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There are none, and that's the point. Melanie Kirkpatrick has an excellent piece on South Korea's complicity in trying to keep the evil in the North quiet.

If you haven't checked out John Grisham's latest novel -- get it. Bleachers isn't one of his legal thrillers, instead it is the story of Neely Crenshaw, who returns to his hometown as the town's legendary football coach lays dying. The coach is loved for the success he brought to the small town, and hated […]

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, under immense fire for his column last week when he sought to explain Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad anti-Semitism, comes out with a defense -- sort of. First, Krugman tries to rewrite history. Last week, Krugman explained that Mahathir's anti-Semitism was Bush's fault. This week Krugman uses a technique […]

As reported by the local ABC affiliate: Cedar fire: 206,664 acres burned Paradise fire: 30,000 acres burned Otay fire: 45,291 acres burned 881 homes destroyed (San Diego County only) 12 deaths The firefighting cost has been estimated at about $100 million and the damage is in the billions of dollars.

I can't get too close -- though if I wanted to I'm sure I could use my Union-Tribune ID to bluff my way past the police lines -- but the Paradise Fire here in the Escondido area is still going strong. The Wild Animal Park has been closed and the California Condor exhibit has been […]

Sen. John Edwards, you've been punk'd!

After his embarrasing performance on Fox News Sunday two weeks ago, Jay Rockefeller tries his hand at coherence, consistency and credibility again, this time on "Meet the Press." Once again, Rockefeller takes aim at George W. Bush, turns the gun around and shoots himself in the foot. Rockefeller argued that the Bush administration was not […]

But all the local stations have gone off the aire for the night -- I guess that's a good sign. Check out the San Diego Union-Tribune Web site, it's got a ton of good information. The numbers at this time: At least 11 dead 250,000 acres burned in Southern California 800+ homes destroyed in So. […]

Forget Sunday football. The local TV stations are showing football -- at times -- in a small picture-in-picture. At the time of this writing: 10 12 people dead 4 separate fires 100+ 250+ structures destroyed I-15 is closed Highway 52 is closed from I-15 to Route 125 Several electricity transmission lines down 800+ firefighters fighting […]

Just got finished reading Tucker Carlson's book "Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites." It's a fun book, but at 192 pages in length, it's just not worth the $24.95 list price. Amazon's selling it for $17 and change, but it's probably not worth that much either -- wait for the paperback. (But if you're gonna buy it, […]