It appears that Christian Abdul Rahman won't be executed in Afghanistan for converting to Christianity, but the "solution" to this international incident isn't acceptable either. Diplomats in several countries said Wednesday they had been assured Rahman would not be put to death, and Afghan diplomatic sources confirmed this. In Kabul, officials said Rahman, 46, might […]
Glenn Reynolds, better known as the Instapundit, has an interesting article over at Tech Central Station on what newspapers need to do to stay competitive in an increasingly Web-centric information society. The only real complaint I have about the column is one suggestion that Reynolds makes regarding photojournalism: Second, I'd put some of the money […]
The Sony rootkit, for those of you whose only knowledge of computers is how to get here to Hoystory, was a piece of software that came packaged with certain music CDs and was installed on computers without the owners' knowledge or permission. This rootkit was designed in such a way to make it difficult to […]
If there was any doubt that the mayor of New Orleans was an incompetent bureaucrat (and the governor of Louisiana wasn't much better) then this story should disabuse you. You see, Hurricane Katrina left thousands of useless, flooded cars throughout the city. Six months ago a Texas car-crushing company offered to remove all of these […]
I finished readling James L. Swanson's "Manhunt: The Twelve Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer" last night and I wholeheartedly suggest that anyone with any interest in the Civil War era pick it up. The book is an in-depth and compelling account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the hunt for John Wilkes Booth […]
What if there was an anti-war protest and no one came? OK, how about if there was an anti-war protest and only two people showed up? Talk about a slow news day -- and it even merited a photo. What a waste of precious journalistic resources.
The straw man argument is a time-tested argumentative tool where one characterizes (or mischaracterizes) their opponent's argument and then knocks it down -- as easily as one would a straw man. The Associated Press' Jennifer Loven (whose husband is a Democrat/environmentalist operative) wrote an article published over the weekend that attempts to make the case […]
Sometimes I can't keep the liberal position on the use of the military straight. Are we supposed to be the world's policeman? Are we supposed to have an exit strategy before we send troops in? Are we stretched too thin? Is the Army falling apart? Just about every single one of these positions have been […]
Despite the removal of the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, it's clear that the country once ruled by the worst sort of intolerant, Muslim fascists still has a long ways to go. KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan man is being prosecuted in a Kabul court and could be sentenced to death on a charge of […]
Jim Oberweis is this week's dumb politician. Well, he's not really a politician, he's an aspiring politician. And, just like other politicians try to rig the system to ensure their election whether it be by gerrymandering or campaign-finance "reform" restrictions that favor incumbents, Oberweis offered an innovative solution to his opponents in the Illinois GOP […]