So, more than 100 Arabs are holed up in the Church of the Nativity and threatening a firefight if Israeli soldiers try to capture them. I saw a map of the area earlier and guess what's just across the street from the Church of the Nativity? A 7-Eleven? Nope. A mosque. Why didn't they go […]
They pointed this out over at National Review Online's blog, "The Corner." But I thought I'd link to it too. Fighting between Israeli troops and armed Palestinians erupted in Bethlehem late Tuesday with dozens of gunmen forcing their way into the Church of the Nativity, one of the holiest sites in Christianity. Witnesses said there […]
Paul "Line 47" Krugman continues his defense of the Social Security system with another column in today's New York Times. First, I'd like to say that I'm offended that Krugman would quote Monty Python. There are some people who should just be barred from quoting the great (mainly) British comedy troupe, and Krugman is one […]
Congrats to the Maryland Terrapins for winning the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Unfortunately, Maryland fans have proved themselves no better than any other fans, who respond to victory with violence. COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Students lit bonfires, threw bottles, climbed onto business roofs and shot off fireworks after Maryland beat Indiana to win the […]
No wonder we don't like the French: It's bad enough that we have to put up with their whining about McDonalds (hint, if no one eats there, they'll close!), but now we've got to deal with a whole new level of garbage. According to Fox News, there is a new book out (available only in […]
California Gov. Gray Davis isn't making any friends in the media. An editorial in today's Los Angeles Times takes Davis to task over his pandering to the prison guards union. State agencies and employees are sharing the pain of Gov. Gray Davis' attempt to reduce a numbing $17-billion deficit. No, wait. That doesn't include prison […]
It appears that the latest suicide attacks in Israel have brought the New York Times' Thomas Friedman back to sanity. One week ago, Friedman was espousing the dubious contention that terrorists didn't want to kill a lot of people. This week he seems a more in touch with reality. The reason the Palestinians have not […]
California Gov. Gray Davis has done it again. No, he hasn't claimed to save another "friggin paper" from destruction -- he appears to have gotten that out of his system. In February, Davis made a decision to not renew the contracts of several private prisons currently housing low-security prisoners. The prisons had received high marks […]
Peggy Noonan has a great article on OpinionJournal.com about movie stars and the Oscars. She talks about popularity and her encounter with Kevin Costner, "one beautiful boring dullard of a man." There was only one man I wanted to meet that night, and he turned out to be, in my eyes, the great man of […]