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August 31, 2007
Navy exoneration in 'eco-crime'?
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today suspended an injunction that prevented the Navy from employing advanced sonar. More

August 31, 2007
Prosecution Rests in Holy Land Terror Financing Case
After 6 weeks of testimony, the prosecution in the trial of several executives of the Holy Land Foundation, an Islamic charity that the government says funds the terrorist group Hamas, has rested: More

August 31, 2007
Left hand, meet right hand
As word leaks out about how much of the Dem Party has been underwritten by the mysterious Mr. Hsu , one must ask how it is that California Dem officials had no idea he was under an arrest warrant when they took his contributions More

August 31, 2007
Fencing in the tree-sitters
The college football season begins tomorrow with a home game for UC Berkeley. Meanwhile, the tree hugging (literally) protestors outside have been fenced-in for their own protection. More

August 31, 2007
The corruption storyline (updated)
Liberals are salivating at the opportunity they see to portray the GOP as corrupt. More

August 31, 2007
Fred Announces that he will Announce his Announcement
Fred Thompson running for President is the worst kept secret in politics at this point. More

August 31, 2007
The fund-raising blues
Famed tele-lawyer, Geoff Fieger has been charged with illegally reimbursing employees for $127,000 in contributions to former Sen. John Edwards' 2004 Democratic presidential campaign. More

August 31, 2007
Hamas' evil Lion King
According to a popular saying, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. However if the imitation is a twisted distortion of the original, the result is not flattery but perversion. More

August 31, 2007
Will Craig Resign Today?
Being handed his hat and asked not to let the door hit him on his way out. More

August 31, 2007
Just Who Is Mr. Hsu? (important update)
Inquiring minds and, no doubt, federal authorities want to know. More

August 31, 2007
Good news from Sarkozy
Sometimes I have to pinch myself. Nikolas Sarkozy seems just too good to be true for a President of France. More

August 31, 2007
Abu Ghraib and Gitmo in perspective
The mildness of the so-called "atrocities" (scary dogs, panties on a head) by American forces stands out as the true story of the behavior of French troops in Rwanda finally comes out More

August 31, 2007
Foible Follies (a poem)
We all have our foibles, I'm sure./ Some are more foibled than others,/ But need we parade them in public?/ My average sisters and brothers More

August 30, 2007
The DNI speaks
Chris Roberts at the El Paso Times has an excellent interview with National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell. More

August 30, 2007
More unprotected British Soldiers die
Eureferendum has the horrifying story of more British Soldiers dying in exposed "dune buggies" being destroyed by IEDs in Afghanistan. More

August 30, 2007
'Brave' artists
The oh-so-brave artistic world, ever ready to be "transgressive", is insulting Christians and Christ again. More

August 30, 2007
Craig Stripped of Leadership Posts
The humiliation of Senator Larry Craig continues as party leaders in the Senate have stripped him of his status as ranking Republican on the Veterans Affairs Committee as well as an Appropriations subcommittee. More

August 30, 2007
The perfect candidate
The nascent law school designed to produce left wing lawyers (aka "public interest lawyers") is reported to be considering the perfect dean More

August 30, 2007
Musharraf Makes a Deal
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has signed off on a deal that will probably allow him to remain as President but in which he will be forced to resign as Chief of Staff of the Army: More

August 30, 2007
Sumo scandal
Barry Bonds, move over. The world of sports has a new bad boy, this time hailing from Japan, via Mongolia. More

August 30, 2007
Moveon.Org Targets Pro-Surge Democrat
Washington Democratic Congressman Brian Baird is being targeted by the George Soros-funded Moveon.Org following his statements that the surge in Iraq is working More

August 30, 2007
Hillary Fundraiser: Part II
Today, the Clintonistas made me look like a soothsayer. More

August 30, 2007
Bias? What Media Bias?
It's "Morning in America" for Democrats on the Big Three network morning shows. More

August 29, 2007
Soros-linked group gets fined by FEC
America Coming Together (ACT), a group to which left wing financial powerhouses George Soros, Peter Lewis of Progressive Insurance and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are major donors, has been hit with a $775,000 fine More

August 29, 2007
Al-Sadr Proclaims a 6 Month Suspension of Military Operations
What does Mookie al-Sadr have up his sleeve? More

August 29, 2007
Hillary Fundraiser Eludes Jail for 15 Years
This is one of those stories that could only happen to a Clinton. More

August 29, 2007
Mexico's President Calderon insults the United States
Mexico's President Calderon has delivered a slap in the face to the United States, and provided what amounts to an endorsement for his citizens violating the laws of the United States. More

August 29, 2007
London Editor Prays for Nuke Attack on Israel
The editor of an Arabic daily newspaper based in London would be more than happy if an Iranian nuclear weapon was detonated on Israeli soil: More

August 29, 2007
The Left fakes Right
After six long years of pandering to the primates of Kos and Huffpo, the Democrats have suddenly discovered the War on Terror More

August 29, 2007
Moody's lowers rating on NYT Company
AP reports that Moody's Investors Services lowered it ratings outlook on the New York Times Company from "stable" to "negative." More

August 29, 2007
US Poverty Rate Declines
The number of people who live below the poverty line dropped significantly in 2006 according to the US Census Bureau: More

August 29, 2007
Romney Drops Craig from Campaign Like a Hot Potato
Mitt Romney made it clear in an interview on CNBC that what the Senator did in that Minneapolis airport restroom was wrong More

August 29, 2007
Just What Crime Did Larry Craig Commit?
Dale Carpenter writing at the blog Volokh Conspiracy asks "What was Craig's Crime?" More

August 29, 2007
Charity Begins Where? (a poem)
What? Give away my money? I think not!/ What you're suggesting is a Conservative plot More

August 28, 2007
Flight 93 Memorial: Screw You, America
Michell Malkin is outraged (rightly) that the Red Crescent is back on the Flight 93 memorial More

August 28, 2007
The iron fist of diversity
Retired CNN anchor Bernard Shaw made some peculiar remarks addressing National Association of Black Journalists at their convention in Las Vegas More

August 28, 2007
MSNBC, CNBC Refuse to Carry Pro-War Ads
Two cable networks are refusing to run ads created by a pro-Iraq War group on the basis that they are too controversial. More

August 28, 2007
Musharraf Mulls Over a Career Change
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has a decision to make. More

August 28, 2007
Fred's Date with Destiny Slips to October?
Just when will the undeclared candidate stop being coy about his plans? More

August 28, 2007
Tehran Agrees to "Cooperate" with IAEA
Slowly, grudgingly, the mullahs in Tehran are giving in to UN demands for inspections of their nuclear facilities. More

August 28, 2007
Taliban to Release South Korean Hostages?
The Associated Press is reporting that the Taliban have agreed to release all 19 South Koreans they have held hostage since July 19: More

August 28, 2007
Will Senator Craig Resign?
Larry Craig could be just one more millstone around the neck of the GOP. More

August 28, 2007
The new acting AG
Paul Clement looks to be a solid conservative legal mind with strong grounding in terrorism matters. More

August 27, 2007
More on recognizing the Armenian Holocaust
Robert Stacy McCain, of the Washington Times' Insider Politics blog, cites counter-arguments to Andrew G. Bostom's AT article yesterday insisting that Congress must recognize the Armenian Holocaust More

August 27, 2007
Venezuela buys aircraft from Russia
Voice of America reports that Russia has cut a deal with Venezuela to sell the South American dictatorship 98 civilian Ilyushin passenger and cargo aircraft. More

August 27, 2007
The circus is coming to town in Chicago
DePaul University wants Norman Finkelstein gone in the wake of denial of tenure. The Professor refuses to go. More

August 27, 2007
AT's Associate Editor Rick Moran on BBC Radio
A debate over 9/11 conspiracy theories. More

August 27, 2007
Another Elian Gonzalez?
Another child custody case in Florida where a Cuban father is agitating for the return of his daughter. More

August 27, 2007
Home Sales Hit 5-Year Low
The housing slump shows no signs of abetting as sales of existing homes dropped for the 5th straight month: More

August 27, 2007
Israel's kibbutzim jettisoning socialism
The kibbutz movement in Israel was founded on the rock of socialism, with communal ownership, dining, and even child-rearing arrangements expressing the unrealistic utopian egalitarian ideals rooted in 19th century Europe. More

August 27, 2007
US To Sponsor Convention Held By Accused Terrorist Group
One hand of DOJ not knowing what the other hand was doing? More

August 27, 2007
Iraqi Leaders Forge Agreement
The government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has announced a far reaching agreement that might start the process of political reconciliation. More

August 27, 2007
Gonazlez Resigns
Gonzo gone. Cherty in? More

August 27, 2007
New York Times plays defense for NASA's Hansen
In the New York Times, Andrew Revkin weighs in today with his spin on NASA's temperature data errors, downplaying the whole affair. More

August 27, 2007
Saudi sets up oil facilities security force
Saudi Arabia has announced the formation of a 35,000 man (surely there will be no burka-clad women in it, one supposes) new security force to guard critical facilities. More

August 26, 2007
Kerry misses deadline (updated)
Beldar notes that John F. Kerry let his opportunity to sue the Swift Vets for defamation close, despite Beldar's reminder. He's not surprised, nor should you be More

August 26, 2007
Iraqi villagers drive-off AQ gunmen
The New York Post carries an AP story today of two villages in Dyala driving off attacks by al-Qaeda with considerable bloodshed More

August 26, 2007
Mark Foley follow-up
It appears that there are no grounds for a criminal proceeding against former Congressman Foley More

August 26, 2007
Newspaper nostalgia
A leading scholar in the comparatively young academic field of popular culture studies told me years ago that people become nostalgic for something only after the object in question has lost its power and ceased to be threatening More

August 26, 2007
A Heartfelt Thanks
A happy ending to what looked like total disaster at the beginning. More

August 25, 2007
Jesse Jackson drops the "R" bomb on London
After bullying London's mayor into apologizing for his city's role in the transatlantic slave trade more than two centuries ago, Jesse Jackson did what he does best - demand money. More

August 25, 2007
Ethanol follies
America has long had a relatively low price of food, a factor that, while contributing to the obsesity crisis in America, has also helped low-income people keep their families nourished. More

August 25, 2007
Al Qaeda/Baathist captured in Iraq
Coalition forces detained a foreign fighter during an intelligence-driven operation in northern Arab Jabour Aug. 22. More

August 25, 2007
How do you say 'chutzpah' in Arabic?
CAIR is relieved that the U.S. Department of State's efforts were successful in extricating two Islamic American families from the clutches of Hamas. But... More

August 25, 2007
University heads and interior decorators
What is it about being appointed to run a major university campus that causes the appointee to hire an expensive interior decorator? More

August 25, 2007
An important and rewarding essay
John J. Ray has written a stunning essay entitled "Hitler was a Socialist" that is the best treatment of the subject I have ever seen. More

August 25, 2007
In a realm of their own: the paranoid left
Please don't miss Noemie Emery's brilliant article in the Weekly Standard on the paranoia of the left More

August 25, 2007
Long Island cancels wind farm project
The Long Island Power Authority has cancelled plans to construct a 140 megawatt wind project 3 miles off the south shore of Long Island. More

August 24, 2007
The floods hit home
Our thoughts and prayers are with AT associate editor Rick Moran, who has been ordered evacuated from his house near the Fox River in Illinois More

August 24, 2007
Going green, really fast
There appears to be a minor epidemic of greenies nabbed for topping 100 mph in their hybrid Toyota Priuses More

August 24, 2007
Investigator Urges Charges be Dropped Against Marine in Haditha Case
For the second time this month, a Marine Corps investigator looking into the killing of civilians in Haditha in 2005 urged the Marine Corps Commander to dismiss charges against one of the accused. More

August 24, 2007
Cornering the West's energy supply? (updated)
Abu Dhabi has announced the acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources' Canadian Unit, which makes it the fifth overseas acquisition since November by Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. More

August 24, 2007
New York Times Blames Democracy For Iraq's Woes
Blame Bush. Blame democracy, says the Times. More

August 24, 2007
Global warming alarms not worth their salt
Two years ago scientists warned that the North Atlantic Ocean had become much less salty over the past 50 years due to global warming. This year, scientists warn that the North Atlantic Ocean has become more salty over the past 50 years due to -- guess what? More

August 24, 2007
The Times They Are A-Changing
According to a study by IBM out this week, Americans are spending almost as much time surfing the net as they are clicking the TV remote: More

August 24, 2007
Are the Brits getting serious ... ?
We all wish it were easier. But in the Jihad War thus far, the most wishful thinkers have always been the most mistaken. More

August 24, 2007
Fired US Atty signs book deal
Publishers Weekly is reporting that ousted New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Inglesias has signed a book deal with John Wiley. More

August 24, 2007
In Iran, 'Reform' is in the Eye of the Beholder
There is a persistent theme played out by some liberals who think the Iranian regime is not as bad as we make it out to be that the mullahs are capable of reforming on their own. More

August 24, 2007
Pace to Recommend Troop Cuts in Iraq for Next Year
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine General Peter Pace will recommend to the President that the number of troops in Iraq be brought below 100,000 by the end of next year: More

August 24, 2007
Allawi Hires PR Firm To Undermine Maliki
Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has hired a powerful Washington D. C. public relations firm with close ties to the White House and has embarked on a campaign to undermine the legitimately elected government of Nori al-Maliki More

August 23, 2007
Spinning the truth
Steve Gilbert fisks the NYT report on the NIE report and finds it wanting, a twisted version designed to meet the paper's all-defeatist theme and attack Maliki. Ace of Spades does the same thing to ABC and the President's speech... More

August 23, 2007
Romney Tops Clinton In 'Anyone But' Poll
My friend Pat Curley of the excellent Brainster's Blog reports on a new Rasmussen Poll that asked voters who they defintely would never vote for. More

August 23, 2007
Judicial mischief
Judge Saundra B. Armstrong of the US District Court has ruled that the Bush Administration is required to issue two reports on global warming. More

August 23, 2007
Primary Schedule in Chaos
The race for the Republican and Democratic nominations for President have entered a surreal stage with Michigan the latest to move its primary contest to the head of the line. More

August 23, 2007
Labor union calls for Iran boycott
Labor Unions played a key role in the past in defeating communism and supporting the American-Israel relationship. Now, the Teamsters step up to the plate. More

August 23, 2007
Beware of Fox News and their Siren Calls For War
Socialist Congressman Bernie Sanders thinks that the American people are pretty stupid. More

August 23, 2007
Reports of Al-Douri's switch may be premature
Yesterday, AT relayed a report from AdnKronos International that Saddam's former deputy and current leader of the banned Baath Party, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, has decided to quit Al-Qaeda and to join forces with Iraqi forces More

August 23, 2007
The New York Times vs. History (updated)
When it comes to Viet Nam, the New York Times has a curious sense of the historical record. More

August 23, 2007
Nicaragua embargoes American assets
A judge in Nicaragua has embargoed assets of Exxon in a tax dispute. More

August 23, 2007
Shocka of the Day: Did Clinton Lie about Targeting Bin Laden?
If there is one thing that the Inspector General's report on CIA accountability regarding 9/11 has highlighted, it is the utter failure of the Clinton Administration to come up with a strategic plan to deal with Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda. More

August 23, 2007
Iraqi Science Ministry Official Kidnapped
UPI is reporting that unknown gunmen kidnapped Samir Salim al-Attar, the acting undersecretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology Monday. More

August 23, 2007
CAIR officials getting taxpayer dollars for schools
AT contributor Patrick Poole has been looking at the taxpayer-funded charter schools run by CAIR officials in Columbus, Ohio More

August 23, 2007
Media response to 'The Media Mob'
The National Journal's Danny Glover (not the Castrophile actor, one presumes) took exception to James Lewis' thoughts on the Media Mob More

August 23, 2007
President of Publishing Trade Group Says Conservatives are Dumb
The old, tired canard about conservatives being stupid is trotted out once again. More

August 23, 2007
Philip Stott: global warming getting soggy
The Telegraph of London has just published a letter from Prof. Phillip Stott, Professor Emeritus of Biogeography at the University of London. More

August 22, 2007
The worms turn (updated)
The Baathists who until recently had joined forces with Al Qaeda have now switched and offered to join the Coalition forces in Iraq to fight Al Qaeda More

August 22, 2007
Dems 'Refocus' Message on Iraq
Being a hometown newspaper - with the "hometown" around 90% Democratic - the Washington Post from time to time likes to be helpful to their favorite political party. More

August 22, 2007
The lessons of the occupation of Japan
President Bush has just cited the success of the occupation of Japan as demonstrating the need for persistence in our occupation of Iraq. I could not agree more. And I have a bit of background on the subject More

August 22, 2007
Call it 'genocide'? (updated)
The ADL's odd stance on the Armenian genocide may reflect a broader controversy and odd behavior on the topic. More

August 22, 2007
CAIR Membership is Falling
The grievance mongers at CAIR have gone to court because their membership is down - and they're blaming the government of the United States: More

August 22, 2007
Ethanol follies (continued)
A policy pushed by liberal elites will end up harming the poor -- all for the sake of moral vanity and political correctness. More

August 22, 2007
Amanpour's war
I slogged through one episode of Christiane Amanpour's CNN series Warriors for God last night More

August 22, 2007
Amnesty International now favors abortion rights
O'Sullivan's First Law ("All organizations that are not actually right-wing will over time become left-wing) has just received more empirical support from the very organization that first prompted his formulation: Amnesty International. More

August 22, 2007
Pathetic powerbrokers (a poem)
Each Congressperson sucking a thumb,/ Hanging on an earlobe, playing dumb,/ Is an affront to our American pride. More

August 22, 2007
Where is the British bulldog spirit?
Now that the French have elected a new President and have a foreign minister, who can plainly see disaster descending on Iraq, perhaps the Brits should ask the French military to take over the defense of Basra? More

August 22, 2007
Internal CIA Report on 9/11 Released (updated)
Tenet raked over the coals for his many failures. More

August 22, 2007
Al-Qaeda Computer Expert Freed
I wonder if he got time off for good behavior? More

August 22, 2007
San Francisco's political theatre of the absurd
San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly last garnered a lot of press when he lauched a little vendetta against the Blue Angels More

August 21, 2007
ADL's curious indifference ends on Armenian genocide
Andrew Bostom and I both found it very strange that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) could not bring itself to condemn the genocide against the Armenians More

August 21, 2007
Threat of another Prague Spring
On the occasion of the 39th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Russian General Yuri Baluyevsky told Czech deputy defense minister, Martin Bartak that it would be a "big mistake" to host elements of the US missile defense shield.  Not... More

August 21, 2007
President or Bust for McCain?
With his recent all-or-nothing gamble on the immigration reform bill, McCain now must deal with political reality in his home state. More

August 21, 2007
Category 5 Dean Slams into Mexico
Gusts topping 200 MPH but thankfully, people and property spared the worst of it. More

August 21, 2007
Chavez moves the clock forward
Hugo Chavez is moving the clock in Venezuela forward by 30 minutes, in the name of reshaping Venezuelans' metabolism. More

August 21, 2007
Geo-politics and the credit market
The current turmoil in credit markets could end up strengthening the hands of China and the oil-rich nations. More

August 21, 2007
Hillary Speaks out of Both Sides of her Mouth on Iraq
Double talk on Iraq from the master. More

August 21, 2007
New York Times spins straw from gold
The New York Times wants you to believe that Americans are getting poorer, that our average incomes are below what they were in 2000 More

August 21, 2007
Obama on Cuba
Barack Obama has made recently a series of foreign policy gaffes. Undeterred by harsh criticism and stalling if not flagging poll numbers, Obama weighs in on the Cuban trade embargo. More

August 21, 2007
Levin Demands Maliki's Ouster
Levin wants a non-sectarian prime minister. Who doesn't? More

August 21, 2007
What is going on with "24?" (major update)
Say it ain't so, Jack. More

August 21, 2007
More military digital shenanigans
One of the key factors that enabled Scott Beauchamp to spread his lies beyond the confines of his unit's area of operations is our service members' near-universal access to computers and cell phones in the theater of operations. More

August 21, 2007
Calling out the global warming alarmists
Dr. Bob Carter, a research professor at James Cook University (Queensland, Australia), and Tom Harris, Executive Director of Canada's Natural Resources Stewardship Project, have laid it on the line about global warming alarmists More

August 21, 2007
Jane Fonda Feminist Radio Network Tanks
A talk radio network launched last year by Jane Fond and Gloria Steinman that was supposed to appeal to women ended up appealing to no one. More

August 20, 2007
Members of an unidentified political party bear responsibility
NPR's Morning Edition today included a lengthy report on the problems with New Orleans' main prison, ascribing them to Hurricane Katrina. More

August 20, 2007
News service or press release?
Steve Gilbert of Sweetness & Light catches Reuters filing a news story that is almost a press release for a George Soros-funded effort to stalk Congress members supporting the war. More

August 20, 2007
Higher education executives want the best of both worlds
The taxpayer-supported University of California is seeing off departing president Robert Dynes with a cushy severance package. More

August 20, 2007
A Peek at What General Petreaus's Report Might Look Like
Respected milblogger Austin Bay makes gives us some intelligent speculation on what might be in the report given by General Petreaus when he goes before Congress next month. More

August 20, 2007
The New Republic's response to Scott Beauchamp
Richard Miniter writes an astonishing account of the aftermath of the Scott Beauchamp scandal at The New Republic. The behavior of editor Franklin Foer and the magazine gets curioser and curioser... More

August 20, 2007
Iran Shelling Kurdish Villages in Iraq
The autonomous Kurdish government of Iraq is reporting that the Iranians are shelling Kurdish villages in their continuing war against separatists in the remote region of Iran: More

August 20, 2007
Dean Grazes Jamaica: Barrels Toward Mexico
Residents of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands are breathing a little easier today as Hurricane Dean sideswiped Jamaica and mostly missed the Caymans More

August 20, 2007
The kids question
The estimable Jules Crittenden takes on the questions stay-at-home-dads and of having kids, as in more than one. More

August 20, 2007
'Sanctuary' Activist Deported
The case of Elvira Arrellano, took an interesting turn yesterday. More

August 20, 2007
Obama not on the Short List for Hillary's Veep
Recent history would suggest that if Hillary Clinton, as expected, wins the Democratic nomination for President, she would choose as her running mate her closest competitor in the field. More

August 20, 2007
Putin Whitewashing Russian History
"Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it." More

August 19, 2007
Speaking of phobias (updated)
The charge of Islamophobia rings out at home and from our sworn enemies abroad, too, almost constantly. Yet who is truly irrationally afraid of whom? More

August 19, 2007
Obama campaign retreats in the face of gaffes
In what appears to be tacit acknowledgement of recent embarrassing blunders, Barack Obama will be cutting back on his appearances in candidate forums. More

August 19, 2007
Zimbabwe Collapse "In Four Months"
Inflation at 13,000% and it's going to get worse. More

August 19, 2007
Ethanol Follies: Go Green by Burning Gas and Planting a Tree
Save the Earth! Eat some corn and plant a tree today. More

August 19, 2007
Sad Truth
"A nation that doesn't automatically value its sons who fight to protect it more than the 'unarmed civilians' they encounter behind enemy lines is not only unlikely to win a war...." More

August 19, 2007
Iraq Stock Exchange up 64% This Year
What do Iraqi investors know that the Democrats in this country don't? More

August 18, 2007
Hurricane Dean May Threaten US Gulf Coast (Updated 8/19)
Texas bracing for the worst. More

August 18, 2007
Hijackers Surrender in Turkey
Passengers and crew are safe. More

August 18, 2007
Report: Don't Neglect Homegrown Jihadists
Police report studies the effects of radicalization on unassimilated Muslims. More

August 18, 2007
Iraq Troop Drawdown Likely Next Year
Good news from Petreaus might give Bush the whip hand in troop debate. More

August 18, 2007
UK campaign for armor may be saving lives
Richard North of Eureferendum has conducted a persistent and thought-provoking campaign to get better armor for British troops facing IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan More

August 17, 2007
Global climate models fail yet another reality check
Once again, computer-driven climate simulations have fallen short when measured against real-world scientific observations. More

August 17, 2007
Free speech and the University of Maryland
The mind boggles. A student buying food in the student union at UMD wearing a shirt saying "I stand for Israel" is denied service by a clerk who says, "Your shirt offends me, I won't ring you up." More

August 17, 2007
Canada's 'universal' health care
We finally have good operating understanding of "universal" health care: somewhere in the universe there may be a place for you to get treatment. And if you are lucky enough to live near the United States, you may even get treated. More

August 17, 2007
'Sorry we ate your forefathers'
Yeah...but when is Denmark going to apologize for the Vikings? More

August 17, 2007
Bank Panic Hits Countrywide
Shades of the 1930's. More

August 17, 2007
More Jaw Dropping Hypocrisy from Edwards
Silky Pony getting a free ride from the press for his contradictory rhetoric. More

August 17, 2007
Stocks Surge on Fed Action
Wall Street gets what it wants from Bernanke. But will it stabilize the markets? More

August 17, 2007
Padilla II: The Times Speaks Out
About what you'd expect from a newspaper that has consistently fought against any measures the Administration has taken to protect the country. More

August 17, 2007
Padilla Guilty on All Charges
Padilla guilty but debate continues. More

August 16, 2007
The British military
The British military have a long and glorious history of having the wrong weapons, incompetent generals and stupid political leaders. More

August 16, 2007
Relics of a 'beloved' leader
Yassir Arafat's old military uniforms should be worth quite a lot of money, considering how beloved he was by the Palestinian people (or so we were told), and considering his stature as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. More

August 16, 2007
Big Political Changes Coming to Iraq?
Crisis Summit may determine Iraq's Political Future. More

August 16, 2007
We're all Allah's Children (updated)
Your jaw-dropper for the day. More

August 16, 2007
Washington Post distorts global warming report
The media has been largely silent on the revisions to NASA's widely reported temperature data. But when the WaPo covered the story, it made excuses and distorted official reports. More

August 16, 2007
Has Fred Thompson Waited Too Long?
Fred's circumstances are different but should he have announced earlier? More

August 16, 2007
The ADL's curious indifference to the Armenian genocide
Andrew G. Bostom examines the imbroglio over the curious unwillingness of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to condemn the genocide perpetrated against Armenians by the Turks in the early part of the last century More

August 16, 2007
The NYT and the IRG
The reported impending naming of Iran's Revolutionary Guards as terrorists has elicited much commentary in the media. Most outlets recognize the danger of the IRG More

August 16, 2007
Seymour Hersh and His Lebanon Fables
Seymour Hersh should probably start most of his articles with the words "Once upon a time..." More

August 16, 2007
The 30-second Giuliani v. Clinton commercial that practically writes itself
Narrator: In 1999 Suha Arafat, Yasser Arafat's wife, said, "Our [Palestinian] people have been submitted to the daily and intensive use of poisonous gas by the Israeli forces...." More

August 15, 2007
When dullards run enemy propaganda (updated)
Rocco DiPippo spotted enemy propaganda in the press, as delivered by the incompetent information warriors at French news agency AFP More

August 15, 2007
The Ethanol Follies (a continuing series)
Heinz reported good earnings today, but warns that future profits will be impacted by "unprecedented" commodity price increases More

August 15, 2007
Immigration Agents Selling Out America To Terrorists
Do not read this unless you have taken your blood pressure meds this morning. More

August 15, 2007
Will Petreaus Call For a 'Pullback?'
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that General Petreaus may recommend a pullback of American troops in Iraq when he makes his report to Congress next month. More

August 15, 2007
How MSNBC sees our troops
If you want to read an utterly typical assortment of the U.S. media's reporting of the "news" to a nation that is engaged in a war that it desperately needs to win click here for MSNBC's collection of stories. More

August 15, 2007
Hugo Chavez: President for Life?
Shades of Fidel Castro in Venezuela. More

August 15, 2007
Iranian Rev Guards to be Labeled "Terrorists"
The Washington Post reports this morning that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards - a key component of Iran's internal and external security forces - are to be designated a "terrorist group:" More

August 15, 2007
AP Gives an Assist to Obama
AP takes us on a trip down the rabbit hole. More

August 15, 2007
The truly invisible (updated)
Hillary's out with her first ad in Iowa: that the average American is invisible to the current president but will not be to her. There is one very small group of Americans totally, completely invisible to Hillary Clinton: More

August 15, 2007
Global warming 'masked'?
Hear that trumpet call? It's New Scientist magazine sounding "Retreat!" on global warming More

August 15, 2007
NASA's global warming misinformation needs full retraction
The news blackout on the erroneous NASA temperature data has been partially lifted by the Toronto Star. More

August 15, 2007
Farewell, Rove?
Karl Rove has gone, but not for long./ He shall pay. Though he did no wrong. More

August 14, 2007
Russia bombing incident in Georgia and NATO
Last week the Republic of Georgia charged that two military Russian aircraft, possibly of the SU type, violated Georgian airspace and had loosed some sort of precision guided bomb More

August 14, 2007
Cover-up in Columbus?
AT contributor Patrick Poole exposed a troubling situation in his home town of Columbus, Ohio: a terror apologist sitting on the Franklin County (Columbus) Homeland Security oversight board. More

August 14, 2007
Bare-knuckled bias at the NYT
The New York Times today carried three news stories and an editorial on Karl Rove's decision to leave the White House. More

August 14, 2007
More economics misreporting
The headline on the Reuters story syndicated all over the world today is "Wal-Mart Hits the Wall: World's largest retailer issues bleak forecast, pointing to cash-squeezed customers, higher fuel prices, interest rates." More

August 14, 2007
The academic boycott absentees (correction)
Academia generally takes great pleasure in moral exhibitionism, the conspicuous display of righteous indignation toward the world's supposed malefactors. More

August 14, 2007
Tears and Jeers For Rove
The media has been in a feeding frenzy over the last 24 hours, ever since Karl Rove announced that he was leaving the White House at the end of the month. More

August 14, 2007
Der Spiegel Wakes Up
One of the most anti-American publications in the world, Germany's Der Spiegel , seems to have discovered that progress is being made in Iraq: More

August 14, 2007
Report: US Forces Poised to Strike Bases in Pakistan
Is Pakistan ready to accept US help in fighting the Taliban? More

August 14, 2007
Time Out!
Time Magazine follows the New York Times down the tubes. According to Forbes: Time's total paid and verified weekly circulation during the six months ended June 30 stood at 3.4 million, down 17.1% from 4.1 million during the same period last year More

August 13, 2007
Charity starts at home
In his national comedy tour disguised as a presidential campaign, John Edwards has added a new joke to his act. More

August 13, 2007
Torturing cats on Hamas TV for kids
Palestinian Media Watch today has photos of a white kitten being swung around by its tail on Hamas-TV. "The latest episode of a popular Hamas children's TV show features its main character cruelly swinging cats by their tails and throwing stones at caged lions...." More

August 13, 2007
Controlling People, Controlling Weather
China is enacting a high-tech plan to control people, reports the New York Times. More

August 13, 2007
Wars Aren't TV Shows to Be Cancelled When the Public Gets Bored
Don Surber shows how the New York Times made a 180 degree turn on its editorial page, first demanding we pull out now in the face of certain genocide and then backtracking. More

August 13, 2007
Rove II: Reaction from Right and Left
We don't generally make a habit of doing a roundup of reaction on a particular story. But the news of Karl Rove's resignation is a special case. More

August 13, 2007
GOP To Do YouTube
For better or worse, Republican presidential candidates will appear at a rescheduled YouTube debate to be held November 28th. More

August 13, 2007
Liberal Profs Give More to Politics than Exxon
Liberal professors give more to politics than the oil companies. More

August 13, 2007
War on Terror in the Philippines
StrategyPage.com is reporting on some fierce fighting occurring on two islands in the southern Philippines involving two Muslim separatist organizations: More

August 13, 2007
Ames Fallout Claims a Candidate
The results of the Ames straw poll last Saturday have led to one of the candidates throwing in the towel. More

August 13, 2007
Farewell, Karl Rove
The left's favorite punching bag is headed off into the sunset. More

August 12, 2007
Kos Being 'Mainstreamed' by Liberal Media
The mainstreaming of Markos Moulitsas Zúniga ("Kos") continued apace as the blogger/political activist showed up on the grand old dame of Sunday morning news shows, Meet the Press. More

August 12, 2007
Two Korean Hostages to be released by Taliban
The Taliban may be set to release two of the 21 South Korean hostages they are holding. More

August 12, 2007
Shocking Revelations of Liberal Bias at BBC - NOT
From our "Least Surprising Revelation of the Year" files comes the story of a former BBC executive who comes clean about the incredible liberal bias that has colored BBC programming for years. More

August 12, 2007
It's Romney in Iowa
Mitt Romney won the Ames Straw Poll. How important was it? More

August 12, 2007
His Smartness, Liberali Maximallus (a poem)
Here's a way to fill that space/ That is yourself, from not for nothing/ To something really something,/ Like that and suddenly smart,/ Twice you were than ever before. More

August 11, 2007
Kos Kounting?
The Mainstream Media have fallen all over themselves oohing and aahing about the 1,200 or so nutroots who turned out for the Yearly Kos convention in Chicago. More

August 11, 2007
Intifada in New York
Only in New York could the powers-that-be yield so broadly to the concept of pandering to ethnic minority groups More

August 11, 2007
Dirty Bomb Plot in New York City?
Details are sketchy. But the city has taken some extra precautions against a radiological device being detonated by setting up checkpoints and employing sensors: More

August 11, 2007
Draft Talk and Other Silliness
Not a good idea. More

August 11, 2007
The New York Times Whitewashes Another Islamic Extremist
The New York Times has some convenient memory lapses about the Islamic School principal who sold T-shirts at the school that read "Intifada - NYC." More

August 11, 2007
Ethanol Follies
There are few better examples today of special interest pork than the government's ethanol policies. More

August 11, 2007
Reuel Marc Gerecht on Obama
In today's Weekly Standard, Reuel Marc Gerecht has an article showing Senator Obama to be something of an empty suit when it comes to foreign policy: More

August 10, 2007
Freeman Dyson joins GlobWarm skeptics
Professor Freeman Dyson enjoys an awesome reputation in theoretical physics. It is therefore a landmark event when Dyson fiercely denounces the Global Warming mess. Freeman Dyson takes no prisoners. More

August 10, 2007
More Reuters photo fraud uncovered (updated)
Founder Julius Reuter cannot be resting easy in his London grave. More

August 10, 2007
Obama reeling
The stupidities keep accumulating. Barack Obama isn't even ready for the midnight to five AM graveyard shift, much less prime time. More

August 10, 2007
The US-Iran War Continues
The US is, for all practical purposes, at war with Iran. More

August 10, 2007
What goes around....
KPFA FM in Berkeley, California is the first "public" radio station in the country, predecessor of NPR, PBS and all the other various entities providing non-commercial broadcasting. Except that KPFA is even more left wing. More

August 10, 2007
Sowell: Blame Pols for Sub-Prime Crisis
Leave it to Thomas Sowell, the brilliant economist and conservative thinker, to show us why the housing market is collapsing and why the sub-prime mortgage industry is in crisis: More

August 10, 2007
Kristol Back From Iraq
Bill Kristol has a must read piece in Time Magazine about his trip to Iraq and his impressions of what is happening on the ground there: More

August 10, 2007
The 'Bear' is back in the air
In yet another sign of Russia's prickly stance toward the west, an icon of the Cold War, the Tu 95 "Bear" bomber, has returned to the skies, running long haul sorties into areas patrolled by the United States and NATO. More

August 10, 2007
Times they are a changing, eh?
Sign of the times in our neighbor to the north. A simple notice of a conference from the Orilla Packet & Times in Ontario More

August 10, 2007
Charges dropped against 2 more Marines in Haditha case
With remarkably little publicity, all charges have been dropped against two more of the 8 Marines charged in the prosecution of alleged crimes in the Haditha incident, a case which made headlines around the world More

August 10, 2007
Just What We Need: Another 9/11
Do we need another 9/11 to come together as a nation? More

August 10, 2007
Krauthammer on Beauchamp
Charles Krauthammer has a terrific column today regarding Scott Beauchamp. More

August 10, 2007
Economics reporting and gloom
Republicans frequently complain that when a Republican president is in the White House, the mainstream media goes out of its way to report bad news about the nation's economy More

August 09, 2007
Revised Temp Data Reduces Global Warming Fever
1998 was not the hottest US year ever. Had you checked NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) website just days ago, you would have thought so, but not today. More

August 09, 2007
Smearing Fred
Ed Morrissey found that someone set up a website similar to Fred Thompson's, inviting participation by the KKK and other racist operations and linking to their sites. More

August 09, 2007
South Korean Hostages: Day 21
Remember the 21 South Korean hostages who were taken by the Taliban 21 days ago? More

August 09, 2007
Congressman calls for Hearings on Islamic-Mexican Drug Gang Connections
Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) is calling on Congress to investigate the ties between Islamic terrorists and Mexican drug gangs revealed in a report by the Drug Enforcement Agency in yesterday's Washington Times. More

August 09, 2007
Kos Ally Fined $30,000 for Illegal Stock Touting
Kos ally and leading netroots blogger Jerome Armstrong has finally settled with the SEC over his illegal activities. More

August 09, 2007
A Summer Session for Congress?
Much has been made of the fact that the lawmakers of the Iraq parliament are taking a one-month vacation in August. More

August 09, 2007