Imagine you are a detective. You arrive at a murder scene to find a corpse riddled with bullets and a gun next to the body. What questions occur to you about the murder weapon?

On another day your detective duties require you to investigate a hit and run accident; a pedestrian has been struck by a car. What is the first thing you want to know about the offending automobile once you find it?

Or a stray dog bites your child while he is playing in the yard. After you’ve looked after his medical and emotional needs and have time to reflect, what is the first question that comes to mind?

If you ask, “Whose gun is it?” or “Who owns the car?” or “Does the dog have a collar, does it belong to anyone?” congratulations, you’re the part of the human race with common sense.

Why this common sense is lacking among political conservatives is our mystery for today. Turn on any talk show on any given day and you’ll hear the same litany of complaints: “The media is biased, they’re against us.” “It’s not fair.” “How can we win when the media is against us?” But they never move on from there to ask the obvious question, “Who owns the media?

If the people pulling the strings in the media are weaving them into ropes to hang us with shouldn’t we know who they are? Why are these implacable enemies allowed to hide behind a three syllable word?

It’s cute and entertaining to talk about “the New York Slimes,” or the “Washington Compost,” but hardly constructive. Come on Rush, Mark, Sean, Laura give us the real scoop. Give us names, addresses, biographies. Maybe in perusing the data we’ll find something interesting. To know one’s enemy is good strategy and the beginning of any plan to defeat him.

Who owns the media?