How can we Americans learn to shed our
simplesse and adopt a more vigorous, moral international role? Today we look to France for much-needed guidance in this area! (I've never been more proud to be an American. Or at least not someone who voted for Chirac.)
Did Bush know there was no WMD all along? Apparently, some argue he did, citing a report from ABC News. But just how reliable is the source?
Remember the debate about JFK's Catholicism: you know, will he listen the Church and thus give the Pope executive influence over the U.S.? As far as we know, the Pope never took the bait. But guess who has?
From Canada's National Post: Parents anxiously arranging play dates for their children and schools intent on building social skills might...
Diet advice from the WSJ via Jane Galt: Doctors have long been fascinated by people who claim to eat very...
Seinfeld proved conclusively that you could write a successful show about absolutely nothing. The series thesis statement could be:
Jerry and friends hang around together while and failing to learn anything of signficance.
Quoth Rick Santorum: If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual (gay) sex within your home,...
Of course, we're not the only ones who think our reporters are biased. Arabs do too -- but in a completely different way. Tim takes a bit of time to "deconstruct" an Arab News op-ed regarding Western journalistic bias. Pot and kettle time, boys and girls.
From CNN: For example, in the mid-1990's one of our Iraqi cameramen was abducted. For weeks he was beaten and...
The American soldiers entered the hotel to search for Ba'athist soldiers. As they entered the lobby, we could see the...
FoxNews interviews an Abu Dhabi reporter who says: (a) he was completely surprised that the crowds were cheering, and (b)...
Are you concerned about what happens with the University of Michigan case? Just wait until you see what the United Nations has in store for us!
WorldNewDaily reports: "I've never seen anything like it, ever," said Marine Capt. John Seegar. "How did the world miss all...
It's early in the morning, and I'm seeing Iraqis jumping up and down in the street. The expressions on their...
Harry points to this article which indicate the Middle Ages may have been warmer than tody. "According to the researchers,...
Is affirmative action constitutional? Is the goal of a specific racial diversity at U Michigan a 'compelling reason' to set aside constitutional protections against racial discrimination? (Notes and observations on the debate as broadcast on C-SPAN.)
The Atlantic asks: Do Americans receive too much medical care? "Recent studies are beginning to show that excess spending in...
DebkaFILE: One of Saddam's former bodyguards describes where Saddam's WMD is allegedly located, and gives a prediction (months ago) of...
I keep hearing what appears to be inaccurate spin on the mosque story, and just wanted to throw in my two cents for any readers who are hearing the redacted version...
A thought: It's been said that generals always fight the last war. From what I'm seen, journalists cover a war...
"I just tuned into CNN for several minutes. Why do I keep doing this?" CNN interviews one of the human shields who stayed, and we learn an important lesson... about human shields who don't mix with the locals very much.
NewsMax reports: Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger revealed late Wednesday that the New York Times recently asked him to...
Jane Galt asks what Chirac's motivations were for threatening to unconditionally veto any use of force against Iraq by the U.N. Why indeed?
The U.N. seems to be typical
big government: inefficient, sluggish, unaccacountable, and often immoral. The "Oil for Food" program being revived exemplifies this...
Glenn Reynolds thinks embedding has been 'a disaster' for the media since it will cause reporters to bond with the...
Is the French government truly opposed to what's going on in Iraq because, as they maintain, they are committed pacifists, or is it rather because Paris is adopts a military approach when it's convenient French economic or political interests, and flaunts a cynical pacifist or humanitarian veneer otherwise? A look back at French involvement in the Rwandan massacre five years ago sheds some light on this question.