Many of the recent pro-illegal-immgration rallies nationwide occurred during the average person's workweek. One of the first thoughts through my, and other people's I'm sure, mind was: "Don't these people have jobs?" The answer appears to be: They did.
In a letter to the editor in today's New York Times, Rev. Thomas W. Goodhue, executive director fo the Long Island Council of Churches (No One Goes to Anymore) has an interesting take on Matthew 25. To the Editor: Garry Wills is a fine writer, but he needs to read the Bible a little more […]
It looks like the GOP will hold on to California's 50th congressional district after after Democrat Francine Busby failed to get the 50 percent plus 1 vote needed to avoid a runoff. Unless there is a wild swing in yet-uncounted absentee and provisional ballots, Busby will face former Congressman Brian Bilbray in June. In a […]
MIT Atmospheric Science professor Richard Lindzen has an article in today's Wall Street Journal on who is really being silenced on the debate over global warming -- the skeptics. There's a slashdot discussion on the article here. After reading Lindzen's article, I found this slashdot comment to be the most enlightening. "Science" and "Nature" are […]
Over at National Review's Media blog they've identified three flat out lies from Monday night's "Hardball" broadcast. Here are the facts David Shuster got wrong, either wholly or in large part: 1) While the "vigorously trying to procure uranium" is not a key judgment, a similar key judgment says: "Although we assess that Saddam does […]
Yesterday the DNA test results came back in the case of a stripper who claimed that she was beaten and raped by several Duke University lacrosse players. The tests showed no DNA match with any of the 46 lacrosse team members who were tested. This news has apparently failed to have any impact on the […]
I was watching a Fox News report on the immigration protests and the reporter recounted something he was told by one of the protesters: "If so many people are breaking the law, then maybe the law needs to be changed." Advice to protesters: This argument is not a winner.
Take a look at this editorial in The Washington Post of all places vis a vis the San Diego Union-Tribune editorial that I wrote about last week.
Monday's New York Times once again finds a way to spin military numbers in a less-than-honest way to make the situation in Iraq appear worse than it is. Last year, when various military branches were failing to make their (increased) recruiting targets, it was front page material. A few months later, when recruiting goals were […]