Sen. Chuck Schumer on "Fox News Sunday" had the following to say when outlining why "democracy" in America is under attack: What's happened is that a number of extreme groups have attacked judges, almost threatened them. For instance, Pat Robertson said judges are worse than terrorists who fly buildings into airplanes... Yes, that quote is […]
If you haven't read it yet, check out Friday's Charles Krauthammer piece.
So, I needed to do a fresh install of Quicktime on my computer. If you go to Apple's Web site and want to install Quicktime for Windows XP or 2000, then the only option that is given to you is to install Quicktime with iTunes. Of course, you can immediately go back and uninstall only […]
The San Diego Union-Tribune, my employer, sent me something in the mail Saturday that no other employer I've ever had ever sent me. I received a one-page document that details my total compensation as an employee of the Copley Press. For the first time I saw how much it cost annually for my health insurance, […]
Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has opined on the qualities of a "loser." According to Reid, a "loser" somehow manages to win two presidential elections, expand his party's majority in the Senate, and expand the reach of democracy worldwide. Reid wishes that his party had "losers" of that quality.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit slapped down the Federal Communications Commission along with the Motion Picture Association of America and the broadcast networks over efforts to institute the "broadcast flag." The broadcast flag could be used to for everything from preventing you from taping your favorite television show so you can […]
Courtesy of Q&O we have this bit of news -- the real "sign of the beast" may be 616 -- not 666.
The New York Times had an intriguing article on the new SAT essay test earlier this week. It turns out that an adding machine can grade the exams -- no brains needed. In the next weeks, Dr. Perelman studied every graded sample SAT essay that the College Board made public. He looked at the 15 […]
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman continues his articles bashing America's health care system, ignoring his long-ago promise to offer solutions for Social Security. There was a brief flurry of outrage when Congress passed the 2003 Medicare bill. The news media reported on the scandalous vote in the House of Representatives: Republican leaders violated parliamentary […]
The correction of the day at The New York Times: A review of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., on Tuesday misstated the location of the site and reversed the order of two acts. The festival is two hours east of Los Angeles, not west. And Weezer preceded Bauhaus. Of course […]