July 26, 2003
There's a right way, and a wrong way...

to handle the issue of free speech on campus. The wrong way is how Cal Poly has done it with regard to Steve Hinkle who is getting the book thrown at him for posting a non-offensive flier. The right way is illustrated by UC San Diego, which determined that a far more offensive publication was […]

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July 25, 2003
Religious beliefs and the judiciary

There's been a lot of hubbub on Capitol Hill in recent weeks over the nomination of Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to the federal Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Pryor, a devout Catholic, has outraged the Senate Judiciary Committee's minority democrats with his professed belief that Roe v. Wade was a horrible court […]

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July 25, 2003
"Punch Drunk Love"

Earlier today I watched the recent Adam Sandler flick "Punch Drunk Love." By way of a review, let me say: "I'll never get those 90 minutes back. Wasted."

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July 25, 2003
Genius in France, Genius in France, Genius in France

Kay S. Hymowitz has a delightful story in City Journal about nutjob author and filmmaker Michael Moore. It's long, but worth a read.

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July 25, 2003
The irrelevant truth?

The San Diego Union-Tribune's liberal columnist, James Goldsborough, had a piece in Thursday's paper on the controversy surrounding the BBC, Tony Blair and the allegation that the British politicos "sexed up" the intelligence on Iraq. Earlier this month, the apparent source for the BBC piece, David Kelly committed suicide. Who does Goldsborough blame this on? […]

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July 25, 2003
Inept immigrations officers

The San Diego Union-Tribune has an excellent piece of reporting in today's paper on the bungling Border Patrol that led to the death of Oceanside Police officer Tony Zeppetella. For almost seven years, U.S. immigration officers struggled to keep Adrian Camacho out of the country. Four times they ordered him deported to Mexico because of […]

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July 24, 2003
The end of the world?

The New York Times has announced that David Brooks, a real live conservative, will join its ranks as an op-ed columnist beginning in early September. New executive editor Bill Keller's regime looks to be making an effort to making the Times appear more balanced.

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July 24, 2003
Sic semper tyrannis

Uday (left) and Qusay Hussein The United States military killed two of the most depraved, brutal and disgusting human beings on the face of the Earth. After asking them to give themselves up, the brothers Hussein decided instead that they would rather be pushing up weeds. (Daisies wouldn't grow over their graves.) However, that doesn't […]

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July 23, 2003
A little late

But I predicted this. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell said Thursday he plans to ask the California Supreme Court to ease the state's budget gridlock and free up money for schools by ruling that a simple majority of lawmakers can pass a spending plan. The petition, expected to be filed early next week […]

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July 23, 2003
California Recall Petition gets go-ahead

California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, this evening, announced that counties had verified about 1.3 million signatures, far more than the approximately 900,000 needed to qualify for a special election to recall Gov. Gray Davis.. I think this is a mistake -- but it's a mistake that Gray Davis and the Republicans, by putting up […]

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