Link after link to media reports of today's 9/11 commission staff reports contain stunning inaccuracies -- claiming that Iraq and Al Qaeda were not involved with each other. (Saddam: "Al Qaeda? Never heard of him.) From the Los Angeles Times: No Signs of Iraq-Al Qaeda Ties Found 9/11 report appears to dismiss a key rationale […]
Instapundit points to this TCS article by fellow blogger Pejman Yousefzadeh who makes this point: "It is more than a little shocking that some Berkeley law students don't seem to understand the function of a legal research memo." Berkeley failing to educate its students is nothing new. There are two top-tier architecture programs in California: […]
The 9/11 commission's declaration that they have found "no credible evidence that Iraq and al Qaeda cooperated on attacks against the United States" is being turned into a stick to beat the president with the "Bush lied" canard. The panel investigating the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks found "no credible evidence that Iraq and al […]
With the departure of my favorite niece to the insignificant state of Rhode Island, I will be noting the many ways that state is a bad place to live. This is the first in a series. Bad thing #1 about Rhode Island: It is not actually an island. Naming it that is deceptive and damages […]
Columnist Michelle Malkin points out on her new blog that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has a little problem with the truth. No surprise there. And no, don't expect a correction.
A group of 20-some career diplomats and military officers have written a letter condemning President Bush's foreign policy. Frankly, I'm surprised they only managed to round up a few dozen signers. There are plenty of people out there who are minimizing or attacking any comparisons between Bush 43 and the late Ronald Reagan, but this […]
National Review's Rich Lowry makes a good point on the partial birth abortion debate. The San Francisco judge struck down the ban partly because she thinks it is sometimes safer to kill a fetus while it is being delivered intact rather than chopping it up inside the womb. By this standard, why shouldn't it be […]
A Roll Call article exposes a recent Los Angeles Times poll on the presidential race that gave Democrat Sen. John Kerry an unheard of 7 point lead. According to Roll Call, the survey sample was made up of 38 percent Democrats and only 25 percent Republicans. Why even make a play at accuracy at the […]
I saw a couple of the local evening newscasts and one story piqued my interest. San Diego's Metropolitan Transit System is raising the price of its monthly pass. The increase varies anywhere from 50 cents to $2, depending on your age. But they never tell you what the cost of a monthly pass is -- […]
The U.S. Supreme Court today took the coward's way out and decided that litigious atheist Michael Newdow didn't have the standing to challenge the Pledge of Allegiance because he does not have custody of his daughter. Frankly, it's mystifying why the court would make this ruling. Though ruling that Newdow doesn't have legal standing is […]