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Democrats Oppose Columbian Trade Deal

Just returned from a trip to Mexico; more thoughts on that shortly, hopefully. For the moment, I'll just refer you...

UK Schools to Focus on Kids' "Happiness"

Ever see a little child fall down? Ever notice the huge difference in ensuing mood depending on the parents' reaction?...

60 Minutes: Denmark! The Happiest Nation on Earth?

Last night, 60 minutes ran a story suggesting that Denmark was the happiest nation on earth. The secret is allegedly...

Why Do They Hate Us?

Because some of us tell them to: As of last April, the late Edward Said's "Orientalism," originally published in 1978,...

Chávez and True Democracy

Interesting: As reported in El Nacional, and confirmed to me by an intelligence source, the Venezuelan military high command virtually...

How the UN Promotes Evil

If I can be trite, evil is bit like a football team: it has both offensive and defensive aspects. With...

Fill in the Blanks

"The ____ occupation of _____ has lasted ... nearly twice as long as World War I. How much longer will...

Hamas Wedding Crashers

Warning! Not happy-making material! (You know who you are.) View this, and then tell me that Hamas has become more...

Bring the Troops Home!

From South Korea, that is. At least Iraq wants them, still, and I'm sure Kim Jong Il could use a...

Kosovo: Did We Back the Wrong Side?

First, let me state that I was in favor of what we -- the US, led by Command-in-Chief, President Bill...

North Korean Abductions

Here in the US, we debate the problem of people entering our country illegally. Emigration to North Korea happens rarely,...

Chavez Consolidates Control

International Herald-Tribune: President Hugo Chavez is set to assume unbridled powers to remake Venezuelan society as the National Assembly prepares...

Putin Versus Shell Oil: I'm Rootin' for Putin!

It seems Putin is trying to take over Shell Oil's $20 billion investment in getting oil out of Russia's Sakhalin...

Can You Say "Proxy War"?

ABC News (via PowerLine): U.S. officials say they have found smoking-gun evidence of Iranian support for terrorists in Iraq: brand-new...

Putin the Poisoner

... seems to have been at it again: Boris Berezovsky, an exiled Russian billionaire and fierce opponent of the Kremlin,...

Maher Arar Update

Here (scroll down)....

The Death of Human Rights Watch

From the Right Coast: I've met one senior Human Rights Watch officer at several symposia in New York over the...

Malaysia's Religious Reeducation Camps

Malyasia, I am told, is an example of a moderate Islamic nation. So imagine my surprise when I learned about...

The Qana Building Collapse

This was originally posted on Sunday, but I'm updating the time as I add more links at the bottom. A...

Hamas Won

And my two big realizations here are: 1. Any acts of 'terrorism' will no longer be 'terrorism', but rather acts...

Haiti in the Handbasket

What on earth is going on in Haiti, and why isn't the mainstream media covering it? Under UN protection and...

Bush does the right thing in Uzbekistan

Via left-leaning Harry's Place, Bush chooses human rights over keeping the a US military base in Uzbekistan: The eviction notice...

London Attack Reaction

Steve H. asked: I have been looking around, and I see a lot of bloggers are barely acknowledging the London...

What do you get when you cross sheep and lemmings?

Devastated, worried villagers: First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to...

Kofi Annan and Rwanda

Cliff Kincaid: Major General Romeo Dallaire, the commander of several thousand U.N. troops in Rwanda, sent a fax to Kofi...

UN: Making the World Worse

Former UN Ambassador Dore Gold: For President Franklin Delano Roosevelt the UN was supposed to be instrumental in "nipping aggression...

Arafat's Legacy: Beslan

Liked Beslan? Impressed with the "tenaciousness" of it's perpetrators? The depth of their "convictions"? Their desire to gain international "recognition"...

Arafat's Condition

This guess -- ultimately, that Arafact has Hep C -- gave me a laugh: It should go without saying that...

Afghani Elections

From Kabul: Ahead of the poll, security had been the overriding worry for election organizers fearing attacks by Islamic fundamentalist...

How Not to Help Haiti's Poor

A friend forwards a template Amnesty International letter about Haitian refugees to George Bush. I take the time to write back to my friend and address some of the core arguments of the letter.

Why They Hate Us: Linda Heard

Why do they hate us? Why do they hate us? Linda Heard demonstrates precisely why they hate us. Clip and save this for the next time a left-leaning friend of yours brings up the topic.

Sudan's Darfur Crisis... Disappears!

Via Instapundt: Now that the Bush administration is stepping up the pressure regarding the situation in Darfur, Sudan, the crisis...

Policies or Values?

Bombings and shooting in Afghanistan: Yet another incident in the news disproves a major plank in the leftist platform.

South Korea: Thank Spain

A quick reminder of some things we really ougth to have learned already.

What is UP in North Korea?

Numerous fires rage in North Korea. Now what's going on there?

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