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If you've been surfing the blogosphere for the past few days and missed Michael Yon's latest report from Iraq, then this must be the only blog site you visit. Take some time this morning and read Yon's tale of heroism -- including a little of his own. There are a few things that struck me […]

Rio-brand digital audio players will be no more. I've owned a Rio Karma for more than a year and it's a great audio player -- it produces much better sound than the popular Apple Ipod. When my Karma eventually dies, I hope that something comes on the market that has as good sound quality and […]

Juan "unctuous piece excrement" Cole decides to try a modified, limited rowback. It stinks and Lisa Ramaci-Vincent should take a two-iron to his groin. So here is the commentary: Was American journalist Steve Vincent killed in Basra as part of an honor killing? He was romantically involved with his Iraqi interpreter, who was shot 4 […]

Why did he think that he wouldn't be caught? Why the silence from the mainstream media's watchdogs?

One of the signs that the apocalypse is on us occurred today when New York Times columnist Paul Krugman acknowledged error. Despite what I wrote earlier, early Wednesday morning I sent an e-mail off to the Times public editor Byron Calame. My point in sending it was merely to get Krugman to acknowledge his error […]

Thankfully, this time it is Hawaii and not California. Seriously, how many economics classes do you have to fail in order to think that price controls actually work? This is the sort of thing that you'd think a maybe a professional economist writing for The New York Times would want to address, but he's got […]

New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller has been doing hard work following President Bush from place to place on his monthlong "vacation." I haven't spent a whole lot of time analyzing the Times' news coverage. During the 2004 election I discovered just how tainted the paper's hard news coverage had been tainted by liberal ideology […]

During last month's special election for mayor of San Diego, a group of people arrived in horse-drawn carriages and posted themselves outside 11 precincts. When people emerged from the polls they asked them how they had voted and marked down the answers using a charred stick and papyrus. After spending several days tabulating their results […]

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Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta came to Los Angeles today and announced -- as is typical -- that the law will change on the next president's watch so this one won't have to deal with it. A plan requiring automakers to boost fuel economy standards for some sport utility vehicles, minivans and pickup trucks could eventually […]