San Diego County continues to be one of the most expensive housing markets in the country. Only 11 percent of San Diego County households are able to a afford a median-priced home. So, what does the staff of San Diego's Park and Recreation department propose in response to this? A 939 percent increase in the […]
Sunday's New York Times came out with an article blaring the big headline: "Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged TV News." The headline and the article attempt to perpetuate one of the liberal left's new theories of the world -- that the Bush administration is trying to destroy the media. [For further evidence on […]
The Federal Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., has decided the FCC's "broadcast flag" rule -- a code which would tell televisions, VCRs and DVD players what they could and could not play -- overstepped the commission's authority. The FCC argued that its ancillary powers authorize it to regulate the reception of broadcasts, not just […]
The Mexican government has once again decided that it's good public policy to distribute a guide -- with a DVD -- informing Mexican citizens how to illegally enter the United States. This sort of thing raises barely a whiff of outrage in Washington -- and certainly not from anyone in the Bush administration. It made […]
I must admit that I love it when people cite Media Matters for America as a source of unbiased information. Most times, when a journalist admits that he or she has been a liar, they disappear from the radar. You don't see Janet Cooke, Jayson Blair or Jack Kelley running a media criticism Web site. […]
I was flipping channels and actually listened to about 15 seconds of Paul Begala on CNN's "Crossfire." Begala decried the fact that President Bush's proposed budget increases the co-pay for veterans by more than 100 percent. Dang! More than double. Of course, that phrasing begs a question: what is that in dollars -- not as […]
One of the sillier new laws that the California nanny state has passed requires people to turn on their lights if they're using their windshield wipers. This law was brought to us courtesy of state legislator Joe Simitian's "It Ought to be a Law" contest. The only thing sillier than this law itself is the […]
Today's Washington Post has a front-page article on the Bush administration's response to the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in the Indian Ocean. The Bush administration more than doubled its financial commitment yesterday to provide relief to nations suffering from the Indian Ocean tsunami, amid complaints that the vacationing President Bush has been insensitive to a […]
Michelle Malkin takes on head of the Federal Air Marshal service who has gone on TV claiming that there is no "dress code" for the undercover agents. Well, she's got a memo and a bunch of e-mails that call Thomas Quinn a liar. Face it, if you can pick out an air marshal, they're going […]
The State Department finally stopped pretending to believe the fiction that the murderous part of the violent Palestinian group Hamas can somehow be separated from its "nonviolent" arms. he United States on Friday designated al-Manar television -- the mouthpiece of Lebanon's Hizbollah anti-Israel guerrillas -- a terrorist organization, prompting an end to its U.S. satellite […]