I haven't commented on this column by The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof because I've submitted a letter to the editor regarding it. The Times won't publish the letter if it's appeared anywhere else -- including the Web -- so I'm going to give them a few days to make a decision on publishing it. […]
Via National Review's "The Corner" comes this statement from Sen. Arlen Specter on the Democrats' filibuster and offers of various "deals": In the exchange of offers and counter offers between Sen. Frist, the Majority Leader and Sen. Harry Reid, the Democrat Leader, Democrats have made an offer to avoid a vote on the nuclear/constitutional option […]
If there was any doubt before, it can be set to rest now, The New York Times' columnist Paul Krugman is a socialist. Krugman -- still lacking a Social Security plan of his own -- assails the president for suggesting what amounts to means-testing of the proverbial "safety net." Krugman charges the president for being […]
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.