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Count on The Wall Street Journal to publish a commonsense article on the entire issue. My carburetor analogy in the article below turns out to be amazingly apropos. In one famous case, DTE Energy Corp., parent of Detroit Edison Co., tried to replace older, less efficient propeller blades in several steam turbines at its biggest […]

...you'd believe that the state of the environment in the United States is continually getting worse. While that's not factually the case, in his Tuesday column, Krugman argues just that. [L]ast week the Bush administration announced new rules that would effectively scrap "new source review," a crucial component of our current system of air pollution […]

In a story that has not made the national media (and may never get much national attention), a 19-year-old homosexual man named Nicholas Gutierrez has been charged with the murder of a 51-year-old woman. The woman, Mary Stachowicz, was a Christian who reportedly questioned Gutierrez about his sexuality. Chicago Police Cmdr. Lee Epplen said Gutierrez, […]

U.N. Accuses Israel Over Aid Worker's Death.

...you're Paul Krugman and you come up with this as the basis for your column. In Friday's column, Krugman attacks some Republicans for having successful progeny. [A]merica, we all know, is the land of opportunity. Your success in life depends on your ability and drive, not on who your father was. Just ask the Bush […]

Basically whatever I can afford, which happens to be a Chevy Cavalier. You've got some people who are going around with an anti-SUV campaign asking the question: What Would Jesus Drive? Isn't that clever? I didn't think so either. But over at one of my favorite sites, Little Green Footballs, someone asked the question: What […]

Yep, those tolerant, peace-loving Muslims are at it again. Demonstrating their capacity for restraint by killing more than 50 people. Shehu Sani of the Kaduna-based Civil Rights Congress said he watched a crowd stab one young man, then force a tire filled with gasoline around his neck and burn him alive. Sani said he saw […]

When I saw the latest New York Times editorial on the political unrest in Iran, I predicted that Michael Ledeen would have something to say about it. And he does! To quote Glenn Reynolds: "ADVANTAGE Ledeen!"

An editorial in today's New York Times calls on Illinois Gov. George Ryan to commute the sentences of everyone on death row to life in prison (apparently with the possibility of parole). [G]ov. George Ryan of Illinois, whose state has a bad record of sentencing innocent people to death, declared a moratorium on executions a […]

"I hate Santa Ana winds. They suck!" -- San Diego Union-Tribune Page Designer Karla Brown-Garcia. It seemed funny at the time.