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The Huffington Post has an article up attacking Al Gore and his global warming alarmism. Go read it before it's gone.

The California legislature's runaway spending spree of the past decade -- with the assistance of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gov. Gray Davis before him -- has brought us to the point that the state is going to run out of money. In the midst of a housing market that is in the tank and an […]

Here's hoping that 2009 is better than 2008 -- but don't hold your breath. For a little tickle of the funny bone, I offer you this from Iowahawk: Iowahawk Guest Opinionby Rosa OrtizChief of Housekeeping StaffEstate of Caroline Kennedy Buenos dias! I am Rosa. I twelve years work for Senora Caroline Kennedy and her family […]

Washington lobbyist Vicki Iseman filed suit today against The New York Times over the February 21 hit piece that alleged she was carrying on an extramarital affair with GOP presidential candidate John McCain. The 36-page complaint charges that the story implies an “unprofessional relationship” between Iseman and McCain. Both Iseman and McCain denied any improper […]

An 86-year-old World War II vet has managed to get a busybody from California's nanny state on his back. Shasta County health officials are cracking down on an 86-year-old disabled World War II veteran who has been selling homemade fruitcakes for more than a decade. The Department of Environmental Health cites an obscure law banning […]

The New York Times has come in for a lot of criticism over the years here at Hoystory and the paper has earned every pixel. But that doesn't mean that all criticism of the Gray Lady is valid, so here's the post where I defend the Times. The Times attacker is Charles Kaiser over at […]

This is a few weeks old, but it's some great Christmas cheer.

It looks like Al Franken may very well manage to steal Minnesota's Senate seat from Norm Coleman. I encourage you to check out this article by John Lott which has various visual aids -- the ballots themselves -- which demonstrate the depth of the thievery. For example, who gets this vote: You can see on […]

The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof discovered that liberals are generally less generous than their conservative counterparts. This holiday season is a time to examine who’s been naughty and who’s been nice, but I’m unhappy with my findings. The problem is this: We liberals are personally stingy. Liberals show tremendous compassion in pushing for generous […]

President Bush announced Friday that he would be making $13.4 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program to bailout General Motors and Chrysler. During brief remarks at the White House, President Bush said in normal times he would have not been in favor of preventing a bankruptcy of the two companies. But the current state […]