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I watched it -- and frankly it was a big ho-hum. Bush said nothing that he hadn't said before -- he was right then, he's right now. We will leave Iraq when victory has been achieved. Victory is defined as a relatively stable, functioning democracy able to defend its borders and police its interior. "More […]

The San Diego Union-Tribune's Ruben Navarette makes a bad call in today's paper. I can't believe I'm defending Tom Cruise. Yep, that's a big mistake. Instead, Cruise kicked off a debate over a subject that a lot of people don't feel comfortable discussing: whether Americans are too quick to turn to prescription drugs and whether […]

The New York Times has a very interesting article on time travel and the possibility of paradox. The article is accessible even for those who are not sciencephiles, but there's one thing about it that troubles me. But what about killing your grandfather? In a well-ordered universe, that would be a paradox and shouldn't be […]

Texas Sen. John Cornyn has introduced legislation designed to curb some Kelo excesses. The legislation would clarify government’s exercise of its power of eminent domain to be limited only for public use. ‘Public use’ shall not be construed to include economic development. This standard of protection would apply only to (1) all exercises of eminent […]

Over at Radioblogger.com there is a transcript of a portion of yesterday's Hugh Hewitt show and a discussion/debate between John Eastman and Erwin Chemerinsky over the Supreme Court decisions. I found this portion noteworthy: Hugh Hewitt: Let me ask you both. I got a Hamilton quote, which is familiar to many people, sent to me. […]

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I've taken the time to sit down and read the some of the dissents and opinions in the two split decisions on the Ten Commandments cases today affecting displays in Kentucky and Texas. Like the Kelo decision last week, these two cases demonstrate how the Supreme Court makes decisions based not on the Constitution, but […]

Peter Jackson, director of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy is suing New Line Cinema for stiffing him millions of dollars. Slate's Jack Shafer notes that The New York Times violated its own rules on anonymous sources to allow a New Line lawyer to call Jackson "piggish" -- regarding money, not his waistline. It's almost […]

A lot of Gitmo critics have pooh-poohed the idea that we could be getting any sorts of useful information from the terrorists at the facility since they've been there now for three-plus years. That much time out of circulation makes whatever information they may have next to useless, critics claim. However, Fox News reporter Molly […]

The Dumb Dick Durbins of the world should take a look at what real torture looks like -- that done by the communist Chinese. Ngawang Sangdrol was just 13 when she was first imprisoned by China in Tibet. She was so small her prison guards found it easy to pick her up by the legs […]