Nope, I wasn't among the marginally insane who stood in line for hours yesterday, skipped work and stayed up late to see the latest "Star Wars" flick. I'll see it before the weekend's out -- probably at the last showing Sunday night in an effort to avoid some of the crowds. Instead I stayed home […]
The only good thing about the continuing Newsweek flap over Gitmo is that they keep showing the cover of the issue that the story appeared in.
Democratic Reps. David Obey and John Dingell are asking for an investigation into the head of the "Corporation" for Public Broadcasting's Kenneth Tomlinson after he has initiated reforms to make the network's programming more balanced wacko right-wing. There was one statement in Obey and Dingell's letter that nearly caused me to spray water all over […]
The New York Times decision to put its columnists and editorials behind a subscription-only service is going to save me quite a bit of time responding to dishonest garbage like this. Unless the Democrats are smart enough to back down and delay their filibuster fight for a Supreme Court nominee, the Republicans are going to […]
A few quick notes on today at Hoystory. We have confirmed visual evidence that the world's greatest niece is capable of bipedal motion. She also really knows how to eat birthday cake -- she gets that from her uncle. I spent much of today doing spring cleaning at Hoystory World Headquarters. I'm not sure whether […]
For the past couple of weeks I've taken to having a late lunch at Panera Bread with my laptop computer and taking advantage of their free wi-fi service. Having said that, I guess I shouldn't be too amused at the two guys sitting across from me having lunch together -- both talking on cell phones […]
The New York Times apparently doesn't like the fact that its mostly-liberal editorial page and columnists get criticized by the horde of bloggers on the Internet, so they've decided to start charging -- $50 a year to read Paul Krugman and Maureen Dowd -- beginning in September. I don't anticipate this being really successful. I […]
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin made the following statement on "Fox News Sunday": First, let me say there are only four that are truly contested. Four judicial nominees who have been rejected by the Senate at this point and have been resubmitted by the President. That's never been done before. False. Untrue. First, let's outline what […]
Last week's report in Newsweek that alleged a U.S. interrogator at Gitmo tossed a copy of the Koran in the crapper has turned out to be "innaccurate." This development comes after the report apparently was resposible for riots in Afghanistan and Pakistan which left four dead and more than 60 injured. Let's set aside the […]
From a press conference on Nov. 21, 2001 and recounted in a letter in this month's National Review magazine. Perhaps because of all the attention given the nomination of John Bolton, and of would-be federal judges, we have not heard much about Gen. Peter Pace, President Bush's choice to head the Joint Chiefs of Staff. […]