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The fallout from the Pope's quotation of a 14th century Byzantine Christian emperor continued today with the murder of an Italian nun who was working in a Somali hospital. Yes, the religion of peace and tolerance is at it again. A London-based Arabic-language newspaper suggested that the Pope's statement could lead to a religious war […]

I completely and wholeheartedly agree with something said by Neal Gabler on Saturday's "Fox News Watch." Let's not mince words here. The biggest bottom-feeder on all of television is Nancy Grace. Well said. Oh, and yes that's the only thing he said that I agree with.

The Muslim world is up in arms (figuratively to start...the literal is to come) over comments made by Pope Benedict XVI. The pope quoted from a book recounting a conversation between 14th-century Byzantine Christian Emperor Manuel Paleologos II and a Persian scholar on the truths of Christianity and Islam. "The emperor comes to speak about […]

Author/journalist Oriana Fallaci has died. The world has lost a great voice against terrorism.

I've often accused -- with good reason -- Democrats (Joe Lieberman excepted) of not being serious when it comes to terrorism and national security. The Democrats' recent "demand" on President Bush to: (1) transitioning the U.S. mission in Iraq to counter-terrorism, training, logistics and force protection; (2) beginning the phased redeployment of U.S. forces from […]

John Bolton has been doing an excellent job as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations for the past year-plus. Unfortunately, he has not been confirmed by the Senate and his recess appointment will expire at the end of the current Congress. I'm of the opinion that there are only two reasons to reject a president's […]

A brief addendum to one of the editorials in today's San Diego Union-Tribune got the media critic in me thinking. A final important note: There is something disturbing about the Los Angeles Times asserting in its first two tape-leak stories that it had “obtained” the tape, implying that its acquisition was the result of journalistic […]

Which explains why nine Cubans broke out of a detention facility in Tijuana and showed up at the Otay Mesa border crossing in San Diego asking for political asylum.

Hats off to Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne for his suggestion to use non-lethal weapons developed for the military on unruly mobs here in the United States. Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before being used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday. […]

The lede paragraph of an AP story on the terrorist surveillance program: Senate Republicans blocked Democratic attempts to rein in President Bush's domestic wiretapping program Wednesday, endorsing a White House-supported bill that would give the controversial surveillance legal status. It's not domestic, ^%#$(*&! A phone call from San Diego to Phoenix is not intrastate. It's […]