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John Hinderaker over at Powerlineblog has perhaps the most in-depth and exhaustive legal analysis of presidential powers vis a vis national security and surveillance. In brief: not illegal, not unconstitutional, not impeachable.

There's a line in "Die Hard 3" where Samuel L. Jackson's character tells Bruce Willis' character that he doesn't hate him because he's white, he hates him because "you're gonna get me killed." (Radio show Hugh Hewitt uses the sound clip liberally.) Well, if the majority Democrat view were national policy (Sen. Joe Lieberman and […]

There's an old joke that at a certain age the first thing you do in the mornings was check the obituaries. If your name isn't there, carry on with the rest of your day. I'm 33. I don't check the obituaries. The odds are if someone my age dies, it's usually in a car accident […]

Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter reveals that President Bush had both New York Times executive editor Bill Keller and publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. in the oval office and pleaded with them not to reveal the NSA's surveillance of international communications during a time of war. (There is no word on whether or not the oval office […]

Tuesday's New York Times is reporting that in the wake of 9/11 attacks the government has finally come to its senses and is monitoring groups that publicly advocate violence and terrorism. Of course, that's not the way the Times characterizes it. Counterterrorism agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation have conducted numerous surveillance and intelligence-gathering […]

Unfortunately, that's something that a lot of Democrats and morons in the media don't seem to get. Byron York has an informative piece on the wiretaps that have caused all of this ruckus over the past few days. Remember the 9/11 commission and its "report card" on the government's anti-terror efforts earlier this month? York […]

Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist

Yesterday, in his weekly radio address, President Bush defended his authorization of a once-secret program to monitor the phone calls of suspected terrorists. In the weeks following the terrorist attacks on our nation, I authorized the National Security Agency, consistent with U.S. law and the Constitution, to intercept the international communications of people with known […]

More and more newspapers are starting to "get" blogging. The Washington Post is probably among the leaders in the mainstream media to really embrace this new form of media. Check out any of their articles online and there is a box with a link to Technorati and and how many blogs are linking to that […]

OK, maybe I shouldn't claim credit for this, but I will. Congress on Friday agreed to establish a national databank of umbilical cord blood and bone marrow that would allow doctors to quickly find a match for patients who need transplants. The Senate passed the bill by voice vote. The House passed the bill in […]