Clever By Half Writer (since [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 5:02pm EDT

  • Anywhere is Better than Here

    Minnesotans love the arts, but we are not willing to pay for the full cost of them directly. We prefer to have state government bureaucrats tax us and then distribute the proceeds to the artists the state deems most worthy. The Minnesota State Arts Board's Artist Initiative grants for 2009 [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 3:01pm EDT

  • Northern Alliance Radio Network

    The Northern Alliance Radio Network is back LIVE for another exciting and highly significant broadcast day. The First Team (John Hinderaker and I) start it all bright and early at 11AM central.Topics of discussion likely to include the war on Fox news, the Flying Imams off into the wild blue [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 10:31am EDT

  • Deep Dark Depression, Excessive Misery

    Reading SP's review of Derbyshire's (it sounds like a ham or sausage of some kind, doesn't it?) book reminded me of this Hee Haw classic.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt1fBjCm49g' [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 9:21am EDT

  • The Soggy Paper Boyz

    Would it kill my WSJ carrier to attempt to throw the paper another ten feet onto my front step (a large, concrete target with two layers of landing space) instead of into a puddle in my driveway?That cheap, POS plastic covering does not in any way keep it dry.Atomizer Sez: [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 9:01am EDT

  • On Saturday, We Are Doomed

    On this Saturday's NARN First Team broadcast we'll be interviewing John Derbyshire of National Review, about his new book, We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism. Despite the impression the title might give, it's a highly entertaining read, infused with Derb's dry British wit, which only serves to support his scientific' [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 1:42am EDT

  • Salamat Po

    The Philippine Star is a newspaper published in a city of 12 million people (20 mil if you count the greater Manila area) yet it often reads like a community paper. That's not necessarily a bad thing as the fast, loose, and free-wheeling writing is often more interesting than more [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 1:37am EDT

  • Children of the Corn

    Tim e-mails to hep us to Bourbon: 5 Things You Didn't Know: Bourbon's definition, and how it differs from other whiskies, is the source of some confusion, so we'll start with the basics: Bourbon is a whiskey (not "whisky," which is the Scottish spelling--although Maker's Mark does spell its name [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 1:01am EDT

  • Killer Review

    It's been a lousy year for movies. Many a weekend I've wanted to see something, anything, because I like movies in movie theaters. But reviewing the list of options and checking out some reviews from respected sources, there wasn't nothin' worth leaving the house for. A depressing state of affairs.The' [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 4:47pm EDT

  • Taking What They're Giving

    Archbishop Charles J. Chaput has an excellent piece in the current edition of First Thing on the current threat to Catholic charities and the historical relationship between the Church and state in America: As a result, the original links between freedom and truth, and between individual rights and moral duties, [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 1:42am EDT

  • No Atheists in Radio Talk Shows

    How do you know when you're really getting to an atheist? When you force him to cry out to an ostensibly imaginary supreme being for help.Hugh Hewitt accomplished just that in his interview/debate with anti-christ Superstar Richard Dawkins yesterday:RD: There's massive archaeological evidence [of ancient Roman history], there's massive evidence' [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 8:47pm EDT

  • Just So We Don't Forget...

    Libs (Libertarians, that is) are happy with the Administration for deciding to lax Federal enforcement of the country's marijuana laws.In the goofy states that have decided to allow "medical marijuana" (snickers) there was always a chance that the Federal laws could be enforced, and they sometimes were.So now the dopers [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 9:56am EDT

  • Alpine Redoubt

    Last week, there was some wild speculation about the possible meanings of a dream that I had that featured an appearance by noted libertarian blogger Vox Day. While the theories offered were interesting and even entertaining, there's likely a very simple explanation. Vox has a new book coming out soon [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 1:07am EDT

  • Fly Away

    More than two years ago, the Flying Imams case was dismissed by the local monopoly newspaper as unworthy of further investigation. The story included elements of vital issues such as terrorism, religious intolerance, transportation security, witness intimidation, government entities getting sued for big bucks. And the essential facts of the [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 6:01pm EDT

  • "Sent from my iPod"

    I got an email earlier and at the bottom it said "Sent from my iPod".Is it there for status reasons or to excuse the crappy typing typical of such a device?I am tempted to add a tag to my emails "Sent from a non-Mac, dowdy, boring ol' PC".SISYPHUS ADDS FROM' [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 12:13pm EDT

  • Elder Care

    So I wonder how our beloved Elder fared in his trip to the Orient?If memory serves, it was about 39 hours total flight time, one way, all in coach.Ouch.He's a tender little guy too (Uncle Rico: Poor kid. I've been takin' care of him while his grandma's in the hospital. [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 10:29am EDT

  • Presidential Portrait?

    Our four-year-old son was looking through a book of Pablo Picasso paintings. When he came to this particular work......he shouted "That's Barack Obama!" We were surprised because we weren't sure that he even knew who President Obama was (we we're not big into political indoctrination at this age) and that [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 1:06am EDT

  • Too Much Protein

    From restaurant reviewer Kathy Jenkins at the Pioneer Press, something to look out for in your next dinner out:You've got to hand it to D'Amico and Partners. Their DNA seems to be in practically everything we're eating these days. Either the kitchen staff at D'Amico needs to start washing their [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2009, 11:00pm EDT

  • Northern Alliance Radio Network

    The Northern Alliance Radio Network is back LIVE tomorrow for another exciting broadcast day. The First Team (John Hinderaker and I) start it all bright and early at 11AM central. Highlights promise to be the two guests we have scheduled to appear.At 11:30 we have Pete Hegseth, Executive Director of [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 11:22pm EDT

  • Beer Of The Week (Vol XXVIII)

    This edition of the Beer of the Week brought to you as always by the fine folks at Glen Lake Wine & Spirits. They can help put the treat back into your tricks. Ah fall, 'tis the season when a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of......pumpkins. Yes, pumpkins. Pumpkins' [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 3:11pm EDT

  • Dialing It Up

    When the Northern Alliance Radio Network first hit the airwaves back in aught-four, it featured an enormous cast of characters. At one point I think there were thirty-seven separate voices clamoring for air time, sometimes in the same hour. Through the years and tears, one by one most of these [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 2:29pm EDT

  • The "N" Word

    David Harsanyi says that instead of seeing it as a stigma, Republicans should embarce being the party of NO: Now, as unlikely as it is, history also offers Republicans an unexpected opportunity to remake their party, to find an ideological center, to use politics to thwart a movement that is [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 1:39pm EDT

  • The Voice of a New Generation?

    Saw a billboard this morning for local lefty talk radio station AM 950 touting their new tag line: "The Voice of the Obama Generation" I found it unusual that a radio station (or any media outlet for that matter) would tether themselves so concretely to a particular political figure. It [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 12:39pm EDT

  • Score

    New term that I heard from a work colleague who spent some years in China as an ex-pat and ended up marrying a Chinese woman: "Golden Rice Bowl" It describes a situation where a modern Chinese couple has hit life's trifecta. One spouse works for a Western company ($$$), one [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 9:49am EDT

  • Sunset?

    At a recent company meeting about change, I was asked to follow the following Rod Serling like instructions: Imagine if you will, a powerful and prosperous country; truly a world leader. Consider the following facts about this country:- It is a large, representative democracy.- It has the world's largest economy, [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 11:02pm EDT

  • A Choice Not An Echo

    Too often local school board races are a matter of trying to find the least objectionable candidate to vote for. If you come across someone whose calls for increased spending are 10% less than other candidates and is only in lockstep with the teachers' union 80% of the time, you' [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 6:27pm EDT

  • Dream Police

    Yesterday Chad the Elder shared the details of his bizarre dream, aimlessly driving around in the woods with Vox Day until they hydroplaned into a lake and presumably drowned.It was quite a mix of symbolism and revealed subconscious needs and anxieties. What could it all mean? Based on some undergraduate [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 11:10pm EDT

  • Norman Rockwell's America

    In Saturday's WSJ, Bruce Cole had a good piece on Norman Rockwell's Masterpiece Painting "Freedom of Speech" (sub req): Sponsored by the Treasury Department and the Saturday Evening Post, the 1943 "Four Freedoms War Bond Exhibition" was our first national "blockbuster." Exhibited not in museums or galleries, but in department [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 6:59am EDT

  • The Truth Marches On

    October 13th Argument of the Month: A real story about the true sacrifice and struggle of one man, Ken Porwoll, to maintain his faith and hope in the face of unspeakable evil, the ?Japanese Bataan Death March of WWII!"There has never been a greater time than now for heros. Heros" [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 1:55am EDT

  • Wave Theory

    Last night, I dreamt that I was riding in a car being driven by Vox Day. We were discussing his new book The Return of the Great Depression. Not sure exactly where we were going or why, but there was a vague sense that we were late for a meeting [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 1:53pm EDT

  • Searing Memories

    The Common Cents Blog has collected some good videos that bring back the sense of horror and shock that we felt eight years ago today. [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 8:39am EDT

  • Beer Of The Week (Vol XXIII)

    This week's Beer of the Week brought to you as always by Glen Lake Wine & Spirits. Their motto is "happiness is a full bottle." Last week, I mentioned that it has been my experiences that American efforts to imitate Germany's Oktoberfest generally fall flat. There are usually a decent [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 1:46am EDT

  • On Dissent Crushing

    Rep. Betty McCollum, taking a breather from spending billions of US tax dollars on "empowering the ignored and alienated in every corner of our planet", briefly turns her attention to domestic issues:The Minnesota Democrat, taking aim at instantly-famous Republican Joe Wilson, said his outburst "crossed a line of protocol and" [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 1:01am EDT

  • Down the (Communist) Rabitt Hole

    I've been waiting. Ever since I read the news early Sunday morning (late Saturday night if you're in Santa Monica) that the beloved founder of Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement was no longer working at the White House. The victim of vicious smears, he resigned. A tough environment [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 10:17pm EDT

  • MOB Myth Busting

    MOB Party: Myths Exposed!The Minnesota Organization of Bloggers (or MOB) has been a going concern for five years now. And we'll be having our fifth anniversary gala this Saturday at Keegan's, just west of Hennepin on University in northeast Minneapolis, from 6:30 'til whenever we're done (usually around 11 or [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 12:15pm EDT

  • Nothing To Kill Or Die For

    At First Thoughts, Keith Pavlischek notes that when it comes to their views on whether war is every justified, the differences between Americans and Europeans are much more significant that using mayo as a condiment with french fries:The most striking difference between Americans and Europeans is reflected in answers to [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 10:42am EDT

  • Robbing Peter To Stimulate Paul

    Good piece by Brian Riedl in the Septenber 7th edition of National Review reminds conservatives that rather that criticizing the stimulus package for its size or timing, they should focus on the fact that the entire premise behind government spending stimulating economic growth is inherently flawed (sub req): This is [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2009, 4:54pm EDT

  • Ignoring The Medium & Missing The Message

    Camille Paglia on Democratic detachment: Why did it take so long for Democrats to realize that this year's tea party and town hall uprisings were a genuine barometer of widespread public discontent and not simply a staged scenario by kooks and conspirators? First of all, too many political analysts still [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2009, 10:50am EDT

  • No More Words

    Ben from Infinite Monkeys had his 7-year-old son analyze President Obama's back-to-school speech: Me: So, Benjamin, you heard the president speak today. What did you think?Benjamin: Mmmm. Naw. Me: What do you mean? You didn't hear it or...?Benjamin: I didn't like it.Me: Why not?Benjamin: Well, I couldn't really understand most' [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2009, 10:33am EDT

  • That's An Affirmative Good Buddy

    One of the least talked about regulatory changes that has been implemented by the Obama Administration was the creation of the Equal Blogging Opportunity Commission. The EBOC is tasked with expanding opportunity and diversity within the greater blogging community. The appointment of the former head of a Maoist vegetarian commune [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2009, 4:32pm EDT

  • Second Order Change

    More from Angelo Codevilla's book Advice to War Presidents: A Remedial Course in Statecraft on what the U.S. could do if we were serious about going after the money that funds terrorism: It is true that our own regime's present proclivities and prejudices make cutting the Saudis off from money [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2009, 11:52am EDT

  • A Day To Remember

    Two local events to help you remember 9/11 this Friday and honor those who were lost on that day and those fighting to ensure it doesn't happen again. The first in the morning at the State Capital: A Patriot Day Ceremony will be held on Friday, September 11 at 7:15' [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2009, 6:40am EDT

  • Fair Thee Well

    If by chance you missed yesterday's Seventy-eighth annual Northern Alliance Radio Network Scotch Egg Eating Contest at the Minnesota State Fair, you can now watch all the heart-stopping (literally) action on video here. The cinematography is courtesy of John Hinderacker's youngest daughter and the voice doing the call is none [...]
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    Posted: September 06, 2009, 1:25pm EDT

  • The Obama Jungen?

    On Tuesday September 8, President Obama will make a televised appearance in classrooms all over America to speak to the country's elementary school children. This event has drawn the ire or many conservatives. They believe that this president, who had claimed to be post-partisan, will offer an indoctrination to our [...]
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    Posted: September 05, 2009, 10:40pm EDT

  • Beer Of The Week (Vol XXII)

    This week's Beer of the Week brought to you as always by the fine folks at Glen Lake Wine & Spirits. They help put the leder in your hosen. September! When a beer drinker's fancy turns to thoughts of Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest? But, isn't that like in October? Duh! Actually, while' [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2009, 11:39am EDT
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