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It's all over except for the self-flagellation to come from The New Republic editor Franklin Foer. Over the past couple of days, Bob Owens has posted a couple (here and here) of e-mail exchanges that would appear to cast doubt not only on Scott Thomas Beauchamp's truthtelling ability, but that of Foer himself. Maj. Renee […]

As I've said before, I finished the final Harry Potter book in about 7 1/2 hours and thoroughly enjoyed it. And I've enjoyed them all. It's impossible to read any of these books and not notice Christian themes throughout. Unfortunately, too many Christians haven't bothered to read any of the books and decry the novels […]

Well, it didn't take long. Less than a week after taking over The Wall Street Journal, Austrailian media mogul Rupert Murdoch has shrunk the paper's page size in an effort to cut costs. The move also has the side effect of reducing the amount of space available for quality journalism. Of course, I may have […]

Just a couple days after The New Republic editor Franklin Foer proclaimed that Scott Thomas Beauchamp's "reporting" had been verified (except for the fact that he was a little jerk before he got to Iraq -- not that the war made him one), we have additional confirmation that Foer is wrong and Beauchamp is a […]

...when they're silent. As the Military and Progressives panel came to an end, a young man in uniform stood up to argue that the surge was working, and cutting down on Iraqi casualties. The moderator largely freaked out. When other members of the panel tried to answer his question, he demanded they "stand down." He […]

The New Republic has another fabulist on its hands. After a thorough investigation that lasted nearly a week the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division has concluded that the allegations made by Private Thomas Scott Beauchamp, the "Baghdad Diarist", have been "refuted by members of his platoon and proven to be false" [emphasis […]

There's good news and stupid news today on the judges front -- and both include Democrats. First, the good news, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California bucked the insane left and voted to send the nomination of Leslie Southwick to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to the full Senate. Feinstein said she decided to break […]

UPDATED WITH LINKS The New Republic has re-fact-checked it's previously fact-checked reports and come to the conclusion that they were mostly right. Beauchamp's essay consisted of three discrete anecdotes. In the first, Beauchamp recounted how he and a fellow soldier mocked a disfigured woman seated near them in a dining hall. Three soldiers with whom […]

The Council on American Islamic Relations threatened to do something (what exactly they don't say) to the Young America's Foundation if they allowed Islamic scholar Robert Spencer to speak at their conference. YAF spokesman Jason Mattera responded appropriately: “CAIR can go to Hell and they can take their 72 virgins with them.” CAIR's threats may […]

This post has been updated. Illinois junior Sen. Barack Obama is trying to burnish his foreign policy credentials after what was seen by many as a faux pas when he agreed to meet with the leaders of rogue states Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, North Korea and Syria without precondition in the first year of his presidency. […]