7/9/07: My latest Townhall column is a modified version of my Washington Examiner column. I added information about Georgia’s new anti-illegal immigration laws.
Check out States Fighting Back on Illegal Immigration.
7/7/07: Potter fan profiling…
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Weird post title, eh?
It’s been a slow blogging year for me, and that’s because my offline life is much more interesting right now. I admire bloggers who have full offline lives yet blog prodigiously. Whenever I try to balance the two spheres, it seems like one suffers. I can’t do both well, so I have to choose which one to focus on.
Anyway, I’m off to California for a two-week “working vacation” to visit my youngest sister (so long, DC!). I’m also working on a couple of offline writing projects I hope to have published (fingers crossed!), so expect sporadic posting at LBC.
While on the left coast, I’m attending a two-day conference of conservative writers and thinkers, hosted by Ward Connerly, the man behind state anti-race preferences campaigns. Connerly invited me to attend the conference he’s organized for the past seven years. We’ll discuss topics like race preferences, the Super Tuesday campaign, the importance of colorblind government policy, illegal “immigration,” etc. My presentation will center around the black-hispanic preferred minority status battle.
Connerly has taken a lot of heat for making the simple argument that regardless of whether humans will ever be colorblind (an impossibility, in my opinion), government policy must be. You may recall that he responded to commenters who called him a hypocrite. Years ago, a California newspaper erroneously reported that Connerly, while fighting against preferences, benefited from preferences as a “minority” business owner. The charges are false, but Connerly’s detractors continue to quote from the article. Read my review of his autobiography.
I’ll write up a report about the conference next week.
Consider this thread wide open. Discuss whatever’s on your mind. No topic is taboo. Suggested subjects:
- Racial discrimination tied to breast cancer risk — More causation/correlation confusion.
- Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature — #8: A man’s so-called midlife crisis has to do with his wife’s age, not his age. Her “imminent menopause and end of her reproductive career” prompts him to try to attract younger, fertile women by driving shiny red sports cars.
- Men have become too whiny and apologetic. I can’t stand it when a man tells the truth, but then apologizes when the media and interest groups bear down on him. Isaiah Washington, former star of “Grey’s Anatomy,” called a co-worker a “faggot.” He bowed, scraped, and apologized, agreeing to attend counseling and meet with homosexual groups. Washington thought all was well. But they fired him anyway. Next time, either keep your mouth shut or stand your ground.
Conservative and Christian columnist Cal Thomas told the truth about Muslims, and various groups “demanded” an apology. His response (audio): “I’m Going to Keep Pointing It Out Until They Blow Me Up…”
I’m waiting for the day some group “demands” that I apologize for something I’ve said or written. I can’t wait. I’ve already got my speech prepared.
Gotta go. Thanks for reading LBC. 
And keep checking this blog for Harry Potter book news and a profile of a certain fan.
