I was walking through the composing area in the newsroom yesterday when I came across this story on one of the Union-Tribune's opinion page headlined: "The Boy Scouts' exclusion policies." Intrigued, I read the story and while the headline may be technically accurate, it doesn't reflect the tone of the column by James J. Kilpatrick, […]
The U.S. Commission has come out with its annual report on International Religious Freedom. [PDF format] It should come as no surprise that "our friends the Saudis" come out rather poorly. I'm understating it. Although the government has publicly taken the position—reiterated again in early 2006—that it permits non-Muslims to worship in private, the guidelines […]
I read Andrew Sullivan's column in this week's Time magazine and came away impressively unimpressed. Sullivan has been beating the gay marriage drum with vigor for the past couple of years and it's started to affect his cognitive abilities. Sullivan claims that "The 'Christian' vote has become shorthand in journalism for the Republican base." I […]
If the mess that President Bill Clinton left this nation's foreign policy and national security in when he left office wasn't obvious on Sept. 11, 2001, then former Secretary of State Madeline Albright is determined to make sure that you remember it -- just not the way she intends. Albright was selling her book, "The […]