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February 29, 2008
Governor Jindal Wins First Legislative Battle
As a result, Louisiana suddenly has moved from a national ranking of 44 to among the best in the country (99 out of 100 points) regarding financial disclosure for public officials. More

February 29, 2008
The danger of Obama's amateur diplomacy
After suggesting that he would invade our ally Pakistan and talk to our enemy Iran, Barack Obama has moved on to potentially damage our relations with Canada, our friendly neighbor and number one foreign oil supplier. More

February 29, 2008
Possible Discovery of Deadly Toxin Ricin in Vegas Hotel
Conclusive tests are being run and the results will be announced in the next few hours, but a package found at a Las Vegas hotel may contain the deadly toxin Ricin: More

February 29, 2008
Obama NAFTA Flap about ready to explode
Obama camp caught in a lie. Will there be consequences? More

February 29, 2008
Will, Noonan on Buckley
Two excellent tributes to Bill Buckley - one from George Will who was probably the second most influential conservative columnist during Buckley's lifetime and Peggy Noonan, former Reagan speechwriter who saw Buckley's work close up. More

February 29, 2008
New York Times covers Obama's ties to Pastor Wright
Jodi Kantor of the New York Times has an excellent account of Barack Obama's ties to Pastor Jeremiah Wright, Jr., just retired as head pastor of Trinity United Community Church. More

February 29, 2008
Angelina Jolie: US has "A moral obligation" to help in Iraq
A surprise from a Hollywood power player. More

February 29, 2008
AIPAC case prosecutor quits
With little more than a month to go before the AIPAC criminal case is scheduled to go to trial, the prosecutor has announced he's leaving government service. More

February 29, 2008
Dems Raise a Staggering $80 million in February
The long and short of it is this: Obama raised at least $50 million in February while Hillary Clinton - whose campaign has been in free fall for most of the month - still managed to raise almost $35 million: More

February 29, 2008
Herb Meyer on Public Television
AT contributor Herb Meyer has appeared on Public Television in a two-segment program where he spoke about the three great threats to western civilization. More

February 29, 2008
Prejudice against middle names?
Lst December, Maureen Dowd, in her New York Times column talking about Sen. Obama's visit to New York Times headquarters, reminded us that his middle name was "Hussein". More

February 29, 2008
Poll Shows Obama Pulling Away in Tx; gaining in OH
It appears that Hillary just can't stop Obama's momentum no matter what she tries. More

February 29, 2008
And the Winner in the Ralph Nader Veepstakes is...
Matt Gonzalez, come on down! You've been chosen as Ralph Nader's running mate! More

February 28, 2008
Obama photo rage?
Somali elders in Kenya are demanding an apology from the United States government for the appearance of the photo of Barack Obama in Somali garb in our press. More

February 28, 2008
Prof. Khalidi and Barack
As people like our own Rick Moran dig up more and more of the Barack links to Rezko, others are uncovering more and more links between Barack and other unsavory characters More

February 28, 2008
The NY Philharmonic plays Hell
The audience for the orchestra in North Korea was without any doubt made up of the safest of the safe, the most loyal of the loyal, the most monstrous of the monsters that uphold the pure evil of the Kim regime. More

February 28, 2008
Time Magazine's churlish obituary for William F. Buckley, Jr.
The great Steve Gilbert of Sweetness & Light takes down an insufferable obituary for William F. Buckley, Jr. in Time Magazine, written by one Richard Corliss. More

February 28, 2008
Smearing the Troops: Then and Now
The 'Winter Soldier Investigation" is returning to Washington, DC, just as the Vietnam-era namesake "hearings" have been thoroughly discredited. More

February 28, 2008
Obama plays both sides of the street on NAFTA (updated)
From Canada comes a story that should give pause to any thinking voter. The CTV television network reports: "Barack Obama has ratcheted up his attacks on NAFTA, but a senior member of his campaign team told a Canadian official not to take his criticisms seriously, CTV News has learned. More

February 28, 2008
Cashmere goats are dying from the cold winter
Have you noticed the absence of Al Gore (global-warming-the-sky-is-falling) in light of the unusually harsh winter across the planet? Why he wasn't even at the Academy Awards! More

February 28, 2008
Mixed News From Iraq
Two steps forward, one step back for Iraqi reconcilation. More

February 28, 2008
Why Stake Everything On Iraq?
A few days ago, John McCain remarked to reporters that to win the upcoming election, he must convince the American people that the current strategy in Iraq is succeeding. If he can't do this, he admitted, "then I lose. I lose." More

February 28, 2008
Obama's Farrakhan moment
Barack Obama's response to Tim Russert's questioning and Hillary Clinton's barbs on Farrakhan may suffice for those who don't listen closely, but the repudiation of only his anti-Semitic views struck many as lawyerly. More

February 28, 2008
New York Times Still Trying to Bring Down McCain
It's very obvious that the New York Times "Plan A" for destroying the candidacy of John McCain didn't work out too well. More

February 28, 2008
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Inevitability
Double Candidates Clinton have each complained of the double standard they perceive in the media's kid gloves treatment of the current frontrunner. More

February 28, 2008
France, Norway to join the fight in Afghanistan
It appears France is going to get in the fight in Afghanistan, which goes directly against MSM reporting that the NATO force in Afghanistan was crumbling. More

February 28, 2008
Cindy's complaint
Cindy Sheehan picked a strange place (Egypt) in which to complain  about what she perceives as the harm of U.S imperialism.  Lots of data out there.  Here's just a peek:From the Congressional Research Service report for 2004:"In 2004, the United... More

February 28, 2008
Reaction Pours in to Buckley's Passing
A small sampling of the incredible outpouring of love and affection (and hate) for Bill Buckley. More

February 27, 2008
A giant has left us
William F. Buckley has passed away. Part of his legacy, National Review Online, reports the sad news More

February 27, 2008
Baby it's cold outside
I don't know how much life is left in the global warming/aka climate change hoax, but this should -- if widely known -- help nail the first part of the coffin lid down on it More

February 27, 2008
Obama's SCOTUS Picks: Can you say 'Nightmare?'
Orin Kerr over at Volokh Conspiracy, the fine legal blog, has been pondering what kind of Supreme Court judges Barack Obama might pick if he became president. More

February 27, 2008
Mighty Wave of Hope (a poem)
This mighty wave of Hope/ Is sometimes hard to bear/ Some just cannot cope More

February 27, 2008
Serenading the Tyrant (updated)
Leonard Bernstein, the great conductor/composer who frequently fronted the New York Philharmonic Orchestra is probably smiling in heaven about now. More

February 27, 2008
How do you say 'chutzpah' in Chinese?
Sadly, my own studies of the Chinese language decades ago never made it to the point where I could find the right word to describe China's response to America's destruction of the spy satellite falling to earth. More

February 27, 2008
The Democrats' debate last night
Obama was unflappable and very smooth. Her strategy was to unnerve him by annoying him with relentless attack on his health care plan. He held his own. He also lies More

February 27, 2008
The Times Rolls out Red Carpet for Raul Castro
The New York Times embraced Cuba's new/old dictator Raul Castro with a stunningly fawning piece reminiscent of the way they used to wax eloquently about his brother Fidel: More

February 27, 2008
Mark Steyn on multiculturalism
There is a superb piece on Youtube with Mark Steyn riffing on multiculturalism. Well worth the few minutes it takes to watch it, but don't be drinking anything while you do! More

February 27, 2008
In Obama's own words
Blogger William Katz of Urgent Agenda highlights Obama's own words on national security that provide fodder for a future TV commercial -- for his opponent. More

February 27, 2008
Cindy does Cairo
Cindy Sheehan, who lost the media spotlight--and some funding--as the surge in Iraq proved successful is ba-a-ack. In Cairo. As a guest of the Muslim American Society More

February 27, 2008
Lebanese Newspaper: Beware Obama Menace!
The excerpts below are from an editorial recently published in Lebanon's The Daily Star entitled "Wake up Arabs, Obama may be a Menance." More

February 27, 2008
Optimism on Iraq from surprising sources
The Addison Independent, published in very liberal Vermont, surprisingly reports a message that implies support for troops staying in Iraq -- from a BBC bureau chief, Adi Raval More

February 26, 2008
Al-Qaeda Entered Gaza During Breach
It didn't take much of a hole in the wall for al-Qaeda to slip in to Gaza after Hamas breached the border with Egypt last month, according to the head of Israeli military intelligence. More

February 26, 2008
Obama's foreign policy inexperience v. JFK's
Obama partisans love to compare their man to JFK, at least in terms of appeal and youth. This is glib and fatuous, insulting both JFK's memory and the intelligence of the electorate. More

February 26, 2008
Look who's calling for interfaith dialogue
A highly-publicized "interfaith" letter signed by many prominent Islamic scholars addressed to Pope Benedict comes from a very problematic source. More

February 26, 2008
Pakistan Surgeon General Assassinated
Lieutenant General Muhammad Mushtaq Baig, the Surgeon General of Pakistan, and seven other people were killed in a suicide attack in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. More

February 26, 2008
Bad Blood in Canada
You would think that a massive malfunction of Canada's health care system, involving an incompetently run blood banking system, thousands of HIV and hepatitis C infections and deaths caused by negligence, and criminal prosecutions, would be found newsworthy by the US media More

February 26, 2008
Hooray (for some in) Hollywood!
Sderot, Israel, pounded by rockets from Gaza, is receiving support from some brave Hollywood personalities. More

February 26, 2008
Five More Thoughts About Obamamania
If Hillary Clinton is going to be effective against Obama, she needs to find a new voice., one that will make people smile. My suggestion: before every speech, inhale some helium. More

February 26, 2008
Iranian Shoppers Attack 'Modesty Police'
The Iranian "modesty police" known as the Ershad patrol bit off more than they could chew when they tried to arrest a woman in Tehran for "indecency" More

February 26, 2008
The Obama-Rezko plot thickens (updated)
The UK Times reports that Barack Obama's involvement with Chicago slum landlord Tony Rezko, currently under indictment, may involve money originating from a British-Iraqi Middle East wheeler-dealer, Nadhmi Auchi, a convicted criminal. More

February 26, 2008
Hillary Camp beginning to Implode
With a week before the crucial Texas and Ohio primaries, the Clinton campaign seems adrift and rudderless More

February 26, 2008
Obama Builds Big Lead on Hillary Nationally; Tied in Texas
News from the polling front has Obama surging and Hillary Clinton reeling. More

February 26, 2008
Obama and school choice for the inner cities
Parents of inner city kids favor school choice; teachers do not. It is the teachers who have consistently won, in good part because of their political clout on the Left. More

February 25, 2008
Welcome Rush listeners
The article Rush talked about  is "The Misnomer of Conservatism" available at this link.... More

February 25, 2008
What happened to Hillary's multiculturalism?
In their desperate attempt to derail the Obama juggernaut, the Clinton campaign has circulated a picture of Barrack Obama dressed as an African village elder. More

February 25, 2008
What is the illegal alien death toll?
Yet another illegal alien has caused injury to Americans from behind the wheel, this time in Michigan. More

February 25, 2008
Was an Academy Award intended to help Obama?
Many will wake up this morning quite surprised that Michael Moore's much touted and morning line favorite Sicko failed to pick up the Best Documentary Oscar[TM] last night. More

February 25, 2008
The women in Barack Obama's life
Asia Times' brilliant columnist "Spengler" has an interesting analysis of Obama. He says we can tell a lot about him from the women in his life -- his mother and wife -- and what we can tell indicates his candidacy has frighting implications for this country More

February 25, 2008
Clinton Camp Attempts 'Muslim' Smear of Obama (updated)
More signs of desperation from the Clintons. More

February 25, 2008
The power of propaganda over young minds
Greenagers is just the latest eco-neologism coined [read: contrived] in the global warming, excuse me, climate change non-debatable debate. More

February 25, 2008
In Desperation, Clinton turns to Sarcasm
She's tried being nice. She's tried being negative. She's even tried ignoring Obama for a while. More

February 25, 2008
Justice Rodham-Clinton?
If anyone thinks that Obama's nomination would put the Clintons in America's rear-view mirror for once and for all, think again More

February 25, 2008
'Double Secret Probation' for Plagiarizing Teacher
Teachers College in New York, the Columbia University Graduate School of Education, seems to have a problem with ethics. More

February 25, 2008
Obama and the former Weathermen
Taylor Marsh, who calls herself, "the antidote to right wing talk", assembles a lot of evidence that Barack Obama has a serious past association with former Weather Underground terrorism supporter William Ayers and his wife Bernadine Dohrn More

February 25, 2008
Farrakhan praises Obama: 'savior' and 'hope of the entire world'
Straight from the mouth of Jew-hating Louis Farrakhan. AP reports Farrakhan addressed a crowd of 20,000: "This young man is the hope of the entire world that America will change and be made better," More

February 24, 2008
Ralph Nader says Obama censors his real political views
Obama supporters claim that their man is a supporter of Israel. Ralph Nader disagrees. More

February 24, 2008
Hillary Clinton campaign steals AT intellectual property
The Hillary Clinton campaign has blatantly disregarded the law on intellectual property and re-published an entire copyrighted article from the American Thinker website. More

February 24, 2008
Fallout over Kosovo Independence
Chalk this one up to United Nations incompetence. More

February 24, 2008
Barack H. Obama pictured in Muslim garb (updated: it's genuine)
A photo of Barack Obama in Muslim garb has been published by the supermarket tabloid, the National Examiner. More

February 24, 2008
What was DNI Director McConnell Thinking?
Meet Professor Immerman, a Michael Moore-type leftist DNI McConnell unaccountably appointed to a key position in the CIA .Immerman's biased and bizarre views are detailed by Gabriel Schoenfeld More

February 24, 2008
Russia's New Autocracy
I guess it's now official. If the New York Times refers to Putins Russia as an autocracy, it must be so. More

February 24, 2008
Cuban Parliament Selects new leader today
Although Fidel Castro's brother is considered to have the inside track to the presidency, the Parliament may opt to seat a younger candidate according to the BBC: More

February 24, 2008
Musharraf on his way out?
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has decided to quit the presidency in order to avoid an impeachment battle with Parliament, a close aid has told the Sunday Telegraph: More

February 24, 2008
Nader announces another run for president
This morning, on Meet the Press, Ralph Nader announced yet another run for president, promising "to stem corporate crime and Pentagon waste and promote labor rights" More

February 23, 2008
NYT ombudsman thinks McCain story should not have run
Clark Hoyt, the ombudsman for the New York Times, goes on the record writing that the story linking Senator John McCain to a female lobbyist should not have run More

February 23, 2008
IAEA Confronts Iran with Evidence of nukes
Confrontation not all it's cracked up to be. More

February 23, 2008
Presidential race polling may be shifting
The New York Times smear appears to have been a huge boost for McCain, and Obama is beginning to plateau, if not slip a bit. More

February 23, 2008
Oh to be young and in love - anywhere but Saudi Arabia
The incongruity of this nation sitting on half the world's oil reserves grows more grotesque by the day. More

February 23, 2008
Poll: Obama now leading Clinton in Texas
A shocking new poll out today from Decision Analyst shows Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton by double digits in the race for the Texas primary: More

February 23, 2008
Blowback from global warming fear-mongers
One of the serious real problems being created out of worries over the phony problem of supposedly man-made global warming is the rush to replace incandescent light bulbs with CFL bulbs, which contain mercury. More

February 23, 2008
Commentary's APB for NYT's James Risen
Gabriel Schoenfeld of Commentary has issued an APB for the New York Times' James Risen: "On January 24, a federal grand jury issued a subpoena to James Risen of the New York Times...." More

February 22, 2008
Headlines
Some years ago a motocycle cop in a Bush motorcade was unfortunately killed. Time ran this headline:"Bush Motorcade Kills Cop". Yesterday, the same unfortunate thing happened to policewoman in Hillary's motorcade. Wonder how Time headlined it? More

February 22, 2008
Obama Tied with Hillary in Texas: Closing in Ohio
The latest Rasmussen tracking poll from Texas. has Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in a statistical tie as does the most recent ABC-Washington Post poll. More

February 22, 2008
Is Iran preparing to retaliate for death of Mughniyeh?
Iran's nauseating, Nazi-inspired rhetoric over the last few days could presage an attack on Israel or Israeli citizens around the world. More

February 22, 2008
Arizona GOP Congressman indicted
Even stalwart party members have to be sickened by the breadth of corruption exhibited by GOP politicians More

February 22, 2008
Wow. Obama on track to raise more than $60 million in February
If Obama loses, maybe the government can hire this guy to help retire the national debt. More

February 22, 2008
Few Fireworks at Dem Debate
Last night's debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama was a fairly staid affair More

February 22, 2008
Even the left questions the accuracy and reasons for the Times story
How much trouble is the New York Times in for their story yesterday More

February 22, 2008
'Obamamania" at a tipping point?
It would appear that the overwrought enthusiasm for Barack Obama may have reached its zenith according to some observers. More

February 22, 2008
Satellite shoot-down is a clear warning to Iran
This is an historic moment for the good guys. For the first time since Stalin exploded an atom bomb in 1949 there is a working defense against nuke-bearing missiles and planes. More

February 22, 2008
Al-Sadr Extends Cease Fire
Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr will extend the cease fire between his Mahdi Army and American forces according to sources: More

February 22, 2008
US Urges Pakistanis to Keep Musharraf
Better the devil you know... More

February 22, 2008
EU Experts: Iran could have enough uranium for a bomb by year end
A European Union team of experts has calculated that there is an outisde chance Iran could have made enough highly enriched uranium to have the capability to build a nuclear bomb by the end of the year: More

February 21, 2008
New York Times disgraces itself, may help McCain
The New York Times under Pinch Sulzberger has, for all practical purposes, become an arm of the Democratic National Committee. More

February 21, 2008
Sweet Revenge: Duke Lacross Players sue University
Duke Lacross players have sued the University for "emotional distress" suffered by 38 players when the Administration failed to support them: More

February 21, 2008
Limbaugh, conservatives attack NYT attack on McCain
Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingram have both come out and defended John McCain from the outrageous smear being leveled against him by the hit piece in the Times this morning: More

February 21, 2008
National Debt/National Wealth
My online friend Charles Martin explores the national debt, calculates the national wealth, and [yay!] we're each in the black ! More

February 21, 2008
Another Cold War with Russia? Not Likely
StrategyPage.com has a superior summation of the reasons that Vladmir Putin is blowing hot air when he talks about a new "cold war" with the United States. More

February 21, 2008
Obamamaniacs Cheer as Candidate Blows his nose
One wonders what his worshipful supporters might do when witnessing some other, more private bodily functions: More

February 21, 2008
Pinch Sulzberger's legacy
The decline and fall of the New York Times accelerates, with today's anonymously-sourced hit piece on John McCain. More

February 21, 2008
Navy Missile Bullseyes Dead Satellite
In a remarkable technological achievement, the Navy successfully shot down a malfunctioning spy satellite in orbit. More

February 21, 2008
Its the Sex, Stupid (Updated)
The New York Times story alleging "impropriety" on the part of John McCain with a female lobbyist has several different angles to it but basically, it comes down to a story about sexual infidelity - a perfect start to the Times effort to smear McCain. More

February 21, 2008
AT editor Thomas Lifson on radio
AT editor Thomas Lifson will be a guest on the KSFO Morning Show Thursday, at 7:05 AM Pacific, 10:05 AM Eastern Standard Time. More

February 20, 2008
Is Barack fighting against Michelle's cynicism? (updated)
Obama has been very clear that he is fighting against cynicism in his Presidential campaign. Yet he just described his wife Michelle a "pretty cynical about the political process." Is she part of the problem? More

February 20, 2008
Puerto Rico: Hill's Ace in the Hole
Hillary now claims that she'll win the nomination with the votes of Puerto Rico: More

February 20, 2008
Trouble Brewing in Iraq?
Anti-US cleric Muqtada al-Sadr whose Mahdi Army militia was blamed for much of the violence in Iraq prior to a cease fire he called six months ago, has hinted that the cease fire will expire on Saturday and his militia will take to the streets: More

February 20, 2008
Another 'scientific consensus' bites the dust
Another alleged "scientific consensus" turns out to be wrong. And this time, the data disproving proving the consensus view was gathered from the internet. More

February 20, 2008
Ahmadinejad: We have brought World Powers 'To Their Knees'
So a highly politicized National Intelligence Estimate says that Iran stopped trying to get the bomb in 2003 while those with the most to lose if Iran goes nuclear say otherwise. Who to believe? More

February 20, 2008
Why the GOP Has a Good Shot at beating Obama
Can you think of anything Obama has accomplished in the Senate? More

February 20, 2008
Change v warming
Have you noticed the inconvenient truth people are avoiding the truth this winter, demonstrating their concern for delicate planet Earth by substituting climate change for global warming? More

February 20, 2008
Obama Rolls in Wisconsin, Hawaii
Judging by the polls, it appears that the Democratic party may finally have settled on someone to be their nominee. More

February 20, 2008
CNN: 'Be nice to Fidel'
So how does an American news giant tell its on air talent to handle Fidel Castro's resignation? More

February 20, 2008
'A sad, empty, narcissistic, ungrateful, unthinking lot'
That's Michelle Malkin describing the audience who listened and did nothing when Michelle Obama opined that there has never been a time in her adult life that she has been proud of America. More

February 19, 2008
Baehr/Moran on Live Internet Radio
The dynamic duo of Rich Baehr and Rick Moran are giving their take on the outcome of the Wisconsin primary on The Rick Moran Show. More

February 19, 2008
Michelle Obama, America, and pride
Perhaps the Obama Campaign should reconsider its priorities and message. The object of one's civic life is not to live in a country one can be proud of More

February 19, 2008
Ronald Lauder: foreign policy advisors are important
Controversy rages over Barack Obama's choice of foreign policy advisors, a topic familiar to AT readers. More

February 19, 2008
Iran to launch TV station in Bolivia
Jihadists have long been active in Latin America. Now comes news, via PressTV, that Iran is planning to construct a television station in Bolivia (governed by leftist Evo Morales), to serve all of Latin America. More

February 19, 2008
Media angst over low Asian-American support for Obama (updated)
Barack Obama receives 90% of the black vote versus Hillary Clinton, but when another racial minority, Asian-Americans, shows signs of disproportionately voting for Hillary Clinton in primary elections, the media wrings its hands about possible racism More

February 19, 2008
Afghanistan: Second Serious Suicide Attack in two days
Al-Qaeda is getting busier in Afghanistan. More

February 19, 2008
Supremes Toss Challenge to Terrorist Surveillance Program
In a victory for the Bush Administration, the Supreme Court threw out a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against the government over the Terrorist Surveillance Program: More

February 19, 2008
Obama's rhetoric versus reality on Korea free trade pact
Barack Obama talks a fine-sounding game about renewing our diplomacy and earning international respect. But when push comes to shove and key domestic political support is at stake, he is behaving like a craven pol More

February 19, 2008
David Brooks on Obama's "Change"
What eventually will bring Obama back down to earth is...Obama More

February 19, 2008
Pakistani Elections Produce a Chance for Democracy
If preliminary results hold up, the two largest secular parties in Pakistan will have won big victories while the Islamist and conservative parties have gone down to humiliating defeats: More

February 19, 2008
Fidel Castro 'Retires'
At this point, many of us may be harboring such unchristian and politically incorrect thoughts such as, "So why don't you just croak already?" More

February 19, 2008
Michelle Obama Ashamed to Be an American - until today
"She said What?" (John Podhoretz) More

February 18, 2008
Official Obama web site mysteriously makes a page vanish
I wonder why this web page, titled "Escalation is not the answer", has disappeared from the official Obama website? More

February 18, 2008
Obama's spiritual mentor retires
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Jr., Barack Obama's spiritual mentor, has caused no end of embarrassment for the campaign. More

February 18, 2008
Former FEC Commissioner Brad Smith on Obama's Federal Financing Dilemma
Given the ease with which Barack Obama has demonstrated raising colossal sums of money, one would think that he would be crazy to live up to his promise to eschew private donations for the general election campaign. More

February 18, 2008
Chronic Warrior Syndrome
Old Leatherneck, Troy Watson, introduced me to the concept of Chronic Marine Syndrome, which as best I can determine is the inspiration of retired Marine Corps Brigadier General, Mike Mulqueen. More

February 18, 2008
Obama the Messiah
It was inevitable. There is now a blog following references to Barack Obama as something more than an ordinary politician. More

February 18, 2008
Turnout Low for Pakistani Elections
Reflecting both a cynicism that their vote will be jiggered with by President Musharraf and a genuine fear of terrorism, Pakistani voters stayed home in droves today while the vote for a new parliament was conducted: More

February 18, 2008
Obama in secret meeting with Edwards
Politics as usual for the politician who promised an end to that. More

February 18, 2008
Obama encounters media skepticism
We live in an age of cynicism, so perhaps Barack Obama's vapidities will turn enough of the mainstream media into skeptics to burst his bubble a bit. More

February 18, 2008
Largest Meat Recall in History
The US Department of Agriculture has issued the largest recall of meat in its history; 143 million pounds. More

February 18, 2008
Hillary would try Gitmo 6 in Criminal Court
It will be interesting to see how John McCain responds to this suggestion by Hillary Clinton More

February 18, 2008
Ayatollah Khamenei Calls for Unity before Vote
Following mass disqualifications of reformist candidates for parliament ("reformist" being a relative term) by the ultra conservative Guardian Council, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei appealed for all factions to end their squabbling in advance of the elections in March: More

February 18, 2008
YMCA? Not in Gaza
Another instance of religious intolerance in Gaza More

February 18, 2008
Kyle-Anne Shiver radio appearance
AT frequent contributor Kyle-Anne Shiver will appear on the KSFO Morning show at 7 AM PST, 10 AM EST. An internet feed is available More

February 17, 2008
PBS To Air Haditha documentary
This Tuesday, February 19 at 9:00 pm ET, PBS' Frontline will air a one hour show on what has come to be known as "The Haditha Massacre". More

February 17, 2008
Clintonian swoon envy
With Barack Obama becoming the biggest object of adulation for adolescents and young adults since Sanjaya, it should surprise no one that Bill and Hillary Clinton have developed a case of swoon-envy More

February 17, 2008
At least 80 die in Afghan Suicide Bombing
A horrific attack in Afghanistan at a dog fight of all places has killed at least 80 people and wounded dozens more. More

February 17, 2008
Hillary's Flawed Campaign
This piece in the Baltimore Sun nails it pretty well. Hillary Clinton's campaign is foundering because of one basic flaw; she positioned herself as "inevitable" in a campaign that was about "change:" More

February 17, 2008
California to mandate climate change education?
A bill has been introduced to the California State Legislature to mandate teaching about global warming in the state's public schools. This would be a good idea, if two preconditions were met: More

February 17, 2008
Failed Surge? Violence in Baghdad down 80%
Democrats still insist our efforts are useless. Perhaps they should listen to the Iraqis themselves. More

February 17, 2008
Western Greenland Ice Sheet also Growing; Experts see Global warming as culprit
Following up on Mr. Lifson's post from yesterday about the Arctic ice sheet growing, we get news that the ice between Canada and Greenland has also been expanding. More

February 16, 2008
Arctic Sea Ice Sees 'Significant Increase' in Size Following 'Extreme Cold'
The ultraliberal CBC reports a truth that is mighty inconvenient for Al Gore. More

February 16, 2008
Who said that? (a continuing series)
While Sen. Obama turns a phrase partially in the tradition of an inner-city AME evangelist, the exalting themes are not new. More

February 16, 2008
Rationale of a Conservative Suicide Voter
Critical thought and a rational mind are all conservatives have to protect from the madness of crowds. Supporting John McCain over conservative principles is a bargain with fear. More

February 16, 2008
Response to Dr. Tawfik Hamid interview
Please permit me a response to the thinking of Mr. Hamid. More

February 16, 2008
Legacy of a Terrorist
The death of Hezb'allah master terrorist Imad Mughniyeh has had significant reprecussions throughout the world. More

February 16, 2008
"The Surge" plus one: A report card
Security improvements - but a long road ahead for political reunification. More

February 16, 2008
Surveillance Program Authorization Expires
TSP in limbo. Dems playing politics with national security - again. More

February 16, 2008
Kosovo to declare Independence Sunday
In a move guaranteed to open an international hornet's nest of trouble, Kosovo will declare its independence from Serbia on Sunday: More

February 15, 2008
New Texas Poll Shows Obama ahead
In a state that Hillary Clinton desperately needs to stay in the race, an ARG poll released today shows an Obama lead in Texas. More

February 15, 2008
Terrorist chief Mughniyeh was plotting big attacks
Hezb'allah terrorist chief Imad Mughniyeh was planning massive terrorist attacks on moderate Arab countries prior to his being assassinated, according to a Kuwaiti newspaper: More

February 15, 2008
Did Saudis Play Hardball with Blair over Bribes Case?
This would be shocking if we didn't suspect the Saudis weren't giving a wink and a nod to terrorists already. More

February 15, 2008
Obama receives the Danny Ortega Seal of Approval
There are endorsements. And then there are "endorsements." More

February 15, 2008
An open letter to Speaker Pelosi
Madame Speaker: I just heard on the news that you are leading the Democrats out of the House for a break without passing the new intelligence bill. What are you thinking? More

February 15, 2008
Obamamania and the liberals
I have a theory as to why the MSM and the liberal pundits are falling in love with Obama More

February 15, 2008
Riots in Denmark by Muslim "Youths" - Authorities stumped as to why
Outraged Muslim "Youths" torched cars, burned an elementary school, and attacked at least one journalist in the 5th night of rioting in Denmark: More

February 15, 2008
Civil RIghts Icon Lewis Switches from Hillary to Obama?
There is considerable confusion this morning as to whether or not civil rights icon Representative John Lewis (D-GA), an influential congressman and Super Delegate who was supporting Hillary Clinton, has switched sides and now supports Barack Obama. More

February 15, 2008
Sun Days Will Never Be the Same
Yet another climate expert concurs that, while solar activity normally fluctuates in 11-year cycles, we now appear to be at a cold standstill. More

February 14, 2008
Slowly and painfully, Iraq moves toward reconciliation
The news from Iraq continues to be positive as the parliament has passed three vital pieces of legislation that will assist in political reconciliation. More

February 14, 2008
Pinch Sulzberger's hypocritical choices for NYT board of directors
Beleaguered by hedge fund shareholders angry at the dismal performance of the New York Times Company, Pinch Sulzberger has opted to nominate two new directors for the company's board. More

February 14, 2008
Fried cockroaches for dinner again?
Hats off to Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters for uncovering outright hysteria over global warming: it is going to require us to learn to eat bugs, or so goes the latest hysterical claim. More

February 14, 2008
Top Advisor for McCain "won't fight Obama"
File this one under "Weird Political Stories:" More

February 14, 2008
CIA Gives UN Nuke Watchdog Intel on Iran Bomb Program
In a bid to get the United Nations to sign off on another round of sanctions against Iran, the CIA has taken the extraordinary step of sharing intelligence with the International Atomic Energy Administration (IAEA) that prove the Iranians want to build a nuclear weapon: More

February 14, 2008
Senate Passes Torture Ban
With the threat of a presidential veto in the offing, the Senate passed a bill that would prevent US intelligence agencies from using waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" on al-Qaeda prisoners: More

February 14, 2008
PBS host gone wild
When I read what passes for adult discourse in the mainstream press, I think I'm back in junior high school. Witness these two wishful-thinking paragraphs by Bonnie Erbe of PBS and Scripps Howard More

February 14, 2008
Odd, almost comic headline in the NYT
We know the NYT avoids the use of the word "terrorists" terrorists to describe, well, terrorists but this twisted headline shows the absurd lengths to which the paper will go to to follow their principle that no man is a "terrorist" More

February 14, 2008
Obama gets down to specifics, and it's not pretty
Is the American electorate solidly behind the idea of increasing foreign aid $845 billion over the next 13 years? Apparently that is what Barack Obama believes More

February 14, 2008
The Triumph of Ideology over Hope
Primary voters in Maryland contradicted the media narrative that voters are looking for centrist candidates to garner crossover voters. More

February 14, 2008
Democrats pushing a losing position
Why are the Democrats continuing to argue that the U.S. is ready to adopt their Iraq strategy? More

February 13, 2008
If you haven't got any facts use nasty words
Another pathetic response to the reasonable questions raised by American Thinker about Barack Obama's thinking on Israel. More

February 13, 2008
Baehr/Moran on Last Night's Primaries
The dynamic duo in some hot political talk. More

February 13, 2008
Vice President Bobby Jindal?
Bobby Jindal hasn't yet been governor of Louisianafor a month, and already he is being mentioned for the vice president nomination. More

February 13, 2008
It's the sun, stupid
Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Sally Bulinas is the latest distinguished scientist to declare anthropogenic global warming theory wrong. More

February 13, 2008
Iowahawk does Canterbury
Iowahawk has penned a devastating parody on the Archbishop of Canterbury's embrace of sharia. Don't miss another instant classic from a gifted satirist: More

February 13, 2008
Obama, McCain sweep Potomac Primaries
Barack Obama and John McCain easily won primaries last night in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. solidifying their front runner status and bringing both candidates much closer to the nomination of their respective parties: More

February 13, 2008
Berkeley Backs Down on Marine Office
The Berkeley City Council voted last night to rescind a controversial letter to the Marine recruiting office where they referred to the office and the Marines manning it as "unwelcome intruders:" More

February 13, 2008
Steven Spielberg Pulls out of China Olympics
Citing Chinese inaction in helping to resolve the agony in Darfur, Steven Spielberg has pulled out as artistic advisor to the Beijing Olympics: More

February 13, 2008
Palestinian Chutzpah
I read about the Palestinian Authority asking the State Department to intervene on the PA's side in lawsuits brought against it by U.S. victims of Palestinian terrorism More

February 13, 2008
Hezb'allah Terror Chief Assassinated
Who killed Imad Mughniyah? More

February 13, 2008
Brits blast Bishop but not Brussels
There was a fine display of British outrage yesterday at the UK Telegraph website. Most readers of the Telly blog by journalist Damian Thompson are blasting the Archbishop of Canterbury More

February 13, 2008
Will the real Marty Peretz Please Stand Up?
Marty Peretz blows hot and cold on Obama's foreign policy team. More

February 13, 2008
The Mohammed cartoons
Hooray for Denmark, the little country that could. More

February 12, 2008
Who said that?
Western governments have "the moral imperative to intervene - sometimes militarily - to help spread democracy throughout the world." The same speaker says that "fostering democracy in the Middle East 'is the best long-term defence against global terrorism and conflict.'" More

February 12, 2008
Charming Billy (a poem)
Oh where have you gone, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? More

February 12, 2008
Senate OK's Telecom Immunity
In another legislative victory for the "lame duck" President Bush, the Senate has voted against an amendment that would have stripped a key provision from the bill re-authorizing the Terrorism Surveillance program: More

February 12, 2008
Hegelian Conservatives
No self-respecting American conservative would adopt the historical dialectical as a political model. It's way too intellectual, way too indirect, and way too European More

February 12, 2008
Confrontation in Berkely: Moonbats vs. Move America Forward
There are conflicting reports of a confrontation early this morning between representatives of the pro-troop Move America Forward and anti-military protestors of Code Pink. More

February 12, 2008
Tom Lantos, RIP
Representative Tom Lantos was a liberal Democrat from the San Francisco area. But that never stopped him from standing up and proclaiming his support for what he thought was right. More

February 12, 2008
Primary Preview
They are voting today in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. in both Democratic and Republican primaries. More

February 12, 2008
Obama won't wear flag pin but displays Cuban Flag in his Houston Office
This really is too rich for irony. More

February 12, 2008
Are Foreigners Financing our Presidential Campaigns?
This shocking article in the New York Sun shows the utter futility in trying to enforce current campaign finance laws. More

February 11, 2008
Winning in Afghanistan
Another top NATO general is going on the record about our success in Afghanistan, though you are unlikely to hear about such things from the mainstream media that prefer a narrative of failure. More

February 11, 2008
Hedge Fund Discloses Nearly 10% Stake in NY Times
Harbert Management and their partners have disclosed that they now own 14 million shares of the New York Times Company slightly less than 10% of the shares outstanding. Harbert and their partners accumulated this position over a 49 day period commencing in December.... More

February 11, 2008
'Hegelian conservatives'?
Does Thomas Lifson mean those like Chuck Hagel? More

February 11, 2008
Too little planning, too few troops?
Tom Maguire takes note of a NYT article which cites an undisclosed Rand report critical of the planning and troop levels in Iraq. More

February 11, 2008
Hillary's change of staff
I hardly think it is a coincidence that Hillary replaced her white female campaign manager with a black female. Hillary is getting trounced by Obama among black Democratic primary voters More

February 11, 2008
Al-Qaeda Leaders: 'We are in Crisis' (updated)
Two captured letters released by the US military show Al-Qaeda in Iraq in desperate shape while local leaders complain bitterly about the success of "The Awakening" that has brough 80,000 Sunnis into an alliance with the Americans: More

February 11, 2008
US Forces Capture Militia Leader in Iraq
Via Ed Morrissey, we get the good news that a key militia leader has been captured by US forces in Muqtada al-Sadr's stronghold of Sadr City: More

February 11, 2008
Military to seek death penalty in trial of 6 detainees
The very first trial under the Military Tribunal system of justice for detainees at Guantanamo could be a capital case involving 6 terrorists charged with complicity in the 9/11 attacks on the United States: More

February 11, 2008
Huckabee Challenges Washington State Results
Something very fishy happened during the GOP Washington State caucuses. More

February 11, 2008
Obama Takes Maine Caucuses
Senator Barack Obama cruised to an easy win in the Maine Caucuses on Sunday More

February 11, 2008
A Campaign in Trouble
Suffering 4 major defeats this past weekend and with the probability of taking it on the chin in three other contests on Tuesday, a desperate Hillary Clinton has fired her long time campaign manager and replaced her with one of her oldest political hands: More

February 10, 2008
No end of pimp references
For better or (more likely) worse, the word "pimp" seems to have entered the political vocabulary. More

February 10, 2008
A mind is a terrible thing to waste
The latest fading minor celebrity to claim the spotlight (in this case overseas) for his BDS ranting is Philip Roth, most famous as the writer of Portnoy's Complaint, a novel published almost 40 years ago. More

February 10, 2008
Close Gitmo?
Enthusiasts for closing down Guantanamo Bay as a prisoner for battlefield detainees rarely specify where they would re-locate prisoners. Close attention should be paid to this story More

February 10, 2008
Politicized Science
The editor of the premier science journal in the world has been watching the presidential debates "in alternating stages of boredom and disbelief," embarrassed that they are not conducted in the "stately" manner of "other" unspecified "nations." More

February 10, 2008
Words vs Sticks & Stones
I'm sure you're all familiar with the old nursery rhyme "Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me." Politics today provides direct evidence of this wisdom. More

February 10, 2008
Brits to force Olympic athletes to sign "no criticism" pledge
British government kow tows to China. More

February 10, 2008
Toledo Mayor Tells Marines to Take a Hike
On the heels of Berkeley, California telling the Marine recruiters that they were "intruders" in their own country and "unwelcome" in the city, the Mayor of Toledo gave a Marine training unit 24 hours to leave his town: More

February 10, 2008
Huckabee making his case for Vice President
Mike Huckabee continued his impressive string of wins in the south, barely edging John McCain in Louisiana 43-42% while also taking the caucuses in Kansas. More

February 10, 2008
Obama buries Hillary in WA, LA, and NE
Senator Barack Obama won all three Democratic contests on Saturday, sweeping caucuses in Washington State and Nebraska while thumping Hillary Clinton in the Louisiana primary: More

February 09, 2008
6 Gitmo prisoners could face 9/11 charges (Updated)
Government sources are saying that a sweeping case involving as many as 6 detainees at Guantanamo, charged with conspiracy in the 9/11 attacks, may be in the offing: More

February 09, 2008
Where in the World is Adam Gadahn? (updated)
American traitor Adam Gadahn, AKA "Azzam al-Amriki" (Azzam the American) has disappeared. More

February 09, 2008
Cheney breaks with Bush on 2nd Amendment
Acting in his role of President of the United States Senate, not as Vice President, Dick Cheney his signed an amicus brief from Congress urging the Supreme Court to strike down Washington, DC's firearms ban as an unconstitutional breach of the Second Amendment. More

February 09, 2008
Conservatives still fear a McCain presidency
Despite John McCain's heartfelt, even humble speech before conservative activists at the CPAC conference, many on the right remain unconvinced that a McCain presidency would be anything short of a disaster. More

February 09, 2008
David Shuster's Whore-i-ble Suspension (updated)
David Shuster's been suspended from MSNBC from using a vulgar but common street term, "pimping", to describe how Clinton's campaign was using Chelsea to promote her mother. More

February 09, 2008
The naked truth about the Democrats
Jonah Goldberg expertly explains the vast and highly visible chasm between the two parties when it comes to fundamental principles More

February 09, 2008
Democrats to Caucus in Washington and Nebraska; Primary in Louisiana
Today sees the Democratic contest for president move into the next stage. More

February 08, 2008
Detailing the defeat of Al Qaeda in Iraq (updated)
Al Qaeda appears to be crumbling in Iraq, a spectacular victory in the War on Terror. A senior leader has bared his soul to Amit R. Paley of the Washington Post More

February 08, 2008
Stimulus Package Passes House - on to Bush
The House gave final approval to the stimulus package yesterday proposed by President Bush and sent it to the White House for signing. More

February 08, 2008
Court Freezes $12 billion in Venezuela assets
Hugo Chavez's seizure last year of a huge oil project in the name of the state has not come without costs. More

February 08, 2008
Vets: If They're Not Homicidal or Suicidal, They are Homeless
As part of the never-ending lies about veterans, the media has falsely peddled stories that they are more suicidal and homicidal than those who never served in the military. Now, they are peddling tall tales of the number of homeless vets More

February 08, 2008
Global cooling alarmism ahead?
The debate over global warming theory is turning into a contest between two explanatory models for climate change: human activity or solar activity. Now comes news that solar activity may be declining More

February 08, 2008
McCain's Veep Choice (Updated)
Now that John McCain has the nomination all but wrapped up, pundits and political junkies are turning their attention to the next order of business; who will be McCain's choice for the second spot on the ticket? More

February 08, 2008
Berkeley Mayor Apologizes for Marine Letter - Sort of
More backtracking by Berkeley politicians who are about to eat a fairly large portion of crow. More

February 08, 2008
Bio-Fuels an Environmental Threat
More bad news for advocates of ethanol and other bio fuels. Several recent studies have shown that these alternative fuels actually cause more greenhouse gas emissions than regular fuels: More

February 08, 2008
The New York Times fesses-up to conflict
Caught using an advoctae as co-author of an article on Gitmo. More

February 08, 2008
A "Meddlesome Priest" Indeed
Once again, the Archbishop of Canterbury sticks his foot in it. More

February 08, 2008
All in the family at the Washington Post
The Washington Post has a new publisher, a dynamic, intelligent, and comparatively young (41) lawyer. Did I mention that she is the granddaughter of legendary former CEO Katharine Graham? More

February 07, 2008
McCain's speech to CPAC
John McCain hit many of the notes I suggested this morning, and seems to have won over the balance of the CPAC crowd's verbally expressed opinion. More

February 07, 2008
Mitt Romney withdraws
Mitt Romney has just told CPAC that he is withdrawing from the presidential race, to avoid prolonging a fight with McCain and thereby damage his prospects of defeating Clinton or Obama. More

February 07, 2008
Religious coexistence with Islam
The UK Times asks, and then two days later seems to answer the question: "Does Islam fit with our law? More

February 07, 2008
Is Hillary out of money
Just how much money does Hillary have left? More

February 07, 2008
Huckabee's anti-Mormonism: An old American lesson
When Mike Huckabee dropped his "innocent" slam at Mormons to a NY Times reporter last month, he violated that tacit understanding in American politics. More

February 07, 2008
CPAC Welcomes John McCain
Just what kind of welcome may be the story of the year. More

February 07, 2008
Pakistan to Deal with the Devil - Again
Just whose side is Musharraf on? More

February 06, 2008
Cuckoo's Nest Endorsement (updated with video)
Randle P. McMurphy endorses Nurse Ratched. That is, the actor who played McMurphy in the movie One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Jack Nicholson, has endorsed Hillary Clinton, who often has been compared to Nurse Ratched More

February 06, 2008
McCain takes big lead in delegates
The numbers appear daunting for Romney if he hopes to overcome McCain's huge lead. More

February 06, 2008
Mystery Deepens Over WMD Documents
Joseph Goldstein of the New York Sun reports on information that could upset the "No WMD in Iraq" narrative: More

February 06, 2008
Ok... so are Democrats racists?
Amy Goldstein of the Washington Post reports on the actual behavior of Democrat voters: More

February 06, 2008
The media will turn on McCain more in sadness than in anger
Many Republicans who do not agree with him on any number of issues have long been aware that John McCain receives exceptionally good press, and lots of it. It won't last. More

February 06, 2008
Hillary's first big job
Jerry Zeifman, who at the time of Watergate "had overall supervisory authority over the House Judiciary Committee's Impeachment Inquiry staff that included Hillary Rodham" reports on her misdeeds while on the Committee staff. More

February 06, 2008
Obama, Clinton in near dead heat
The race for delegates will continue for a long while on the Democratic side. More

February 06, 2008
Corruption the Number One Problem in Iraq
A different kind of headache for our forces to overcome. More

February 06, 2008
Happy Birthday Ronnie
Does it matter to whom Reagan bequeathed his legacy? More

February 06, 2008
Et Tu, Teddy?
Kennedy's shocking betrayal of Clinton comes back to haunt him in Massachusetts. More

February 06, 2008
Last Iwo Flag Raiser Dies
The last Iwo Jima participant in the iconic photo of the flag being raised on Mount Surabachi has passed on. More

February 05, 2008
Super Tuesday analysis
Rick Moran and Richard Baehr are covering Super Tuesday on Blog Talk Radio. Listen to them at this link. More

February 05, 2008
Breaking news: DNI says Iran could have nukes by 2009
Never mind the National Intelligence Estimate alleging Iran has discontinued its nuclear program. More

February 05, 2008
Chad Rebels cause thousands to flee
Chad's long, bloody nightmare continues with no one willing to help stop it. More

February 05, 2008
On the Ground in Illinois on Super Tuesday
Super Tuesday at the polls in Illinois. More

February 05, 2008
Reader compliment
Why is everyone having such heart failure over the arguments and discussions that Republicans are having during an intense primary season? More

February 05, 2008
Reader complaint
AT is so obviously pushing McCain More

February 05, 2008
Teaching Berkeley what free speech means
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Debra Saunders explains to the Berkeley city council that free speech is for all. It is not a ticket for leftists to suppress other views. More

February 05, 2008
A real peace march
A true international peace march against the leftist guerilla terrorist organization in Colombia known as FARC took place yesterday. More

February 05, 2008
Second thoughts in Berkeley on Marine letter
It appears that even the communists on the Berkeley city council can be affected by popular opinion: More

February 05, 2008
Late surge by Obama clouds Dem race
A surge by Barack Obama has allowed him to leap ahead or pull even in several states he trailed badly in last week which means that it is likely neither he or Hillary Clinton will come out of Super Tuesday with a large lead in delegates. More

February 05, 2008
A Glum GOP heads for the polls
Without much excitement, the Republican party appears ready to hand John McCain a smashing victory today when 21 states hold primaries and caucuses. More

February 04, 2008
E pluribus unum
"Out of multiplicity, unity." As we yell and scream at the radio and TV and the computer screen these days, and even at each other, that's a vital principle to keep in mind. More

February 04, 2008
Serbs Re-elect pro-western President Tadic
By a narrow margin, the Serbian people decided to maintain close ties to the west despite the threat of Kosovo independence which would almost certainly be recognized by the EU: More

February 04, 2008
Thanks for your help, Germany
Germany has refused to deploy additional troops to Afghanistan to assist beleaguered Canadian and Dutch forces in the south. More

February 04, 2008
Out of Sight, out of Mind
A shocking survey from Great Britain shows that fully a quarter of the British people believe that Winston Churchill was a myth and Sherlock Holmes was a real person: More

February 04, 2008
Obama's spiritual mentor
John Perazzo, writing on Front Page Magazine today, documents, in the words of Jeremiah Wright himself, just how radical this very important man is. This is must reading to understand Obama's real politics. More

February 04, 2008
Woman calls Bush "Bastard" - Hillary Smiles
'Speaking truth to power' forgives all sorts of sins if you're a lefty. More

February 04, 2008
Obama, Clinton neck and neck
Hillary Clinton's once big lead in the Super Tuesday primaries has evaporated as Senator Barack Obama is surging as we go into tomorrow's vote. More

February 04, 2008
McCain poised for near sweep
According to the most recent polls out today, John McCain is poised to take all but a handful of states during tomorrow's Super Tuesday primaries. More

February 03, 2008
The UK faces a choice between science and new dark ages
The United Kingdom, which gave the world limitations on the power of monarchs, representative democracy, the Industrial Revolution, and countless other gifts that constitute pillars of modernity, now faces a crisis that will signal whether it slides into Third World status, in a new dark ages. More

February 03, 2008
There Won't Always Be An England
"Husbands with multiple wives have been given the go-ahead to claim extra welfare benefits following a year-long Government review...." More

February 03, 2008
Who lost our nuclear warhead advantage?
A new and promising website, the No Free Lunch Journal, examines how the UInited States lost its nuclear warhead design advantage. More

February 03, 2008
Defense team in AIPAC trail will call government bigwigs to testify
Apparently that is one of the government's worries, and impelled the investigation into AIPAC which led to the indictments of two of its former officers. More

February 03, 2008
Huge Pro-Secular Protest in Turkey
More than 100,000 protestors were in the streets of Ankara to protest a government measure that would lift the ban on head scarfs at Universities: More

February 03, 2008
Striking Writers Close to Deal?
A breakthrough in talks between writers and TV studios is being reported that may lead to the end of the 3 month long strike that has crippled the television industry: More

February 03, 2008
Late Obama Surge
Something is happening in the Democratic race that wasn't expected. Senator Barack Obama is surging in California and other states and is shaping up to do very well on Super Tuesday: More

February 03, 2008
Romney takes Maine Caucuses
Despite almost the entire panoply of elected Republican leaders in Maine endorsing John McCain's candidacy, Mitt Romney turned his people out in droves and took the state caucuses by a more than 2-1 margin over the Arizona Senator: More

February 02, 2008
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not on the streets of San Francisco
As the Marines are being maltreated in Berkeley, Oakland and Sand Francisco, we have this report of the death of an extradordinary member of the Corps, certainly not anyone the bien pensants have ever or will ever hear of let alone understand. More

February 02, 2008
William Jefferson Faubus
Once again Noemie Emery nails it on the Clintons: Reviewing the Clintons' dismissal of those who objected to preferential hiring and admission programs for the sake of diversity until faced with real competition from Obama More

February 02, 2008
Microsoft in $44 billion Yahoo bid
Falling further behind industry giant Google all the time, Microsoft has decided to make a leap into better competititveness by making a bid for another industry titan. More

February 02, 2008
Flashback
A handsome, achievement-free politician decides to run for the office of chief executive. He's never run anything in his life. His campaign is brilliantly summed up in the slogan: "He's fresh while everyone else is tired." More

February 02, 2008
Berkeley's War against Marines escalating
The City of Berkeley has declared war on the Marine recruting office in town, referring to them as "intruders," and both sides appear to be gearing up for battle. More

February 02, 2008
Abolish Texas? More global frauding
A Science magazine article claims that IF you believe the grossly alarmist assumptions of the UN "consensus" panel on human-caused global warming, all of the American Southwest has to come to a screeching halt! More

February 02, 2008
Obama named "Most liberal senator"
For a guy who touts himself as a uniter and not a divider, Barack Obama sure doesn't vote that way in the United States Senate. More

February 01, 2008
College green propaganda
Yesterday's green propaganda teach in demonstrated campuses are as much about indoctrination as discovering truth from the interplay of diverse viewpoints. More

February 01, 2008
MoveOn endorses Obama
Some might consider this endorsement a possible kiss of death while others see a beneficial boost. More

February 01, 2008
Payroll levels decrease in January
For the first time in 53 months, the US economy contracted on the jobs front, losing 17,000 jobs in January: More

February 01, 2008
Top Al-Qaeda Official Killed
Abu Laith al-Libi, a senior al-Qaeda commander, was killed by a US missile strike targeting him specifically on Wednesday: More

February 01, 2008
NY Sun worries about Obama and Israel
The New York Sun editorially defended Barack Obama's stance toward Israel on January 9th. But today, the Sun, a newspaper we greatly admire, takes another, more skeptical look at Obama and Israel More

February 01, 2008
Caught by the Border Patrol
Finally some good news from the Border Patrol. More

February 01, 2008
Hillary and Obama do Hollywood
A virtual love fest in Hollywood last night. More