This is supposed to be a feel-good story, but there's a big question that goes without much notice. A homeless Miami man who hadn't spoken to his family in nearly two decades was found Friday, after his family made public their effort to track him down and present him with a $50,000 inheritance. Randy Chapman, […]
The headline says it all: China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnate So, has the Chinese bureaucracy set up shop in whatever the Buddhist reincarnation waiting room is?
I don't remember which of my college reporting classes it was, but one professor had a policy which allowed you to throw out a grade for a single assignment at the end of term, if you had never misspelled anyone's name in any assignment for the entire quarter. Needless to say, very few grades were […]
It's all over except for the self-flagellation to come from The New Republic editor Franklin Foer. Over the past couple of days, Bob Owens has posted a couple (here and here) of e-mail exchanges that would appear to cast doubt not only on Scott Thomas Beauchamp's truthtelling ability, but that of Foer himself. Maj. Renee […]
As I've said before, I finished the final Harry Potter book in about 7 1/2 hours and thoroughly enjoyed it. And I've enjoyed them all. It's impossible to read any of these books and not notice Christian themes throughout. Unfortunately, too many Christians haven't bothered to read any of the books and decry the novels […]
Well, it didn't take long. Less than a week after taking over The Wall Street Journal, Austrailian media mogul Rupert Murdoch has shrunk the paper's page size in an effort to cut costs. The move also has the side effect of reducing the amount of space available for quality journalism. Of course, I may have […]
Just a couple days after The New Republic editor Franklin Foer proclaimed that Scott Thomas Beauchamp's "reporting" had been verified (except for the fact that he was a little jerk before he got to Iraq -- not that the war made him one), we have additional confirmation that Foer is wrong and Beauchamp is a […]
...when they're silent. As the Military and Progressives panel came to an end, a young man in uniform stood up to argue that the surge was working, and cutting down on Iraqi casualties. The moderator largely freaked out. When other members of the panel tried to answer his question, he demanded they "stand down." He […]
The New Republic has another fabulist on its hands. After a thorough investigation that lasted nearly a week the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division has concluded that the allegations made by Private Thomas Scott Beauchamp, the "Baghdad Diarist", have been "refuted by members of his platoon and proven to be false" [emphasis […]
There's good news and stupid news today on the judges front -- and both include Democrats. First, the good news, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California bucked the insane left and voted to send the nomination of Leslie Southwick to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to the full Senate. Feinstein said she decided to break […]