The CIA inspector general released a report today showing that the agency was reckless in how it managed a drug-interdiction program with the government of Peru. The CIA repeatedly misled Congress and the Justice Department in their investigations of the 2001 shoot-down of a Peruvian plane carrying U.S. missionaries, according to findings of an internal […]
Rep. Barney Frank's understanding of what "viable" means is a little tenuous. A Key Democrat says a House auto industry bailout would require that U.S. automakers immediately repay $25 billion in government loans next year if they can't show they're financially viable. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who is drafting the plan, said it would forbid […]
Steve McIntyre has made a name for himself by exposing faulty math and dishonest statistical analysis with regard to anthropogenic global warming. He was the guy who exposed the infamous Mann "hockey stick" fraud that disappeared the medieval warm period and falsely claimed to prove that the Earth's temperature is hotter today than at any […]
I made a brief foray into talk radio yesterday. Coming home from running a couple of errands I made the mistake of flipping radio stations and I came across a local live talk show railing against taxes -- specifically, two local measures in East County. One is a proposed increase in the sales tax, the […]
If you wonder if your state representatives feel your pain when they fill up their cars at the pump, then you were wrong. SACRAMENTO (AP) - Californians have been feeling pain at the pump for months amid record-high gas prices, with one notable exception: state lawmakers. Members of Californias Legislature enjoy a perk not available […]
Sen. Barack Obama first let the mask slip about what his opinion on the role of taxes in America was at the infamous ABC News debate that had the nutroots claiming that Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopolous were GOP plants. A quick refresher for those of you who don't remember it: MR. GIBSON: Senator Obama, […]
Ezra Levant, former publisher of the ex-Western Standard magazine was acquitted on "discrimination" charges for having the audacity to publish the infamous Muhammed cartoons. He becomes the first person to ever be acquitted by one of these Canadian Human Rights Commissions, but he didn't win. The 11-page government report into my activities is a breathtakingly […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on President Bush's energy policy: Veto and drill. Veto and drill. Veto and drill. That is the president's message. I like it!
The Supreme Court today ruled 6-3 that an Indiana law requiring voters to present a photo identification -- available free of charge -- is constitutional. The opinion was written by John Paul Stevens. I too am shocked. Indiana has a "valid interest in protecting 'the integrity and reliability of the electoral process,'" said Justice John […]
It should come as no surprise that if government perverts the market in such a way as to artificially inflate the cost of food when used as fuel, that less food would actually be used as food. Well, it's come as a surprise to some. Many specialists in food policy consider government mandates for biofuels […]