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A colleague of mine, Union-Tribune photographer Earnie Grafton wrote an essay for today's paper remembering Marine PFC Nachez Washalanta II. Grafton was embedded with the Marines as they invaded Iraq last year, and Washalanta was the driver of the light armored vehicle in which Grafton rode. Washalanta died last month when the Humvee he was […]

The New York Times' resident conservative, David Brooks, points out one of President Bush's "flip-flops." Bowing to calls from the Democrat Party and American "allies" around the world, in at least one instance the President has eschewed his unilateral foreign policy -- to the delight of liberal elites. Confronted with the murder of 50,000 in […]

The New York Times reports that the "60 Minutes" segment that was bumped two weeks ago to make way for the infamous forged documents piece is being held until after the election. The Times cites a Newsweek report that claims CBS producers now feel they cannot criticize President Bush prior to the election because of […]

Have I ever mentioned that I was standing on the moon in my spacesuit as I watched Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon back in 1969? Some of you will say that I wasn't yet born, but that's such a trifle. OK, I confess. I wasn't on the moon that day. Heck, I wasn't […]

I just finished David Hackett Fischer's history of the winter campaign of 1776-77. Washington's famous crossing of the Delaware was but the start of this period that Hackett argues was key to the success of the Revolutionary War. I'm usually hesitant to "ruin" the ending of the book, but Fischer has something to say about […]

National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru follows up on Sen. John Kerry's dubious Social Security scaremongering that I noted earlier this week. The campaign has backed off its claim that Goolsbee's study tells us anything about benefit levels under a Bush-style reform. They have also gotten rid of all the language that claims that today's retirees would […]

Fox News just played a clip of Sen. John Kerry out on the stump again today and he had this to say -- likening current times to the Vietnam era: As I look out at these faces, these are the same kinds of times. Mothers and families distressed and torn apart over what's happening, young […]

I just added the Fahrenhype 9/11 documentary due out next month to my Netflix.com rental queue. After doing this, I was presented with the "Other Movies You Might Enjoy" screen, which included: "Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy." If a human can explain the connection, I'd be interested to do know what it is.

When most people -- Democrats especially -- think of "crimes" committed by a secretary of state former Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris typically comes to mind. However, we here in California have our own really corrupt secretary of state, Kevin Shelley. The Sacramento Bee has been reporting that Shelley has been using federal funds […]

National Review's Jim Geraghty has lots of good stuff over at the "Kerry Spot." First, Geraghty points out what Kerry should've had on his schedule today if he'd been running a half-way competent campaign. Kerry just made two moves that I think are tremendously boneheaded mistakes. The left and the right agree that Iraq is […]