Global warming, global shwarming: A New York Times News Service story published in today's San Diego Union-Tribune reports that cooling in the Antarctic region is a result of the hole in the ozone layer. When it comes to the global climate, stories like this just go to show that scientists still don't have a good […]
More on media bias: Bill O'Reilly's radio talk show debuts today and the Washington Post marks the occasion by pointing out the dearth of left/liberal commentators making it big on talk radio. While this is all well and good, reading the story closely reveals either a looseness with words or that ever-present liberal media bias. […]
I'm beginning to think that states like Washington and Texas that have two year budgets and shortened legislative sessions would be a very good thing for California. When legislators have too much time on their hands they have to find something to do. Generally that something is not constructive. The Los Angeles Times reported last […]
Over at National Review Online there is an excellent article on Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.). Byron York follows up his coverage of the failed Pickering nomination by presenting a compelling case that Edwards may have illegally obtained Justice Department documents. In the days before the Pickering hearing, the Justice Department and committee […]
Well, the biggest thing I didn't miss on Friday was Paul "Line 47" Krugman's column. I could have predicted that it would be another anti-Bush screed. Actually, anyone who's read more than one of Krugman's columns could've guessed that. Of course, Krugman's fans were not surprised when he went back to bashing the Bush tax […]
I got back from Hume Lake in the Sequoia National Forest on Sunday afternoon -- completely burned out. It's taken me several hours of scanning the Web sites to see what I've missed. I didn't read Friday or Saturday's newspaper -- for the first time in nearly a year. It was kinda nice. Updates are […]
Saudi Arabia has been buying PR ads touting their close friendship with America. Well, with friends like them, who really needs any enemies. They deliver "lectures" and "ultimatums" to our president. They persecute Christians. They fund Palestinian suicide bombers with telethons. They fund madrassas that teach a radical, intolerant form of Islam that directly resulted […]
Hoystory has managed to get an advance copy of the Council on American-Islamic Relations 2002 report on civil rights. We spared no expense as we plied an unsuspecting CAIR intern with vodka and "exotic dancers." Here is the executive summary of the report: This year's report records a 200 percent increase in the number of […]