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New York Times public editor Byron Calame has an interesting, yet flawed, article in today's paper that seeks to sugarcoat a serious problem. Calame focuses on what motivates reporters in their work: Being first with new facts or fresh insights. Pursuing stories that can have impact. Winning prizes. Impressing sources. Figuring out what’s really happening. […]

If you haven't seen the 1992 movie "Sneakers," starring Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier and Dan Aykroyd as "Mother," then I encourage you to add it to your Netflix queue or pick it up at Blockbuster. Sneakers came to mind because there's a scene where Robert Redford's character goes into an office building to meet with […]

Today's Wall Street Journal has a troubling report on Democrat dirty tricks in Florida -- again. Democrats whomped Republicans in last month's midterms, but oddly enough they're still calling in the legal cavalry to contest one of the few races they narrowly lost. That would be Florida's 13th Congressional District, which runs along the Gulf […]

Courtesy of "Best of the Web Today," comes this gem from the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Audrey "average intelligence" Collins. "A federal judge struck down President Bush's authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. 11 executive order was unconstitutionally vague, according to a ruling released Tuesday," the Associated Press reports: The case […]

Lindsay Lohan, known equally for her "acting" and hedonistic partying, has released a letter of condolence that she sent to the family of deceased director Robert Altman. Hollywood stars like Lohan have publicists, right? Maybe the publicist should hire a copyeditor before allowing Lohan to display her "writings" in public.

First you had Virginia's incumbent Sen. George Allen "macaca" himself out of office with the help of an overzealous Washington Post. Now you've got that same state's Sen.-elect, Jim Webb, embracing his inner jackass. At a recent White House reception for freshman members of Congress, Virginia's newest senator tried to avoid President Bush. Democrat James […]

Please see important update at the bottom of this post. If you haven't seen the movie "End of the Spear," it's out on video and you should pick it up. The film about four Christian missionaries who were brutally killed by the Waodani tribe of Ecuador focuses mainly on the Saint family. One of the […]

There's been a brouhaha in some of the right-wing media criticism sites over a move to describe Iraq today as being in the throes of a civil war. (See here, here and here.) Personally, despite the disconcerting level of violence that is going on in the Sunni-triangle area of Iraq, I don't think that it's […]

House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi has decided that impeached judge Alcee Hastings isn't the person to chair the House Intelligence Committee. For those interested on some more background on Hastings, check out this report by National Review's Byron York on the impeachment inquiry led by Democrat Rep. John Conyers.

Just got back from seeing the latest James Bond flick. Sunday night is the best time to go -- I shared the theater with two other people -- it's almost like having your own private 80-foot big screen television set. Anyway, Casino Royale is possibly the best Bond film ever. Yes, I've seen them all. […]