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Journalists get math wrong -- a lot. I used to joke a lot that I was probably the only journalist in the world who had taken multi-variable calculus. Then I found out that OpinionJournal.com's James Taranto had too. (For the record: It's been nearly 16 years since I took the course. I passed, with a […]

One of the other things Democrats promised in 2006 was greater disclosure and curbing of runaway earmarks -- a practice created by the Democrats, but turned into a streamlined machine by the Republicans. (Do you think this paragraph will get metaphor alert treatment from OpinionJournal.com?) Well, Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), has decided to add a […]

The House passed "lobbying reform" tonight. Chief among the reforms is a measure that requires lobbyists to disclose how much money they solicit from friends and business associates on behalf of a candidate. The so-called “bundling” bill was steeply resisted by pro-business Democrats and minority members who worried it would discourage lobbyists from helping to […]

Update below. President Bill Clinton swept into office promising to have the most honest and ethical administration in history. By whatever your measure, he fell far short. Likewise, Democrats took control of the House in January for the first time in a dozen years full of promises to be fair and just -- unlike their […]

Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, Eugene Volokh notes a decision by a California State Appeals Court upholding the free speech rights of a student newspaper at Novato High School. A trial court judge originally ruled that speech "likely to cause a violent reaction" was not protected free speech. The trial court judge was essentially enshrining […]

It appears that the Democrats nominated the wrong war hero to run for president in 2004. Bob Kerrey would've given them the credibility on national security they so desperately need today. The critics who bother me the most are those who ordinarily would not be on the side of supporting dictatorships, who are arguing today […]

Might I suggest that when flying in Europe, especially easyJet, RyanAir and British Air, that you check the fine print. A few weeks ago, I decided to check out European low cost carrier easyJet, and made a booking with one of my staffers to fly from Luton airport outside of London to Paris. The fares […]

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Democrats, full of zeal to rid the Congress of its culture of corruption, can't even follow their own rules. (Let's ignore for the now the fact that they haven't passed any of their reforms into law since taking power.) Last week, Rep. Jack Murtha went after […]

This may just be a trial balloon to see exactly how much explosive power the nutroots on the left can muster, but it appears Democrats are finally going to send an Iraq war supplemental bill to President Bush without timelines. In grudging concessions to President Bush, Democrats intend to draft an Iraq war-funding bill without […]

Before his death last week, I'd mentioned Moral Majority founder Rev. Jerry Falwell on this blog a total of not once in more than five years of blogging. While Falwell and I would've probably agreed on 98 percent of just about anything, I wasn't a big fan of his style. The foot-in-mouth moment of blaming […]