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Steven Vincent, author of "In the Red Zone," has an excellent piece on his blog on the "Politics of Grief." Photography—the visual media in general—is ill-suited for conveying the abstract thoughts and concepts that provide context for images. The once-living soldier’s face, the flag-draped coffin, the brave war widow make us feel profound worlds of […]

The State Department finally stopped pretending to believe the fiction that the murderous part of the violent Palestinian group Hamas can somehow be separated from its "nonviolent" arms. he United States on Friday designated al-Manar television -- the mouthpiece of Lebanon's Hizbollah anti-Israel guerrillas -- a terrorist organization, prompting an end to its U.S. satellite […]

Several months ago I predicted that a sympathetic judge would let Kerri Francis Dunn, the college professor that vandalized her own car with racist slurs, off with a slap on the wrist. I suspect that a sympathetic judge will probably let Dunn off with a slap on the wrist -- probation and a sizable fine. […]

Harvard's Kennedy School of Government held a forum with 2004 presidential campaign managers Mary Beth Cahill (Kerry) and Ken Mehlman (Bush) that contained this interesting tidbit. Mary Beth Cahill, who spoke at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government with Ken Mehlman, President Bush's campaign manager, said the Massachusetts senator's campaign initially thought there would be […]

It appears an iceberg is threatening thousands of penguin chicks down in Antarctica by blocking access to fish-infested waters. Help the penguins out, drive a couple of extra miles today.

The New York Times today reported a settlement between First Command Financial Services and the government. First Command is one of those disgusting companies that have preyed on military families. NASD and the Securities and Exchange Commission said that First Command exaggerated the track record of its high-cost fund products - with fees that ate […]

I finished reading Kevin Ring's compilation of the writings of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and I came away more impressed by Scalia's judicial philosophy than I was before. Though it is entitled "Scalia Dissents," not all of the opinions contained in the book are dissents. Ring outlines Scalia's judicial philosophy by using his written […]

Lies about the 2000 election outcome continue to be proliferated, this time as an aside to the San Diego Mayor race. She [assistant metro editor Laura Wingard] likened the Union-Tribune's role in the count to what happened in Florida in the 2000 election. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that George Bush won the election, but […]

So I'm taking a glance at the AP wire and come across a story slugged "IslamicReform." So, I open it up and take a look at it and it turns out to be headlined: "WASHINGTON TODAY: Islamic countries want U.S. to change Mideast policy." And that would be Islamic reform how exactly?

One of these days I've got to write something really silly and then get it published on the New York Times op-ed page. Today's case in point is a piece written for the page by Will Carroll, a column for Baseball Prospectus. BASEBALL fans are understandably disturbed by the news that several top players, including […]