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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki made headlines Saturday when he said that the U.S. could pull-out of Iraq whenever and the Iraqis can handle the security situation. From The New York Times: Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki declared Saturday that Iraqi forces could secure the country on their own “any time” American troops decided to […]

There's an interesting column in next week's BusinessWeek on what could be the first newspaper to ditch the "paper." Killing printrequires acknowledging not just that the old mode is dead but also that the future means less revenue and shrunken staffs. This is why it makes sense soonest at a money-losing newspaper already grappling with […]

Credit where credit's due, ABC News' Jake Tapper the other day asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid what is one of the most pertinent questions when discussing any draw down of American troops in Iraq. TAPPER: I'm sorry, if I could just follow up very quickly...Do you think the Iraqi people will be safer with […]

Victor Davis Hanson takes on Sunday's New York Times editorial advocating retreat from Iraq. I wanted to highlight the absolute moral depravity that appears to be the standard at the Times with this paragraph: Americans must be clear that Iraq, and the region around it, could be even bloodier and more chaotic after Americans leave. […]

A Florida farmer is paying more than $200,000 because he was paying his American citizen workers less than his foreign-born employees. Kenneth Hyatt, today's Idiot of the Day.

The past two days have returned a couple of conflicting takes on what happened Nov. 19, 2005, in the Iraqi village of Haditha. Lt. Col. Paul Ware, in a report released Tuesday, urged that charges of murder against Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt be dropped. In a written report, Lt. Col. Paul Ware said the evidence […]

You can find some photos of that famous Cuban health care system that Michael Moore won't show you here. Don't be fooled by the lies of the left.

In a piece that offers some advice to the New York Times on their Iraq reporting, the Boston Herald's Jules Crittenden makes some observations about reporters and the staffing of some major metropolitan papers. No less than four reporters worked on this article. That looks like about one phone call each. Most of what I’ve […]

The Politico has an inside baseball story about ethics/earmark reform in the Senate. Those of you who follow Porkbusters and those issues will find the story interesting because it appears that the Democrat-led Senate is trying to outsource its rules to the House. However, today we point and laugh at Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate […]

Just got back from seeing the latest installment in the "Die Hard" series of films, "Live Free or Die Hard." It's the first of the films to be rated PG-13, largely due to a massive reduction in the number of four-letter words. Yes, there's the infamous Yipee Ki Yay line, but it isn't followed by […]