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Another of the Greatest Generation has died. Raymond Jacobs, believed to be the last surviving member of the group of Marines photographed during the original U.S. flag-raising on Iwo Jima during World War II, has died at age 82. Jacobs died January 29 of natural causes at a Redding hospital, his daughter, Nancy Jacobs, told […]

A bunch of left-wing crazies showed up at the Marine Corps recruiting office in Berkeley on Friday and protested. The pseudonymous photographer/operative known only as Zombie took some pictures of the lunatics which you can find here. What I found most interesting, however, was in this San Francisco Chronicle report. As the right-wing blogosphere railed […]

The death toll may top 100 in yesterday's horrific attacks at a Baghdad pet market -- and that's not the worst of it. The worst of it is that the bombers weren't deluded and evil young men convinced that slaughtering innocents was their ticket to paradise and 72 willing virgins. Instead, the cowardly terrorists used […]

When the price comes down, I might have to pick this book up: "Bush's War: Media Bias and Justifications for War in a Terrorist Age." From a Q&A with author Jim Kuypers over at CollegiateTimes.com: Q: The book focuses a lot on how President Bush justified the actions of the United States military post Sept. […]

For those of you who aren't familiar with it, the Solomon Amendment is a law that requires law schools to give military recruiters the same access to students as they give to any other business. If the law schools fail to comply, they lose all federal funding -- that includes government loans and grants given […]

I had to work this evening, as I do most evenings, so I was unable to live-blog the debate. This is the second-best thing. The Los Angeles Times representative looks constipated. First Q: Are you better off today than you were eight years ago? They're not running against an incumbent president. Who cares? Tell us […]

There's a discussion going on over at Poynter's Web site about the use of salty language in America's newsrooms. I'm linking to one letter that I found hilarious, but it is absolutely R-rated -- for that reason the letter is after the jump.

Sen. John McCain won the Florida primary Tuesday by almost five points. Following wins in New Hampshire and South Carolina, McCain has definitely become the GOP frontrunner. If the rumors of a Giuliani endorsement prove true, then McCain will likely be the GOP nominee. Color me unenthusiastic. Should McCain become the nominee, then I'll hold […]

Berkeley, Calif., is the epicenter of blame- and hate-American first nuttiness. They are a self-righteous people who have nothing to be self-righteous about. Case in point: Some Berkeley residents want military recruitment offices to have the same limitations on where they can be located as porn shops. That's right: Military=Strip Clubs. If passed by a […]

Another thing on Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' speech was an admission that the Republicans have been right all along on the Democratic Congress' motives in expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program. "We know that caring for our children, so they have a healthy and better start in life, is what grownups do," she said. […]