Mickey Kaus has got the dirt on New York Times columnist Paul Krugman's attack on President Bush's profits from the sale of the Texas Rangers many moons ago. A few days after Krugman's column accusing Bush's partners in the Texas Rangers ownership of giving a $10 million gift to then-Gov. Bush, the Times published this […]
Five Christian gunmen stormed a Muslim school in France early today, killing at least six people and wounding at least two others before fleeing. French authorities refused to classify the attack as a hate crime. Sound a little crazy? That's because it is. Here's the real story. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Five unidentified gunmen stormed the […]
The idea of personal responsibility is disappearing from our culture. Why? Well, parents aren't teaching it to their kids. Arizona English teacher Elizabeth Joice got a letter from a lawyer representing one of the students she failed. The letter asked her to take "whatever action is necessary" for the student to graduate or else the […]
Al Gore has decided to hand wisdom down from on high in the form of an op-ed piece in Sunday's New York Times. After reading his piece, I'm more than a little relieved that Gore isn't sitting in the White House. There has always been a debate over the destiny of this nation between those […]
Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has managed once again to do the foot-in-mouth maneuver. According to OpinionJournal.com's "Tony & Tacky" feature, Jesse "The Brain (fart)" Ventura has dubbed the week of Oct. 13 "Christian Heritage Week" in Minnesota. Ventura, an atheist, apparently signed it by mistake. A staffer told the Star Tribune: "Somehow it got in […]
A report Tuesday in the San Jose Mercury News suggests that California has become a "pay to play" state under the direction of its fundraiser-in-chief Gray Davis. State officials allowed one of California's largest polluters to increase toxic discharges into San Francisco Bay shortly after the company donated $70,500 to Gov. Gray Davis, a Mercury […]
In Wednesday's OpinionJournal.com, Claudia Rosett recounts the tale of Chinese dissident Zhang Shengli. Zhang (the Chinese have their surnames first) isn't famous -- or at least he wasn't until Ms. Rosett's piece -- but he's certainly someone who deserves a place in the United States. Zhang has a history. But 20 years ago he did […]
If you haven't been reading The Washington Post's series on the fall of Enron, you're missing out. The latest installment is here. I know you've heard it before, but I'd like to point out the following paragraph: That same day, Robert E. Rubin, the former Treasury secretary now with Citigroup Inc., called Peter R. Fisher, […]
A good friend of mine pointed out another case of disgusting corporate greed. Flood victims whose cable converters were destroyed during this month's heavy rains are being charged $300 for the damaged boxes by the company, officials said Tuesday. Karen Hartley, vice president for marketing and communications at Time Warner, said it is the company's […]
Roll Call is reporting that House GOP member have been dissuaded from filing an ethics complaint against a Democratic House member after Minority Leader Dick Gephardt threatened to retaliate against Republicans. Roll Call outlines the case against Rep. Paul Kanjorski: GOP strategists and party officials had been contemplating for months filing ethics charges against Kanjorski, […]