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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- last seen trying to make sure kids die by conjuring up a vaccine scare -- has decided that the Senate's 95-0 rejection of the Kyoto global warming treaty President Bush's rejection of the Kyoto global warming treaty was to blame for Hurricane Katrina. Maybe there's been too much Martha's Vineyard […]

Peggy Noonan has a pretty good article on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Of note is Noonan's analysis of how to tell the looters from people just trying to survive. There seems to be some confusion in terms of terminology on TV. People with no food and water who are walking into supermarkets and taking […]

I sent the following e-mail letter to Poynter Online's quasi-blog Romenesko. They're apparently not interested in publishing it. Last Thursday, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert basically recycled a column he wrote in 1999 with a new top and a new bottom. The heart of the column nine paragraphs was practically the same. Whether or […]

Over at Radioblogger.com there is a transcript of an interview between the Los Angeles Times' Tim Rutten and talk show host Hugh Hewitt. The occassion for the interview was an article Rutten was working on for last week's paper. For those who are unfamiliar with Hewitt's show, he has a policy of recording any interview […]

Ross Gelbspan blames global warming for Katrina. Patrick Michaels blames the weather. I'm going to blame women's lib -- just to be different.

Here in San Diego it's as dry as a bone and hot -- really hot. I've no particular insight on the happenings Katrina has wrought in Louisiana, instead I will blog about another bad Katrina. My freshman year of high school I took a science class. It wasn't a chemistry, biology or physics class -- […]

Smash and friends were out at Coronado yesterday when the President arrived and got a big thank-you from a mystery guest. Check it out.

Dave Kopel had an excellent article in Saturday's Rocky Mountain News on the Cindy Sheehan the Big Three networks and major newspapers aren't telling you about. Sheehan has explained that the real global terrorist problem is the United States. Speaking at San Francisco State University on April 27, she announced, "The biggest terrorist in the […]

Manuel Miranda, writing for The Wall Street Journal, notes a list of positions (compiled by the Committee for Justice) that Ralph Neas and People (not) for the American Way have taken on various court cases. Among the things he opposes: parental choice in education, voluntary prayer in public places, pornography filters on public library computers, […]

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has decided that the most pressing issue that he has on is plate is french fries -- literally. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has filed a lawsuit to force top makers of potato chips and french fries to warn consumers about a potential cancer-causing chemical found in the popular snacks. […]