Looks like the record industry's efforts to put copy protection on their CDs may be illegal. According to a CNET news report, a 1992 law allows consumers to make personal copies of music, in return, the record labels get a few cents for each blank, recordable CD sold. On Friday, Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., sent […]
This week's "Houses of Worship" essay in the Wall Street Journal makes several important points. One of the most important points is the falsity of the argument that America's "War on Terror" is a modern-day crusade against Islam. The United States is looking to kill terrorists, who happen to be Muslim. There is no effort […]
Columnist John Ringo tells of bureaucratic stupidity in the State Department and INS that is dooming children to a short, cruel, hellish life. JUST before Christmas, a dozen happy American families were ready to bring a group of newly adopted kids home from Cambodia - when the U.S. government stepped in and aborted the adoptions […]
Somalia may be next for the war on terror, but there is probably a greater need for U.S. troops in Indonesia. A group called the Laskar Jihad, which even has its own Web site, is amassing in a region called Sulawesi in an effort to wipe out Christians. It would be nice if the Indonesia […]
As the military action in Afghanistan begins to wind down, military planners, pundits and the press are beginning to look for around for the next target for the U.S. military. Iraq will come eventually, I'm sure, but it appears as though Somalia may be the next phase, according to a report by Bill Gertz in […]
Though years may pass, some things stay the same. When I was taking a media criticism class many years ago at Cal Poly SLO. Our professor showed us a videotape of a "protest" by the militant gay group ACT-UP. It wasn't really a protest as much as it was the destruction of a Catholic Church. […]
I've always be enamored with flying. I've always dreamed of getting a ride on a fighter plane. To date, I've only flown on U.S. Air Force UH-1N "Huey" helicopters, commercial jets and a Piper Cub. I've never really been a fan of the B-52, simply because it seems like a big jumbo jet. Of course, […]
Liberals cheered when former president Ronald Reagan was shot -- literally. You can find the story here. It's sad that so many of these same people think that the death penalty for murderers is barbaric. Killing a Republican is OK, but executing a mass-murderer after a fair trial and lengthy appeals process is not. Where […]
Well, if all of the hubbub about liberal media bias and Bernard Goldberg's new book continues to grow, then maybe I'll have to head out and pick up the book in hardcover. Today's Wall Street Journal editorial page draws a correlation between the runaway success of Goldberg's book, the decline of network news and the […]