November 30, 2004
A lot of noise, very little substance

Today's New York Times has a much-touted article (it was teased earlier in the day on Drudge) on prisoner "abuse" at Guantanamo. Let me start out by pointing out what the Times fails to note. All of the individuals incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay were captured on the battlefield bearing arms against the United States. They […]

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November 30, 2004
National Treasure

Just returned from watching the new Nicholas Cage film "National Treasure." Overall, it's a really fun movie and worth checking out. Unlike many of today's action-adventure movies, the language is incredibly clean. You never really miss the standard slew of cuss words, and after it's over it's actually kind of refreshing. When will Hollywood filmmakers […]

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November 29, 2004
Kyoto a big joke-o

Today's New York Post has an article by the Heritage Foundation's Peter Brookes on the emergence of an oil-hungry China. The bad news: don't expect gas prices in the $1.50 a gallon range any time soon (if ever again). The good news, it should now be obvious that the Kyoto Global Warming protocol had little […]

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November 29, 2004
Washington State woes

I mentioned last week that the outrageously close Washington gubernatorial race reinforced the need to ensure that our elections are not stolen through fraud. The Wall Street Journal's John Fund weighed in today with similar sentiments -- and that it may already be too late. That set off a legal fracas over the 929 people […]

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November 29, 2004
Jailing journalists

When I first saw the report about the arrest of a North Carolina journalist who'd called a source and left three messages requesting a comment I thought the justice system in the state had gone completely nuts. The woman, instead of just calling back and telling the reporter she had nothing to say, instead went […]

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November 29, 2004
Tests not taken

One of the biggest news stories in San Diego County when I was in high school was the murder of 20-year-old Cara Knott whose body was found off the I-15 Mercy Road offramp. Cara's uncle taught German at Helix High School, where I went to school, was a member of my church and knew my […]

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November 28, 2004
Stem cell success story

A South Korean woman is walking for the first time in 20 years thanks to an injection of stem cells -- from umbilical cord blood. Once again, another success and no embryos were destroyed in the making. Why is the state of California spending $10 billion on embryonic stem cell research? Because only taxpayer money […]

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November 27, 2004
Everything is relative

Eleanor Clift supports former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's bid to head the Democratic National Committee. Clift claims that Dean is really a "centrist" a la former President Bill Clinton. If Dean is a centrist, then the Democrat Party is further left than even I thought it was. (OK, that's a lie -- I always knew […]

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November 25, 2004
Freedom from being uncomfortable

Or "Don't know much about history." I was briefly listening to what I hope was a replay of the Alan Colmes radio show (I mean, they gave the guy Thanksgiving off, right?) earlier this evening when I quickly discovered that the night's subject of debate was whether or not the founding fathers believed in God. […]

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November 25, 2004
Very close

The nearly-final results are in for the race for Washington governor, and Republican Dino Rossi came out ahead -- by a mere 42 votes. More than 2.7 million votes were cast in the race. This will provide ample evidence to Washington State civics teachers as they encourage high school seniors how important it is to […]

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