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Today's Washington Post has an excellent article on the lawsuit by Air Force Lt. Col. Martha McSally's lawsuit contending that the U.S. policy that women stationed in Saudi Arabia wear the dress of the women in that nation, and follow the strict Islamic customs is in violation of the First Amendment. Women in Saudi Arabia […]

Note to Sen. Tom Daschle and the Democrats critical of last year's tax cut. If the tax cut is the problem, like you say it was, then REPEAL IT. Don't even bring it up if you're not opposed to it enough to propose getting rid of it.

Even before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 increased the media's focus Afghanistan, stories of what Afghan Christians faced could be found buried in the back pages of newspapers across the country. Saturday's Washington Post recounts the story of a learned Afghan man who owned two Bibles, but was not a Christian. The Taliban guards […]

Looks like the record industry's efforts to put copy protection on their CDs may be illegal. According to a CNET news report, a 1992 law allows consumers to make personal copies of music, in return, the record labels get a few cents for each blank, recordable CD sold. On Friday, Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., sent […]

This week's "Houses of Worship" essay in the Wall Street Journal makes several important points. One of the most important points is the falsity of the argument that America's "War on Terror" is a modern-day crusade against Islam. The United States is looking to kill terrorists, who happen to be Muslim. There is no effort […]

Columnist John Ringo tells of bureaucratic stupidity in the State Department and INS that is dooming children to a short, cruel, hellish life. JUST before Christmas, a dozen happy American families were ready to bring a group of newly adopted kids home from Cambodia - when the U.S. government stepped in and aborted the adoptions […]

Somalia may be next for the war on terror, but there is probably a greater need for U.S. troops in Indonesia. A group called the Laskar Jihad, which even has its own Web site, is amassing in a region called Sulawesi in an effort to wipe out Christians. It would be nice if the Indonesia […]

As the military action in Afghanistan begins to wind down, military planners, pundits and the press are beginning to look for around for the next target for the U.S. military. Iraq will come eventually, I'm sure, but it appears as though Somalia may be the next phase, according to a report by Bill Gertz in […]

Though years may pass, some things stay the same. When I was taking a media criticism class many years ago at Cal Poly SLO. Our professor showed us a videotape of a "protest" by the militant gay group ACT-UP. It wasn't really a protest as much as it was the destruction of a Catholic Church. […]

Word has it that the AOL Instant Messenger security hole has been fixed. I'd still be cautious about who you accept instant messages from though, especially if someone unknown asks you to click on a link of some type.