I heart Amanda Jensen

How America Idol should be. If we were as American as the Swedish, that is. Or at least Amanda Jensen.



This is an American Idol I might tune into.

Talented and touching.

Perhaps there is hope for pop culture, after all.

Are you satisfied?

If not, you might take a listen.

Lessons learned

The Death of Conservatism Was Greatly Exaggerated

A very nice summation of the hubris and folly of the left, as of late. And the vibrant contribution that conservative thought, as much as liberal thought, has to offer our democratic discussion and debate.

Democrats will be paying the price for that hubris soon enough. Just as Republicans did here recently. And so it will go until they learn their lesson. Or don't. And so it will go.

I appreciate fully, now, why I respect the marketplace of ideas more than any one participant. Because the marketplace sorts these things out, eventually. Even sluggishly and less than ideally. Until we get to better ideas.

And it's the surest way to humble the arrogant.

Instant karma's gonna get you. All of us, eventually.

Successful people, like successful ideas, are the products of lessons learned.

And then there's everything else.

In which camp do you belong?