Just got finished watching Barbara Walters' puff piece with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. If you want hard-hitting reporting, Barbara Walters is not where you go for it. Three things struck me as I watched the presentation: First, couldn't I have found some better way to spend my time? Second, Ms. Clinton acknowledged that using the […]
I'm all for free speech, but there are some jobs where you can't say what you believe and expect to keep your job. A Danish Lutheran priest has been suspended from his duties after confessing that he does not believe in God. Thorkild Grosboel, pastor of Taarbaek, a town near the capital Copenhagen, said in […]
Today's New York Times report on the House vote to ban the procedure commonly-known as partial-birth abortion. The bills passed by the House and the Senate will be reconciled, sent to the president and the president will sign it. Lawsuits will be immediately filed and the Supreme Court will ultimately decide its legality. I'm pro-life, […]
The Heritage Foundation has a new study out that shows that sexually active teens are more likely to be depressed and attempt suicide. The significantly lower levels of happiness and higher levels of depression among sexually active teens suggest that sexual activity leads to a decrease in happiness and well-being among many, if not most, […]
China continues to persecute those who would push for freedom and democracy. During his trial, Xu (Wei) told the court he had been brutally beaten and tortured with electric shocks to his genitals after refusing to admit guilt, according to Human Rights in China. "His health is rapidly deteriorating because of the abuse he suffered […]
K-Lo over at National Review Online recounts a story by Sen. Rick Santorum that is worth a read.
The teaser is "Distorting the Facts." The headline is "Standard Operating Procedure." The columnist is Paul Krugman. The subject, however, is not Krugman's columns. Krugman, who long ago passed the "Entering Loony Left" roadsign, continues beating the "liar, liar" drum (I'm doing my best Tom Friedman impression) when it comes to the Bush administration. In […]
I've been asked by a few people to comment on the $350 billion tax cut passed recently by the Congress. Specifically mentioned was the concern in many reports last Thursday that poor families would not be eligible for the larger child tax credit. A careful reading of the reports reveals why these families don't receive […]
PBS' Bill Moyers, host of "Now" and avowed liberal, got some media scrutiny last year when The Weekly Standard's Stephen F. Hayes pointed out, among other things, that there was a pattern of Moyers financing organizations' research and then interviewing them on his show -- all without disclosing the relationship. Despite a promise to fully […]