I spent most of this weekend cleaning Hoystory's central offices. I know it's the middle of September, but it's still spring cleaning for me. I mentioned that I would spending much of my weekend involved in this endeavor to a woman at work and she exclaimed that I was several months ahead and that was […]
I've been in the journalism business for more than 11 years now. I've worked at four newspapers, each larger than the last. I've worked for passionate, intelligent, talented editors -- and others who were none of those. I've worked for three different newspaper companies. I've worked in two different states. Keeping that in mind, there […]
It's official. If you're a columnist for The New York Times you can say that up is down, black is white or that attempting a filibuster is the same thing as successfully mounting a filibuster. [Or, if you prefer, the difference between me wanting to date Cyndi Thomson, and actually dating Cyndi Thomson.] In a […]
Ms. Cindy "absolute moral authority" Sheehan has penned a missive over at Michael "I'm a genius in France" Moore's Web site which includes this whopper: George Bush needs to stop talking, admit the mistakes of his all around failed administration, pull our troops out of occupied New Orleans and Iraq, and excuse his self from […]
In the interest of pointing out instances of idiocy on both sides of the political aisle, I present House Majority Leader Tom Delay. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said yesterday that Republicans have done so well in cutting spending that he declared an "ongoing victory," and said there is simply no fat left to cut […]
I must confess that I'm not really surprised to see Editor & Publisher magazine, whose editor has called on American newspapers to editorialize against the Iraq war, spin the Roberts confirmation hearings in such a way that makes Roberts look, if not bad, at least inept. Roberts Admits He's Not 'Up to Speed' on First […]
I didn't get to catch a whole lot of Day Two of the John Roberts confirmation hearing. However, one of the Democrat complaints about the Senate's confirmation process betrays what too many judges have become. SEN. BIDEN: Fundamentally. So you've told me nothing, Judge. With all due respect, you've not -- look, this is -- […]
When the Supreme Court chickened last year and refused to hear a challenge to the words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance because the plaintiff, Michael Newdow, didn't have custody of his daughter, everyone knew that they were just putting off the inevitable. Despite media claims in the wake of Chief Justice William Rehnquist's […]
The National City city council won't have to declare a car dealership blighted in order to force the landowner to sell to the dealership. A deal has been made and government taking won't be necessary. This is good news. Since I wrote about the case last week, I had been looking forward to seeing where […]
Victor Davis Hanson is going to "debate" Arianna Huffington. You can catch a Webcast here. I'll be at work and hope that they'll provide a recorded stream later -- boy is she going to get a drubbing.