I finished P.J. O'Rourke's latest offering in just over two days. It's a fun read and you know you'll get funny looks when people read the cover: "Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism." The book is not really a cohesive whole, but each chapter is a series of both serious and humorous observations not only […]
So I watched NBC's "Meet the Press." The segment of interest was a "debate" between Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter and Democrat presidential hopeful, Dennis Kucinich. First, does Dennis Kucinich really represent the Democratic Party on the issue of Iraq? Or is this really a case of conservative media bias? Second, when is Kucinich going to […]
President Bush took a header on his mountain bike yesterday. This is not uncommon for mountain bikers, who seek out rough, uneven and downright scary terrain. However, if what Matt Drudge is reporting is accurate, then the Bush-hatred in the Democrat Party has reached the very top. President fell off bike today... Kerry told reporters […]
On Thursday, a "protest wall" was torched at UC Irvine. The wall was designed to represent the security fence being built between Israel and the West Bank to keep terrorist bombers from murdering innocents oppress Palestinians. The council for Arab terrorist apology (CAIR) has denounced the conflagration as a "hate crime." Now, I'm probably getting […]
From the Washington Post, a heartbreaking account of the life, and death of Edward Alan Brudno.
The Knight Foundation has come out with its annual newsroom skin-color diversity report. The report for The San Diego Union-Tribune, my employer, can be found here. The Union-Tribune doesn't score particularly well, according to the Knight requirements. In 2004, 16.9 percent of the newsroom staff was non-white, while 45.5 percent of the paper's circulation area […]
The Democrat-dominated California Assembly passed a bill yesterday containing the most restrictive abortion rules in the nation. The proposed law would prohibit any abortion for girls under the age of 14. Girls age 14-17 would be allowed to have an abortion only with the approval of a doctor. Yes, this sounds like something Republicans might […]
I've long been opposed to the so-called "zero-tolerance" rules instituted at most of this nation's public schools because it takes common sense out of the equation. Today's case in point comes from Fort Worth, Texas: A wooden baseball bat, no longer than 8 inches and visible through a car window, spurred Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School […]