It looks like a small part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will be opened for oil drilling when the budget is passed. I watched video of Democratic opponents of the move complain that there wouldn't be nearly enough oil produced to make any dent in gasoline prices or our dependence on foreign oil. Comically, […]
I haven't been closely following the Terry Schiavo case, the brain-damaged Florida woman whose husband is pressing to have her feeding tube removed. The way the media has reported this case, and therefore the perception of much of the public, has been skewed by a biased expert, a close-minded judge and an unwillingness to really […]
Justice Antonin Scalia gave a talk earlier this week at the Woodrow Wilson Center on the less-than-sexy topic of "Constitutional Interpretation." Most media outlets zeroed in on Scalia's blistering attack on the Court's recent decision abolishing the juvenile death penalty. However, Scalia's comments on the current state of judicial confirmations was much more interesting with […]
CNN main link headline on the Larry Summers vote: "Harvard president fails confidence test." Are white males intrinsically less likely to pass this sort of test when administered by a bunch of politically correct academics? Are they less likely to take these sorts of tests because of the hostile test-taking environment? These are difficult questions. […]
Over the past few weeks, there's been example after example of liberal pundits/commentators offering their insights on the psyche of conservatives -- specifically Christian conservatives. Actually, there's been little insight and a lot of foolishness. It began in earnest when a speech given by former PBS "newsman" Bill Moyers was reproduced as an op-ed in […]
This first got notice in the blogosphere last week, but Sunday's Detroit News provides a little more information than previous reports. The United Auto Workers says Marine reservists should show a little more semper fi if they want to use the union's parking lot. The Marine Corps motto means "always faithful," but the union says […]
Sunday's New York Times came out with an article blaring the big headline: "Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged TV News." The headline and the article attempt to perpetuate one of the liberal left's new theories of the world -- that the Bush administration is trying to destroy the media. [For further evidence on […]
A reader sent me an e-mail the other day regarding my post last week on the supposed "minor" fixes that would cure Social Security's long term solvency problems. In that post I did some seat-of-my-pants calculations that showed how the demographic problem would translate into the average worker's FICA line on their paycheck. The reader […]
Well, the bracket is set and I must say that much more impressed with the choices made by the selection committee this year than I was the last. Last year, Utah State was ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, yet lost to a resurgent Pacific in the Big West Tournament final -- the […]
When I was staying home from work sick earlier this week (I'm still a little under the weather, but I'm doing better. Thanks for asking.), I took the opportunity to flip over to CBS in time to watch Dan Rather's send off. After watching it, I'm confident that I definitely have "courage." Rather's closing statement […]