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Profiles in Everyday Courage

He always seemed so grim, my doctor. He seldom smiled, despite my constant stream of (usually) funny ...

As Trump Goes, So Goes the Nation

Last year about this time, I wrote a column about the impending disaster in America’s housing market,...

From George W. Bush to William Tecumseh Sherman

I thought the war that’s now almost four years old could be different. With "smart bombs" we would de...

Shooting Elephants in a Barrel

This makes it official: It's illegal to be Republican...

Week of March 7, 2007

March 7, 2007 Washington, DC Vol. 42, No. 5b Libby conviction is an embarrassment for Bush, but Democ...

Spear-Chucking Chimps

The scientific journal Current Biology reports chimpanzees in Senegal regularly fashion wooden spears...

To Life, to Life! Or Fry ‘Em? Even Sex Offenders Can Be Punished Too Severely

New York is about to become the 20th state with a civil commitment program for sex offenders, thereby...

Bias by Story Selection

Most liberal media outlets can’t be bothered to visit, let alone cover, the Conservative Political Ac...

Democrats Uphold TSA Bargaining Rights in 9/11 Bill

By a vote of 51-46 the Senate voted to protect language to give the Transportation Security Administr...

Maliki’s Political and Economic Bullet

Petroleum is the resource that dominates discussion of Iraq’s economy. However, water and rich agricu...

Lynched by the Media

Clarence Thomas famously said the verbal mugging he received at his Senate confirmation hearing for h...

Snuffing Out Stupidity

Planned Parenthood affiliate to tell clients how to quit smoking...

A Conservative Who Can Win

Fred Thompson is said to be considering a run for President...

The ‘Peace’ Brigade vs. the Stryker Brigade

Last week, I wrote about the Gathering of Eagles – veterans, active-duty troops, bikers, activists an...