I actually watched some local and network news before the NCAA national championship game came on, and I was a little surprised at a repeated formulation that kept coming up when discussing the late Pope John Paul II. The phrase was something along the lines that people loved the Pope, despite the fact that he […]
Pope John Paul II died today. Of course, it's not possible to not know this by now, it's been all over the Internet, radio and television. (I cannot concur with Michelle Malkin's outrage at the fact that CBS went ahead with airing the NCAA Men's Basketball national semifinals. The Pope died about 3 1/2 hours […]
You can't turn on the TV without seeing wall-to-wall coverage of Pope John Paul II's imminent demise. It was even on talk radio. Implementing a religious test for calling-in yesterday was Hugh Hewitt, who was only taking calls from Catholics who wanted to share what the pontiff meant to them. This sort of thing brings […]
Clinton administration national security adviser Sandy Berger will plead guilty to a misdemeanor for taking classified documents out of the National Archives in his pants. Good. However, I think if some analyst or middle-manager at the CIA had done the exact same thing, they'd be facing a felony. The articles don't quote any experts on […]
say the dumbest things. Fox News' Greg Palkot, detailing the Pope's medical condition had the following analysis. If the heart goes, you're in real trouble. Thanks. Good to know. I'll file that away for future reference.
An article in today's Union-Tribune -- that I'm sure appeared in similar form in papers across the country -- details a UN report that claims, well, I'll let you read it. Malnutrition among the youngest Iraqis has almost doubled since the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein, a hunger specialist told the U.N. human-rights body yesterday […]
Terri Schiavo died today from acute dehydration. Many bloggers, out of respect, are refusing further comment today. I wish George Felos felt the same.
Over at Q and O, Dale Franks has an excellent piece which tackles an issue which I addressed last week on America's rulers -- the imperial judiciary. We have given great deference to judges in the past giving them wide latitude to rule on practically every issue under the sun. With that power and deference, […]
The Drudge Report linked to this shocking story at MSNBC by Michael Fletcher of the Washington Post. President Bush is requiring Cabinet members to spend several hours a week at the White House compound, a move top aides say eases coordination with government agencies but one seen by some analysts as fresh evidence of the […]
Famed attorney Johnnie Cochran died yesterday due to a brain tumor. Cochran's most well-known accomplishment was playing the race card to help former pro football star O.J. Simpson to get away with murder. My sympathies go out to his family. There's one big disappointing thing about Cochran's untimely death -- the Supreme Court may not […]