I've long been opposed to the so-called "zero-tolerance" rules instituted at most of this nation's public schools because it takes common sense out of the equation. Today's case in point comes from Fort Worth, Texas: A wooden baseball bat, no longer than 8 inches and visible through a car window, spurred Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School […]
They don't mix. NEW YORK (Reuters) - There is a 50 percent probability that the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season will have above-normal activity, the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) said in its outlook. Sigh.
The Boston Globe, owned by the New York Times Co., were handed a story with photos yesterday that should have rang alarm bells for any skeptical journalist who is aware of what is going on in the world. A Boston city councilor presented the Globe with photos alleged to show U.S. soldiers raping Iraqi women. […]
It's so hard to choose just one, but as I was listening to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's testimony on the radio today, Minnesota Sen. Mark Dayton revealed himself to be the winner. Dayton, a (you guessed it) Democrat, accused Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Richard Myers of contacting CBS News and trying […]
I just finished watching 10 minutes of Ted Rall on "The O'Reilly Factor." There's currently no transcript of the exchange up on Fox News' Web site, and I'm certainly not going to listen to Rall's idiocy again. Among the highlights: Egyptian Islamic Jihad committed the 9/11 attacks -- not Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda. We […]
If there is any individual on the face of the Earth that deserves one, it's Ted Rall. *UPDATE* Editor and Publisher has a short puff piece on Rall's latest piece of garbage. Rall, who risked his life in Afghanistan himself as a visiting cartoonist/writer after 9/11, told E&P: "The word 'hero' has been bandied about […]
Well, at least it's not anywhere I can find it, but Tony Snow was playing some comments from yesterday's Earth Day photo op/campaign stop by John Kerry. (Tony Snow is on tape delay in San Diego, so I heard him on my way home.) Kerry's comment was something to the effect: We have the potential […]
There are honest liberals who truly believe that John Kerry has a sensible, and better, plan for dealing with Iraq than George W. Bush. Frankly, I can't really discern how Kerry's plan is anything more than he will ask "our allies" (read Germany, France) to pretty please send some troops to Iraq. Oh, and it […]
You've asked for them (well, maybe you haven't, no matter) so here they are. The counter-protesters are armed and ready. It's T-9 minutes from the supposed start of the march. Where are the people? The videogenic Lt. Smash gives one of his numerous interviews to his adoring fans in the media. The clueless-looking redhead is […]
Singer Jessica Simpson, more famous for her incredible stupidity (So, is Chicken of the Sea chicken or tuna?) than her singing ability has done it again. Simpson, whose verbal gaffes are also legendary, pulled another one Sunday visiting the White House, our sources say. The singer was introduced to Interior Secretary Gale Norton and gushed: […]