Star Parker, president of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education and author of the newly released book ‘Uncle Sam’s Plantation’, comments on Dr. Rice’s second cabinet appointment.

President Bush’s nomination of Condoleezza Rice to be our next secretary of state is a fitting and symbolic beginning to a new wave of […]

InstaPundit notes in a blog entry a news story reporting that online shopping is up. The report speaks of this phenomenon giving raise to a new phrase, “Blue Monday” which comes after the more well known “Black Friday”
Instapundit says businesses should allow more web-surfing by employees as this is a boost to the economy.
I […]

Canada Free Press threatened with jail for supporting Bush
That is the headline of the cover story on November 27th at CanadaFreePress.com.

“By your tone, and obvious despisal of the anti-Bush protestors, you and your free press is no more independent and fair than the corporate owned media. If you and your editors want to affiliate […]

Hedy Epstein, a Holocaust survivor1, in a speech at Berkeley compares Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to Nazi Germany’s treatment of Jews.

So, was Epstein coming to the Berkeley campus to lecture on the Holocaust — or on her ISM experiences? This is where the controversy comes in: She was to lecture on both topics simultaneously. […]

A letter from an Army officer serving in Task Force 2-7 CAV in Fallujah. There are some amazing things here you may not hear from the MSM. They should be front-page news

…Although American forces had not been into the city since April, we had been collecting intelligence on the city for months through […]

Paralyzed woman walks again after stem cell therapy

A South Korean woman paralyzed for 20 years is walking again after scientists say they repaired her damaged spine using stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood.
(Source: AFP World News)

I am encouraged by stories like this. Amazing results from cutting edge medicine without questionable medical ethics. […]

“Every Hit a Direct Hit” is the motto of a new search engine IceRocket.
IceRocket.com, Feedster, and Technorati are all very good resources for anyone trying to find out the latest news and discussion in the blogosphere. They are very easy to use and very up-to-the-minute in the information they provide. These are good […]

Indications that Senator Kerry is contemplating another run for the White House continue to surface.

Lawmakers and top House aides say that Kerry’s involvement in the DNC race is the latest of several clear signals that he does not plan to fade into the political horizon.
(Source: The Hill)

A California teacher has been barred by his school from giving students documents from American history that refer to God — including the Declaration of Independence. Reuters
This is nothing short of censorship and an attempt at anti-religious revisionist history. It’s not even an issue of whether one is religious or not, a theist or […]

Kudos to the NAACP for releasing a statement condemning attacks against Secretary of State nominee Dr. Condoleezza Rice comparing her to Aunt Jemima.

Near the end of a story about President Bush meeting with the king of Spain, AFP makes reference to the memorable surprise visit to the troops in Iraq by President Bush last Thanksgiving:

It was one year ago that Bush slipped away from the ranch — and the army of journalists deployed to nearby Waco — […]

In “Politics and the English Language,” Orwell identifies a number of bad linguistic habits, such as “dying metaphors,” “pretentious diction,” and “meaningless words,” which characterize English in the post-war period. He then demonstrates how recourse to these habits not only makes the language uglier, but allows for the “defence of the indefensible” (2.2468):

“In our […]

It has been said often that our society will be judged by how we treat the weakest among us, or that the first test of justice is how we treat the weakest among us. This, no doubt, includes children.
Justice and society are getting a failing grade on the bench of Judge Joseph T. Carter […]

IraqPundit points out how The New York Times (”Showing Their Resolve, Rebels Mount Attacks in Northern and Central Iraq”) and The London Times (”Mujahidin terrorised Fallujah, residents say”) paint very diverse pictures of the rebels in Fallujah. The posting is well worth the read.
Speaking of a more appropriate headline The New York Times could […]

In the Boston Herald Thursday, David R. Guarino writes “Hillary Clinton got religion yesterday, calling it a mistake for the Democrats not to engage Evangelical Christians on their own turf - essentially ceding the vote to President Bush.”
So is she now Saint Hillary of Realpolitik (not to be confused with St. Hilary of Poitiers). Would […]

An obituary typically includes a short biography highlighting important dates in the the life of the deceased especially any notable accomplishments in their career. It also will contain information about the circumstances surrounding the individual’s death.
What follows are some factoids that may not be highlighted or even mentioned by many main stream […]

In a previous posting, I made reference to the Generosity Index. It has come to my attention that there may be some noteworthy difficulties with that chart. You can read this interesting criticism of the methodology behind the generosity index to see what I’m talking about.
PowerLineBlog also has some remarks on the issue.
Some […]

In a panel discussion, the Newsseum Panel “What Now?” 11/08/2004, ABC News Senior Correspondent Carole Simpson made the following remarks roughly 20 minutes into the discussion regarding her assessment that young people are ignorant about what’s going on in the world.

“If we have a country where young people are not watching the news, our democracy […]

MegaPundit brings to our attention some Kerry news from the Washington Post. It looks like Kerry hasn’t ruled out running again.

A ‘fired up’ John Kerry is commited to remain a powerful voice in American politics and is looking at a repeat run for the presidency in 2008 according to a page 2 article in […]

Excellent survey of media coverage on Fallujah shows how biased or ignorant the AP is. And you know what I think of the liberals calling Bush supporters ignorant. The more they rant and rave, the more they show their own ignorance.