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I've been saying it for years, but the Washington Post finally confirms it! (via Vikingpundit)

When New York Times columnist Paul Krugman makes a particularly outrageous assertion, it seems to find its way out from behind the TimesSelect curtain and onto the rest of the Internet. On Jan. 30, Krugman made just such an assertion, but to see the claim in a simpler light, check out Donald Luskin's analogy: Try […]

It's a rare day that you get conservative talk show host Bill Bennett and liberal law professor Alan Dershowitz agreeing on just about anything, but there's one subject that can bring even those two together -- criticizing the cowardly American media. What has happened? To put it simply, radical Islamists have won a war of […]

For those of you following the foolishness that is La Mesa Mayor Art Madrid and his threatened lawsuit against a critical constituent, it appears that at least one city councilmember has his head on straight. Councilman Barry Jantz submitted the following letter in the comments to last weekend's initial post on the subject. Feb. 21, […]

Apparently South Dakota's Republicans have been buying into Planned Parenthood/NARAL propaganda and are convinced that with Justice Samuel Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade is ripe to be overturned (in fairness, the bill got at least one Democrat's support too). How else do you explain the state legislature's decision to pass a […]

It looks like convicted murderer Michael Morales will live at least a year or two more thanks to judges who believe that the constitution's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment" prohibits the causation of any pain before, during or after the execution procedure. I've already pointed out that I believe the judge was acting as […]

Today's New York Times lead editorial takes President Bush and Congress to task for failing to do something about a looming crisis with many private pension plans. Unfortunately, but naturally, the Times fails to offer a plan of its own. One is left wondering how best to fix the problem, and the Times is silent. […]

Bruce Fierstein over at The New York Observer is channeling the New York Times new public editor Ali bin-Zabar. Ali: This is awful. Horrible. What about the gay wedding announcements? Debbie Dear Ms. T: As you’re no doubt aware of the Koran’s position on homosexuality, let me be clear here: In the future, there will […]

The case I mentioned last week regarding a judge unilaterally changing California's procedures for administering the death penalty has borne fruit -- now the state can't execute convicted rapist and murderer Michael Morales [PDF Format]. California officials postponed indefinitely the execution of convicted killer Michael Morales on Tuesday after notifying a federal court they could […]

There's a big brouhaha on Capitol Hill and in some corners of the blogosphere over the purchase of a British company that currently manages several U.S. ports by Dubai Ports World, based in the United Arab Emirates. Let me begin by saying that the politics of this are undoubtedly bad. Whether or not there is […]