A favorite refrain from progressives is that law-and-order type conservatives are joyless, uptight squares who don’t know the streets and aren’t connected to real emotions. A favorite target for this stereotype is Jack Webb. Watch the episode of Dragnet 1967 entitled ‘The Interrogation” to see great writing and acting put the lie to that unfair characterization.

Full episode “The Interrogation” featuring the”What is a cop?” speech at hulu.com.

This episode features at 17:00 the famous “What is a cop?” speech written by Preston Wood. “You’re going to rub elbows with all the elite: Pimps, …

Would you like Casablanca if it ended with this scene: Major Strasser in fact arrives early and shoots Victor Laszlo but Rick dives dramatically and catches the bullet between his teeth? That’s what it’s like watching big budget movies for those of us who work intimately with computers. From War Games in 1983 to 1996’s Independence Day to 2008’s The Dark Knight, Hollywood has demonstrated that it will not bother to ask the question “Does this ending make sense from a technical point of view?”
Here’s an example. Take a look …

Hooray! With a YouTube video that shows copyrighted material and a buck, I can get coffee at McDonald’s.

Norwegian Nobel Committee and the soft bigotry of giving awards based on high expectations.
Dear Thorbjørn Jagland, Sissel Marie Rønbeck, Ågot Valle, Kaci Kullmann Five, and Inger-Marie Ytterhorn:
This is our country, our foreign policy, our president. This award of yours is a nuisance to him. It is an obvious and demeaning encouragement that insults the president’s independence and intelligence. If in your judgement you thought this would help him do his job then you must know by now that even his supporters say that it has not. If you thought that it might move our country, …

THANK YOU GLENN REYNOLDS AND ANDREW BREITBART: They linked to the video about the child molester and it is getting lots of views. If you want to learn more, there’s a very sad 36 page grand jury testimony by the victim. Hat tip to Patterico for finding this site that has pictures of the victim at the time period, showing how absolutely laughable it is for Polanski to have claimed he thought she was an adult.
JACK WEBB SCHOOLS ROMAN POLANSKI ON SEX WITH CHILDREN: Here’s the video:

Roman Polanski laughs, claims …