September 17, 2004
A good read

It comes as no surprise that the federal courts would not reconsider Roe v. Wade, but Shannen W. Coffin over at National Review reports that something positive came out of the exercise. What was surprising, though, was Judge Edith Jones powerful five-page separate opinion. While Judge Jones agreed that the court had no power to […]

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September 17, 2004
Headline of the day

Proving that The New York Times can occasionally do something right, we have the following headline, from the Travel section: Try Not to Annoy Your Llama Practical information and intriguing -- it makes you want to read the story.

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September 16, 2004
Want to prove us wrong?

CBS News' experts claim that proportional spacing and superscript were available on typewriters in the early '70s. Let us ignore for a moment that Lt. Col. Jerry Killian's secretary has said that the documents are forged and that the two typewriters she used when she worked at the Texas Air National Guard were an Olympia […]

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September 16, 2004
That horse has left the barn

Dan Rather was interviewed by The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz and had the following to say: "If the documents are not what we were led to believe, I'd like to break that story," Rather said in an interview last night. "Any time I'm wrong, I want to be right out front and say, 'Folks, this […]

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September 16, 2004
One horrific crash

I complain and bang the steering wheel when I'm stuck in traffic because of an auto accident made worse by everyone and their brother slowing to stare at the twisted wreckage. The same thing has happened to CBS News' credibility, yet I continue to gawk and feel no remorse. Late yesterday, CBS News released this […]

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September 15, 2004
Double standard

Today's New York Times has an editorial decrying the lack of promised democracy in Hong Kong. Despite the shady campaign tactics and problems at voting sites, we hope that there was a lesson for Beijing in the results and that Sunday's vote was not a complete loss for the forces of openness. Democracy advocates increased […]

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September 15, 2004
You want Gmail?

I've got six invites. If you want one, drop me an e-mail. First come, first served.

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September 15, 2004
Fraudulent memos roundup

ABC News and The Washington Post have pieces on CBS News' decision to ignore some of the document experts they hired who cautioned them against using the fraudulent memos. The New York Times in typical fashion, reports that Lt. Col. Jerry Killian's secretary, Marian Carr Knox -- who would've typed the documents -- says the […]

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September 15, 2004
For those of you who envy the Canadian healthcare system...

think again. Reuters reports that it takes a long time to get treatment in Canada. Canada often boasts its universal health care program shows it is more caring than the United States, but the system is creaking alarmingly, with long wait lists for treatment, and shortages of cash and doctors. ... As the politicians bicker, […]

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September 14, 2004
That "assault weapons" ban

It's gone. The thing was useless anyway -- based on not what particular guns could do, but instead what they looked like. MoveOn PAC's latest ad is, according to the sometimes nonpartisan FactCheck.org "about as misleading as it can be." Through words, graphics and sound effects, it invites viewers to think that the expiration of […]

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