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But it's for your own good. As gas prices have slowly declined over the past couple of weeks, the New York Times editorial page has decided to advocate increasing the federal gas tax. Now, however, the energy risks so apparent in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have created both the urgency and the political opportunity […]

I just got finished watching "Fox News Sunday" after spending the better part of the day collecting surplus furniture from the Hoy family homestead -- the parental units are downsizing now that they don't have slaves children to do all of the house and yard work (this has been a snark test). Anyway, getting back […]

The San Dieguito Union High School District is facing a potential $1.5 million lawsuit over photographs taken last spring for Torrey Pines High School's Literary magazine. The story first broke in Friday's Union-Tribune. I encourage you to read Sherry Saavedra's front page story, but the important facts are these: The photographs were taken without the […]

California Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein -- both Democrats -- hate black people. Why? Because they would rather build a sculpture garden in Washington State, an animal shelter in Westerly, R.I., (coincidentally home to the world's greatest niece) and two "bridges to nowhere" in Alaska than to help rebuild New Orleans. I say that […]

That's how House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi likes to describe the Republicans in Congress, but let's not forget the Democrats in St. Louis or Washington State.

The last Titan IV was launched yesterday from Vandenberg Air Force Base. I covered Vandenberg as a reporter for the Lompoc Record for two years and was one of the first civilians to get to tour a Titan IV rocket as it was readied on the launch pad. The writer of the story I linked […]

There's been some buzz hither and yon about Washington Post columnist George F. Will's column due out this Sunday. It's strictly embargoed, so I can't link to it or post it just yet, but it's a devastating critique of the Harriet Miers nomination. I won't attempt to steal Will's thunder, but he did make one […]

Sky is blue. "U.N. probe links Syria to Hariri killing"

Tom Delay turned himself in earlier today on Travis County (Texas) prosecutor Ronnie Earle's bogus campaign finance charges and had his mug shot taken. DeLay doesn't look the least bit worried, because it's very likely that the case is going to be laughed out of court. So, write a caption in the comments, show your […]

Of course, pro-choice is just a euphemism for pro-abortion, so it should come as no surprise that San Francisco Chronicle columnist Mark Morford is outraged at the choice an Arkansas couple has made to have 16 children. Memo to Morford: It's a free country -- I'm not opposed to this sort of thing as long […]