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Al Hunt's column in today's Wall Street Journal is entitled "McCain-Feingold Did Its Job" -- an analysis that is laughable to say the least. [Link requires paid subscription.] The most compelling case for the success of the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance measure is the case that was made against it. This was a passionately contested national election, […]

Monday night on MSNBC's "Hardball" program, Chris Matthews had the posed the following question to a guest in connection with the shooting of a possibly unarmed insurgent feigning death: Well, let me ask you about this. If this were the other side, and we were watching an enemy soldier -- a rival, I mean they're […]

NASA's X-43A Scramjet set a new speed record for an air-breathing aircraft, reaching nearly 7,000 mph. Someday, San Diego to Rhode Island in just 30 minutes.

To Frank J.'s question is: Just throw one dead one at the keys.

The media is making a big hubbub out of a videotape of a Marine killing an apparently wounded insurgent who appears to be faking death. Buried in the CNN story is a fact that has a significant impact on why the Marine might have behaved with an excess of caution. About a block away, a […]

So Saddam Hussein pocketed $21.3 billion from the U.N.'s oil-for-palaces program -- nearly twice previous estimates. So what does Democrat Sen. Carl Levin have to say about it at yesterday's hearings? Despite the findings, the committee's ranking Democrat, Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, said "for the most part, the UN sanctions achieved their intended objective […]

The people of Modesto, Calif., got a sinking feeling when they read the Los Angeles Times last Saturday. Peterson verdict — An article Saturday in Section A about the murder conviction of Scott Peterson said Modesto was 90 miles west of San Francisco. Modesto is about 80 miles southeast of San Francisco. Heh.

There are people who are born-again Christians who voted for John Kerry two weeks ago. Whatever the reasons for voting for Kerry, it seems moderately masochistic with the way the elite of the Democratic Party demean and bad-mouth them. The latest case in point is Mr. Lake Wobegon himself, Garrison Keillor. Not one to shy […]

The ACLU is at it again, doing what it can to protect the American people, here and abroad, from organizations that *gasp* require a belief in God. The Pentagon has agreed to warn military bases worldwide that they should not directly sponsor Boy Scout troops, partially resolving claims that the government has improperly supported a […]

I'm working on a redesign of Hoystory.com and thought I'd solicit some assistance. I've created logos and a sample layout -- but I don't know enough about CSS to pull it off. If anyone would like to donate their expertise, it would be much appreciated. You, of course, would get effusive praise and a prominent […]