Confused Americans for Truth

331 entries

• Roland Burris on the Griddle
  Things have gotten so bad here in Illinois that politicians can no longer be sure what it's safe to lie about. Roland Burris is just the latest victim of this sad state of affairs. For those of you who are...
  
  # At February 16, 2009 9:20 PM | Tags: crime and punishment Democrats Illinois perjury politics Rod Blagojevich Roland Burris stupidity
• Mark Kirk and the Magic Money
  Congresman Mark Kirk [R, IL] is taking some heat for his opposition to the stimulus package. This is because it is very easy to condemn someone for not wanting to help poor people, but it is difficult to understand the...
  
  # At February 11, 2009 7:28 PM | Tags: Barack Obama conservative economics humor Illinois inflation liberals Mark Kirk stimulus stupidity
• Wanting Obama to Fail
  Rush Limbaugh continues to take heat for his statement that he hopes Barack Obama fails to pass his agenda. The latest salvo comes from ABC correspondent Diane Sawyer in an interview with John McCain. The irony of that particular venue...
  
  # At February 2, 2009 7:21 PM | Tags: conservative Diane Sawyer economics John McCain journalism liberals philosophy Rush Limbaugh stimulus
• Economics and the God Complex
  Once upon a time, ecology was a simple game: God had created a perfect world, and all man had to do was catalog it. But it turned out that the system wasn't quite the miracle it appeared at first glance....
  
  # At February 1, 2009 2:52 PM | Tags: banking Barack Obama Barney Frank capitalism Democrats ecology economics fantasy Illinois liberals mortgage relief science socialism stupidity
• Rod Blagojevich and the Insane Defense
  There is a general perception that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has lost his mind. Blagojevich was arrested late last year after having been caught on tape trading his office's executive privileges for campaign contributions and other valuable considerations. Part of...
  
  # At January 29, 2009 3:44 PM | Tags: Barack Obama bribery conservative corruption Illinois impeachment liberals Mike Madigan philosophy politics Rod Blagojevich
• More Milla Jovovich Movies Will Help the Economy
  With Nancy Pelosi's latest announcement that birth control will help the economy, economics has moved into the same metaphysical realm as environmentalism: you can use it to prove anything. The cold hard truth is that economic stimulus packages don't create...
  
  # At January 26, 2009 10:12 AM | Tags: banking Barney Frank birth control conservative Democrats economics liberals Milla Jovovitch mortgage relief movies Nancy Pelosi philosophy The Fifth Element
• A Chance to Move Forward in a Spirit of Nastiness and Revenge
  President Barack Obama has issued a memo demanding more transparency in government. In particular, Presidential archives—including those from past administrations—will be made available regardless of the wishes of the past administration members. Rush Limbaugh points out that the order gives...
  
  # At January 22, 2009 9:24 PM | Tags: Barack Obama conservative Democrats Guantanamo ideology liberals politics revenge satire
• A Very Positive First Step by President Obama
  In today's top news story, President Barack Obama issued new rules about lobbying and imposed a pay freeze on senior White House staff jobs. In Obama's own words (quoted in every single freaking radio news broadcast for the past twelve...
  
  # At January 21, 2009 7:33 PM | Tags: bailouts Barack Obama conservative Democrats economics Iraq satire surge
• I'm Back
  I worry about Bruce. The past month he's been getting darker and darker, until he was so thoroughly depressed that all he could do was work. His employer's web site looks great, but he himself is looking pretty ragged. Fortunately,...
  
  # At January 20, 2009 10:18 PM | Tags: Barack Obama conservative economics George Ryan history Illinois philosophy racism Rod Blagojevich
• The Crazy Obama Brother Rumors
  In the Information Age, the smallest mistake can turn into an earth-shattering misunderstanding. Presumptive President-elect Barack Obama slipped up in his acceptance speech back in August, and then accidentally replayed the mistake during his infomercial the other day. As luck...
  
  # At October 31, 2008 2:32 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 charity conservative government humor liberals religion satire
• Oil Socialism Really Does Suck
  Do a search for data about the economic collapse of the Soviet Union, and you'll find a lot of articles like this one, which assign the problem to the Soviet obsession with military parity. This was the basis for the...
  
  # At October 23, 2008 1:40 PM | Tags: Barack Obama economics history Hugo Chavez Mexico money mortgage relief nuclear power oil Russia Star Trek Venezuela
• Shame on Journalists Who Say Shame on McCain
  We live at a point in history in which an African-American is the presumptive President-elect. Things have changed a lot since the days of Martin Luther King. Still, some people have trouble wrapping their brain around the fact that this...
  
  # At October 22, 2008 3:46 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative Democrats free speech Joe the Plumber John Kerry John McCain philosophy politics socialism
• The Most Important Election in Your Lifetime
  Honestly, it is really hard to come up with something original to say when all you're hearing is the same old nonsense over and over. Still, you can tell that something's reached a new level of banality when it headlines...
  
  # At October 9, 2008 11:55 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 history Jimmy Carter journalism Ronald Reagan Sarah Palin spam
• Sarah Palin on the Griddle
  In the past few days, there has been a lot of talk about about whether or not tonight's debate moderator Gwen Ifill would be fair. As you know, I predict the past, not the future, so now that the debate...
  
  # At October 2, 2008 10:43 PM | Tags: Alan Keyes Barack Obama campaign 2008. debate Gwen Ifill Joe Biden Sarah Palin
• Another False Obama Rumor
  I promised to keep on top of false rumors about Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama. This latest one is perhaps the most outlandish of all: according to a story by the French news agency AFP, Obama knows how to fix...
  
  # At September 20, 2008 10:48 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative economics Fannie Mae Federal Reserve Freddie Mac humor James Johnson regulations rumors satire
• A Small Rock in a Stony River
  I find myself at a disadvantage when discussing yesterday's financial meltdown. Unlike potential President Barack Obama, I can't tell you what caused it. See, we have rules around here. In order to say something like this: The challenges facing our...
  
  # At September 16, 2008 12:13 PM | Tags: banking bankrupt Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative economics Lehman Brothers mortgage relief philosophy politics
• After a Week of Sarah, We're Back to Doing Bad Commercials
  Okay, first and foremost, Barack Obama must immediately cease and desist these painful attempts at humor. First there was the above my pay grade thing. Now it's all about lipstick. Senator Obama, you're a nice guy, but you can't be...
  
  # At September 10, 2008 11:39 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative education Illinois John McCain liberals marketing philosophy
• Parenting In Defiance of Traditional Stereotypes
  When Nate was born, the plan was that Bruce would stay home and take care of the baby, while Nate's Mom pursued her career as an information technology executive. After about two years, she decided it would be a Bad...
  
  # At September 9, 2008 10:25 PM | Tags: conservative family feminism Hillary Clinton humor journalism liberals parenting Sarah Palin
• Tammy Bruce Nails the Democratic Convention
  You can catch Tammy Bruce at TalkStream Live every weekday from noon to 3pm Eastern Time. I don't always agree with Tammy (she thinks squirrels are cute), but she has a wonderful view of the world. For example: today, Tammy...
  
  # At August 25, 2008 12:03 PM | Tags: Barack Obama Democrats humor journalism lolcatz religion satire Tammy Bruce
• A Whole Day of Journalists Going Nuts and We End Up With Biden
  I'll say this for Senator Obama: he may have trouble answering questions about abortion, but he knows how to hold the attention of the mainstream press. Every 30 minutes for an entire day the top news story was that Barack...
  
  # At August 23, 2008 10:53 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative foreign policy humor Joe Biden John McCain plagiarism
• Russia Rattling Its Sabers is Not a Good Thing
  Russia is worried that it won't be able to annihilate Eastern Europe, and says it will consider a military strike if that is what it takes to keep American missile interceptors out of Poland. It must have been difficult for...
  
  # At August 16, 2008 4:25 AM | Tags: Bill Clinton conservative foreign policy Georgia Iran military nuclear proliferation Poland Russia War and Peace
• The South Ossetia Conflict in Perspective
  
  
  # At August 12, 2008 12:10 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative Georgia Russia South Ossetia United Nations War and Peace
• War in the Other Georgia
  Occasionally Bruce and I will watch TV shows from the Seventies, and periodically a child on one of these TV shows will ask an adult why we have wars, and the adult will talk around it like there's some huge...
  
  # At August 11, 2008 6:27 AM | Tags: conservative ethnic cleansing Georgia Lebanon philosophy Russia South Ossetia United Nations War and Peace
• Do Butterflies Cause Global Warming?
  While it may not be strictly true that a butterfly beating its wings in Paris will change the weather in New York, it's worth noting that the phrase "butterfly effect" became popular because of actual experiments with computer weather models....
  
  # At August 7, 2008 7:42 PM | Tags: China conservative Global Warming Kyoto Protocols liberals Newsweek skepticism weather
• The Obama/Kenya Connection
  An EMAIL is making the rounds about a connection between presumptive President Barack Obama and marxist muslim religious fanatics in Kenya. The salient point is the following paragraph. Obama under "friends of Obama" gave almost a million dollars to the...
  
  # At July 28, 2008 6:26 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 email Islam Kenya Ralia Odinga rumors Trinity United Church
• McCain Pulls off Huge Media Coup
  Apparently, candidate McCain is finally learning how to get his message out. Last week, presumptive President Barack Obama penned an editorial in the New York Times outlining his new plan for Iraq. Obama's new plan involved setting a timetable for...
  
  # At July 21, 2008 6:28 PM | Tags: Barack Obama bias campaign 2008 humor John McCain journalism liberals New York Times satire
• Obama Faces Security Problem on Foreign Tour
  The Obama campaign staff is reportedly upset with John McCain for letting slip some details about Senator Obama's highly-publicized trip to the Middle East. I have a hard time understanding their concern. Obama certainly has nothing to fear from the...
  
  # At July 19, 2008 6:45 PM | Tags: Afghanistan Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative foreign policy Hillary Clinton humor Iraq John McCain politics satire
• The Real Story Behind Obama's Religion
  Rumors continue to circulate that Barack Obama is a Muslim. These rumors persist because Obama spent part of his youth living in Indonesia, where he attended a Muslim school. The theory is that Obama is some sort of sleeper agent...
  
  # At July 17, 2008 1:32 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative humor liberals Muslim politics religion rumors satire
• Another Obama Rumor that Needs to be Debunked
  There have been several crazy rumors about the circumstances of Barack Obama's birth. In particular, some people believe that Obama is not an American citizen, and they've invoked Tom Sowell's name in an attempt to give that belief a respectability...
  
  # At July 9, 2008 7:07 PM | Tags: Barack Obama citizenship conservative Democrats humor paranoia satire
• McCain Moving to the Right
  Here's a question: if 2008 is the year of the liberal, why are both candidates moving to the right? The theory is that you go to the extremes to get the nomination and then move back toward the center in...
  
  # At July 8, 2008 4:46 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative issues John Kerry John McCain politics
• Pop Quiz: What's the Worst Thing You Can Do in an Oil Crisis?
  In the past, I have discussed the phenomenon of Inventory Profits. In an environment where prices are increasing, a failure of the supply to meet the demand causes profits to increase by an unusually large percentage. About a month ago,...
  
  # At June 26, 2008 3:36 AM | Tags: conservative Democrats economics energy gas prices liberals oil taxes windfall profits tax
• Even with Green Jobs, It's the Long Run and Maynard Keynes is Dead
  Environmentalists will tell you that the future is a new, better, cleaner world, with green jobs fueling a whole new economy. The problem is, it's economic nonsense. If I come up with a less expensive way to generate energy, then...
  
  # At June 21, 2008 6:33 PM | Tags: conservative economics environmentalism ethanol liberals pizza politics
• Obama Opposes New Policy, Claims Change Would be The Same
  Admit it. You've all known this headline was coming. Here's the story: it's about offshore oil drilling. Obama says that the answer to high oil prices is to reduce consumption. This has been the goal of every U.S. President since...
  
  # At June 17, 2008 1:44 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative drill now economics energy fatherhood George W. Bush liberals oil philosophy politics renewable taxes
• Phone Call from Deluded Democrats
  
  
  # At June 13, 2008 5:58 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 Congress conservative Democrats ethanol gas prices gasoline humor liberals Melissa Bean oil Peter Roskam politics satire taxes
• A Corny Excuse for a Green Fuel
  Higher fuel prices mean higher food prices: after all, you need to transport the food from the places they grow it to places where they eat it. But there is another big component of the rising cost of food that...
  
  # At June 9, 2008 6:28 PM | Tags: Barack Obama Brazil conservative corn economics ethanol food prices John McCain oil Republicans sugar cane
• The Tony Rezko Thing
  The headline in the L.A. Times describes Tony Rezko as an "Obama ally", but in fact, Rezko is just another one of the many Illinois citizens who unselflishly commit white-collar crimes to provide employment for federal prosecutors. In this case,...
  
  # At June 8, 2008 4:19 PM | Tags: Al Gore Barack Obama campaign 2008 campaign finance reform Congress conservative corruption Democrats free speech Illinois John McCain McCain-Feingold parody politics Rod Blagojevich Tony Rezko
• Beginnings and Endings
  Last Tuesday, there was a general expectation that Barack Obama would clinch the Democratic nomination. As a superior life form, I don't want to look foolish, so instead of discussing the end of Hillary's campaign before any votes were counted,...
  
  # At June 7, 2008 2:58 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservatives Hillary Clinton John McCain journalism
• Ann Coulter and the Wright Stuff
  I have always seen Barack Obama as a basically decent guy who simply lacks the experience to be effective going toe-to-toe with this nation's enemies. There is, however, another Obama out there, the soft-spoken paranoid lunatic described by Ann Coulter....
  
  # At April 29, 2008 11:59 PM | Tags: Ann Coulter Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative Jeremiah Wright Mahmoud Ahmadinejad philosophy politics religion
• Why You Should Vote for John McCain
  Tonight as I listened to the news reports about Hillary Clinton's win in Pennsylvania, it occurred to me that perhaps I'm following the Democratic nomination process so closely because it helps me to forget that the Republican candidate is John...
  
  # At April 22, 2008 11:41 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservatives Hillary Clinton humor John McCain Mitch Daniels satire terrorism War on Terror
• Think of it as a Quiz, not an Investigation
  Long before I was born, Bruce worked for a small software house located in Boston. One day, they asked him to evaluate database packages. He made a quick survey of what was available and recommended two possibilities. They asked him...
  
  # At April 5, 2008 3:45 AM | Tags: Barack Obama conservative David Petraeus Democrats Hillary Clinton humor Illinois Iraq Jeremiah Wright Nancy Pelosi politics
• Free Speech and Public Education
  In the fall of 1966, for reasons I do not completely understand, the young lady who taught sixth-grade English at Maercker Junior High School informed Bruce that he was prohibited from writing about cats. At the time, Bruce argued-- correctly...
  
  # At April 1, 2008 12:52 PM | Tags: Christianity church and state conservative education free speech philosophy public schools religion
• Obama Reassures Detractors with Photo
  I am bending over backward trying to help Obama prove he has the right stuff to be President, and this latest stunt is not helping. The problem is that Barack Obama goes to a church with a nutty pastor. Despite...
  
  # At March 20, 2008 11:29 PM | Tags: Barack Obama Bill Clinton campaign 2008 conservative humor Jeremiah Wright satire
• Barack Obama and the Power of Love
  Sitting in the pew does not mean you endorse the opinions expressed in the pulpit. After all, the ardently pro-choice John Kerry was a Catholic. So, I don't think Barack Obama's rogue preacher Jeremiah Wright tells us something disturbing about...
  
  # At March 20, 2008 8:45 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative humor Jeremiah Wright John Kerry parody politics religion
• Here's How Barack Obama Can Prove He Has What It Takes
  Okay, folks, I've been thinking that I have not been giving Barack Obama a fair shake. Maybe he's not an empty suit. Maybe he in fact has what it takes to lead this country for the next four years. Barack...
  
  # At March 7, 2008 12:11 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative Democrats foreign policy Hillary Clinton humor Iran nuclear proliferation
• Crossing Over in Texas
  Hillary Clinton is still alive, and Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Bud Kennedy is unhappy. Kennedy believes that Clinton won in Texas because Republicans crossed over to mess up the Democrats. Rush Limbaugh urged his listeners to vote for Hillary because...
  
  # At March 5, 2008 8:47 AM | Tags: Barack Obama Bud Kennedy conservative foreign policy Hillary Clinton Jesse Jackson John McCain Laura Ingraham politics Rush Limbaugh
• The Parable of the Woman Who Cried Wolf
  It's a cruel paradox. To most people, Hillary Rodham Clinton is the woman who would do anything to become President. Now, all her plans are going up in smoke. She's out there desperately trying to convince people that Barack Obama...
  
  # At February 27, 2008 6:41 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative Hillary Clinton humor
• McCain Under Fire
  It's important to remember that John McCain's reputation for integrity and straight talk comes not from any personal honesty, but from the fact that he is willing to betray his fellow Republicans. This is an artifact of a peculiar mindset...
  
  # At February 22, 2008 10:34 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 campaign finance reform Condoleezza Rice conservative integrity John McCain liberals Nancy Pelosi philosophy
• I Have a Secret About Secret Prejudices
  An online Newseek article about prejudice begins with the following paragraph. Some experts argue that even the most politically correct among us may harbor unconscious prejudices against ethnic groups, women, gays and others. Can these dark impulses shape our actions?...
  
  # At February 12, 2008 9:13 AM | Tags: blogging Christianity conservative emotions J Kelly Nestruck John McCain liberals Michael Medved philosophy prejudice psychology
• McCain Victory Shows Bipartisan Support for Bipartisanism
  Apparently, the economy is the top issue in this campaign. This means that the campaign is not about issues at all. See, legislation related to the economy has a tendency to be hundreds of pages long and loaded with arcane...
  
  # At February 10, 2008 7:19 PM | Tags: bipartisanship campaign 2008 Congress conservative economics John McCain politics
• I Have an Issue with McCain's Personality
  While trolling the web for analysis of the Republican party's current situation, Bruce found this article by movie critic and talk radio host Michael Medved. Mr. Medved argues that political parties are best served by a nomination process that revolves...
  
  # At February 7, 2008 4:35 AM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative humor issues Jimmy Carter John McCain Michael Medved Mitt Romney parody politics Ronald Reagan
• Not So Super Tuesday
  The big story, of course, is the strong showing by Mike Huckabee, who has a good chance at a consolation-prize vice presidency under overall winner John McCain. This is, unfortunately, a defeat for the conservative movement. It may be a...
  
  # At February 6, 2008 3:56 AM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative economics Hillary Clinton Iraq John McCain Mike Huckabee politics
• Hillary Clinton's Feelings Make Me Want to Cry
  Last night, Hillary Clinton played the crying card again. It was not quite the same as the big cry before New Hampshire. This time, we have only Hillary's word that tears were forming. More importantly, these more recent tears are,...
  
  # At February 4, 2008 2:10 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative emotions Hillary Clinton John McCain liberals Ronald Reagan
• Just a Reminder
  The reasons we went to Iraq do not change the fact that we are there now. The question of withdrawal should not be in terms of when we withdraw, but in terms of what we should do so that the...
  
  # At February 1, 2008 1:53 PM | Tags: conservative Iraq terrorists War and Peace
• The New McCain Isn't Even Electable
  You can take all the polls you want, but John McCain cannot win against Hillary Clinton. See, this might have been possible once, but the new McCain we've been seeing since Florida is running as a conservative, and this is...
  
  # At January 31, 2008 4:50 PM | Tags: Bill Clinton campaign 2008 campaign finance reform conservative Hillary Clinton humor John McCain
• McCain Apparently Takes Florida
  MSNBC says it's too close to call, but Fox News has just projected a McCain victory, and Brietbart has McCain claiming a victory that proves he's the real conservative candidate. What is certain from the tallying so far is that...
  
  # At January 29, 2008 8:35 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative John McCain Mike Huckabee Mitt Romney politics Republicans Rudy Giuliani
• Pay Attention to the Unconscious Cat
  
  
  # At January 21, 2008 10:55 AM | Tags: Barack Obama Boots campaign 2008 cats conservative Democrats emotions hate issues John McCain liberals Mitt Romney philosophy Ronald Reagan South Carolina
• Nothing Certain, but I Want to Celebrate Anyway
  In the twisted, uncertain world of the Presidential primaries, every news item is suspect. With roughly a third of the votes tallied, the press has awarded the Michigan primary to Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton. (You'll have to read through...
  
  # At January 15, 2008 10:03 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative Hillary Clinton Mitt Romney primaries
• Say It Ain't So: New Poll Shows Republican Voters Favor McCain
  Here's the story. Read it and weep. Of course, the polls have not been covering themselves with glory lately, but just in case this is an accurate snapshot of voter sentiment, I thought I'd better put a damper on it....
  
  # At January 13, 2008 9:19 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 campaign finance reform conservative filibuster George Bush immigration reform John McCain Laura Ingraham Republicans Richard Nixon Rudy Giuliani taxes
• The Press versus the Truth in the Nomination Process
  Mitt Romney claims he's not giving up. This is a good thing, because right now he has the most delegates: 21 to Huckabee's 14 and McCain's 12. Nonetheless, Romney's strategy for this campaign is a failure. He spent lavishly in...
  
  # At January 9, 2008 9:12 AM | Tags: advertising campaign 2008 campaign finance reform conservative John McCain journalism Mike Huckabee Mitt Romney polling
• Iowa as Wishful Thinking
  There are 2308 delegates going to the Republican convention, but the 30 that may possibly have been allocated to Mike Huckabee last night is considered tantamount to a complete victory. This results from a basic human desire to be able...
  
  # At January 4, 2008 2:59 AM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative Howard Dean Iowa John Kerry Mike Huckabee Mitt Romney
• Benazir Bhutto, 20 Others Murdered
  Benazir Bhutto and Pervez Musharraf were political opponents, but both were friends of the United States, and both were enemies of radical Islam. Bhutto was shot twice by a suicide bomber, who then blew himself up, killing at least 20...
  
  # At December 27, 2007 11:42 AM | Tags: Benazir Bhutto conservative foreign policy Pakistan Perez Musharraf terrorism
• Pursuing Biofuels with Forks and Hope
  Newsweek Online has posted an interview with Jeff Bingaman [D, NM] about the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, a law that mandates the production of ethanol as a replacement fuel for gasoline. Mandates are the ultimate political solution...
  
  # At December 26, 2007 10:50 AM | Tags: biofuels Congress conservative Democrats energy ethanol Jeff Bingaman oil philosophy renewable socialism sustainable utopia
• Congress Unable to Afford Cost of Preventing Tax Increase
  In the words of Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.): I would remind [the Republicans] we took the majority and decided we were not going to run the government as they did, as profligate spenders. I think she's wrong, but I have...
  
  # At December 12, 2007 7:48 PM | Tags: Alternative Minimum Tax AMT AMT patch Congress conservative Democrats economics Ellen Tauscher liberals tax cuts taxes
• I'm Outraged at all this Outrage
  Deborah Howell of the Washingon Post has written an article [requires registration] about another article describing unfounded rumors that Obama is a Muslim. Howell's article is a discussion of the rumors generated about a discussion of the rumors relating to...
  
  # At December 9, 2007 12:08 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative Deborah Howell Hillary Clinton humor Jordan King Hussein Micharl Jordan Muslim satire Washington Post
• In Which I Perform a Pre-emptive Strike
  A left-leaning San Francisco radio host has been charged with viewing child pornography. The details of the indictment are still sealed, but the host in question-- Bernie Ward-- claims he was only doing research for a book on hypocrisy. What...
  
  # At December 7, 2007 11:13 AM | Tags: Bernie Ward campaign 2008 conservative Hillary Clinton humor mozzarella cheese satire
• It is Implausible, but Likely, that We Can Stop Iran from Making Nukes
  A recent U.S. intelligence estimate indicates that Iran has stopped its program to build nuclear weapons. Israel disagrees, and they do have a point, given that our intelligence service has not really covered itself with glory in recent years. There...
  
  # At December 4, 2007 9:08 PM | Tags: Bill Clinton conservative George W. Bush humor intelligence Iran Iraq nuclear proliferation Saddam Hussein satire
• Murtha Backpedals from his Backpedaling on Iraq
  Finally, we have definitive proof that the surge is working: John Murtha is trying to position himself on both sides of the question. Here's his first statement: I think the surge is working, but that's only one element. And the...
  
  # At November 30, 2007 11:38 AM | Tags: Congress conservative Democrats humor Iraq John Murtha parody surge
• Don't Look at the Universe or it May Go Away
  Whenever I see a story like this, I immediately become suspicious. The headline is Mankind shortening the universe's life, and the thrust of the story is that because quantum theory implies that observation affects the state of subatomic particles, the...
  
  # At November 24, 2007 5:43 PM | Tags: cosmology James Dent journalism Lawrence Krauss philosophy physics quantum mechanics quantum Zeno effect Roger Highfield science The Gremlin
• A Disturbing Omen for Hillary Clinton
  Strange things happen all the time, but the ones we remember are the ones that symbolize things we already suspect. For example, Hillary Clinton had a problem with falling flags at a Veteran's Day weekend press conference. The obvious interpretation...
  
  # At November 13, 2007 1:50 AM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative flags Hillary Clinton humor patriotism
• It's Time to Use a Secret Weapon in Pakistan
  We have here a dilemma. On the one hand, Pakistan has been helping us against the terrorists. President Musharraf has exposed himself to criticism from his own people by being helpful to us. On the other hand, we are supposed...
  
  # At November 6, 2007 1:48 AM | Tags: conservative democracy foreign policy Jimmy Carter North Korea Pakistan Perez Musharraf satire War on Terror
• The Taser Saga Continues
  Andrew Meyer, who gained notoriety a while back for being tasered during a John Kerry Q & A event, has publicly apologized for his behavior. The apology, of course, is not a real apology, it's part of a deal to...
  
  # At October 30, 2007 11:15 PM | Tags: Andrew Meyer conservative culture free speech humor politeness politics pornography satire taser
• The New Obama Strategy
  Stories like this have been appearing all weekend. Here's a typical quote. "We’ve spent a lot of time laying the groundwork in terms of biography, and now as the leaves turn and the air gets cooler, there’s going to be...
  
  # At October 29, 2007 9:59 AM
• I Can Understand the Cat Thing, but the Bit About the Cars Has to be a Joke
  A reader asked me to look at a Christian blog called The Christian View - British Baptists. At issue was an article about the satanic nature of cats. The article is, of course, nonsense. Not only does it refer to...
  
  # At October 28, 2007 9:20 PM | Tags: blogging cars cats Christianity conservative flowers Hillary Clinton humor Socks stupidity superstition The Christian View
• A Pointless Resolution With Dangerous Side Effects
  One of the first acts of the 110th Congress was a resolution condemning the Iraq surge. Shortly after the Democrats won control of the Congress in the 2006, the conventional wisdom was they would vigorously pursue means to get us...
  
  # At October 17, 2007 11:35 PM | Tags: Armenian massacre Congress conservative Democrats Iraq Kurdistan marxism Ottoman Empire philosophy PKK racism Turkey
• News Story Shows Scientists are Less Intelligent than Conservatives
  Every so often, a story like this surfaces. The pattern is always the same: based on experimental data, someone concludes that intelligence is a hereditary trait, and that certain groups of people have less of it. In this latest instance,...
  
  # At October 16, 2007 8:37 PM | Tags: conservative economics intelligent James Watson Nobel prize philosophy racism
• The Story Behind the Synthetic Life Story
  Since my pet works in the field of molecular biology, I thought I should comment on the recent story about Dr. Craig Venter creating an artificial bacterium. New species of bacteria are created all the time as part of the...
  
  # At October 9, 2007 11:59 PM | Tags: Al Gore bacteria bioinformatics BRC environmentalism ethics eukaryota microbiology NMPDR Pathema science
• The Partitioning Solution
  Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki is upset with a U.S. Senate proposal to partition Iraq along ethnic lines. I can understand his reasons, since the last attempt to split up the United States resulted in a very bloody war. There's...
  
  # At September 29, 2007 4:00 PM | Tags: conservative Democrats Hillary Clinton Iraq Israel Kurdistan Palestinians philosophy racism Senate
• Columbia University Has an Opportunity to Learn a Lesson
  Columbia University took a lot of heat about its invitation to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, so Columbia President Lee Bollinger needed to show that the invitation was to a real forum rather than an anti-American love-fest. Before we go on:...
  
  # At September 24, 2007 5:22 PM | Tags: Barack Obama Columbia University conservative humor Iraq Study Group Lee Bollinger Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sanity
• No Way Would Hitler Be Allowed to Speak at Columbia University
  I'm sorry, but a recent statement by Columbia University Dean John H. Coatsworth that Hitler would be allowed to speak at the University is irrelevant. The Columbia University student group that prevented Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist from speaking at...
  
  # At September 23, 2007 8:57 PM | Tags: Adolf Hitler Columbia University conservative education fascism free speech humor Iran Jim Gilchrist John Coatsworth Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Minuteman Project
• Student Electrified During Kerry Speech
  Earlier today, Vietnam war veteran and former presidential candidate John Kerry was doing a Q & A session at the University of Florida, and a student was attempting to condense every known liberal conspiracy theory into three questions for the...
  
  # At September 18, 2007 1:20 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative Hillary Clinton humor John Edwards John Kerry liberals satire taser War on Terror
• College-Level Current Events Debating Blues
  One advantage of working with Bruce is that he's very good at finding information on the web. Unfortunately, his children are frequently unable to take advantage of his skills, because the academic world lives with a completely different mind-set. For...
  
  # At September 16, 2007 10:14 PM | Tags: Afghanistan Cambodia conservative education evidence Iraq logic philosophy research Viet Nam war and peace
• The Katie Couric Book
  It's important when analyzing a journalistic phenomenon to look at all angles of a problem. Sometimes you can get blinded by what you think you already know. A good example is this paragraph from an EMAIL ad about a book...
  
  # At September 13, 2007 7:20 AM | Tags: Britney Spears CBS Ed Klein humor journalism Katie Couric news ratings
• In Which I Analyze the Petraeus Testimony Without Being Influenced by the Facts
  I've been wandering about the house for almost a full day now trying to get a handle on General Petraeus's testimony before Congress, which is now in its second day. In doing so, I've tried very hard not to be...
  
  # At September 11, 2007 3:38 PM | Tags: Congress conservative David Petraeus Iraq journalism Karl Rove liberals War and Peace
• The Mathematics of Being Soft on Crime
  The government of the Netherlands is starting a $38 million government program to combat extremism. Extremism in this case is defined as either right-wing nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism. The new program is designed to combat the root causes of extremism...
  
  # At August 28, 2007 7:30 PM | Tags: conservative Guusje ter Horst humor Islam Larry Craig mathematics Netherlands probability Slotervaart
• Iran Threatens the Kurds
  Now, I know I'm supposed to think that Iran isn't a problem, and according to experts, Iran wants to see a stable and unified Iraq, but in spite of this I'm disturbed by reports that Iran is threatening military action...
  
  # At August 23, 2007 7:33 PM | Tags: conservative invasion Iran Iraq Kurdistan War on Terror
• A Disturbing Trend in Modern Politics
  This is grim stuff, but as a journalist, I believe in the people's right to know, even when the truth is unpleasant. There is a terrible trend afflicting modern political leaders, and it has to stop. The horror begins below...
  
  # At August 23, 2007 4:55 AM | Tags: Hillary Clinton humor John Edwards Nicolas Sarkozy satire Vladimir Putin
• Michelle Obama's Inexperience Gets Her Hammered
  The Obama campaign has issued a clarification to the effect that Michelle Obama was not attacking Hillary Clinton when she talked about the important of "running your own house" if you hope to run the White House. It's obvious that...
  
  # At August 22, 2007 11:59 PM | Tags: Ann Coulter Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative Hillary Clinton humor John Edwards Michelle Obama satire
• Former Democratic Congresswoman Saves Young Conservatives From Reading Dull Books
  When I originally saw this story about former Democratic Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, I was going to do one of my standard debunking treatments. But it occurred to me that I may be looking a gift horse in the mouth. Lately,...
  
  # At August 21, 2007 9:59 PM | Tags: American Association of Publishers books conservative David Drake Discworld education English humor Jane Austen John Scalzi Lois McMaster Bujold Pat Schroeder satire school Terry Pratchett The Girl Timothy Zahn
• The Cubs Factor and Clinton vs. Obama
  Here in my house we're all Cubs fans. Though the players and managers of the Chicago Cubs keep changing, there is one inexplicable thing that never changes: when they get into the post-season, they always choke. At some point, they...
  
  # At August 5, 2007 5:55 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 Chicago Cubs conservative Democrats foreign policy Hillary Clinton John Edwards Pakistan
• Another Chinese Recall
  This time, it's toys. A bunch of toys manufactured in China are being recalled because they use lead paint. Lead is well-known to be a serious poison. Lead-based compounds are extremely opaque, and come in a variety of colors. This...
  
  # At August 1, 2007 10:25 PM | Tags: campaign finance reform China conservative exports government lead paint toys
• A Tipping Point is Reached in Iraq
  By now, you have probably already heard that the surge appears to be working. July had the lowest death toll for Americans this year, the Iraqis are turning against the insurgents, and joint US/Iraqi forces are making progress against the...
  
  # At July 31, 2007 3:37 PM | Tags: conservative Democrats humor Iraq John Kerry parody politics surge
• John Edwards Refuses to Shut Up
  I am, of course, mortified that I inadvertently contributed to the vast conspiracy against John Edwards. To make up for this horrible mistake, I am going to upgrade my issues table to include Edwards. I also gave his column a...
  
  # At July 27, 2007 11:33 PM | Tags: Barack Obama conservative family foreign policy health care Hillary Clinton Iraq issues John Edwards
• Clinton vs. Obama on the Issues
  A lot of people come to this site looking for information about how Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama differ on the issues. As a superior life form, I feel it's my duty to make sure these people don't go away...
  
  # At July 25, 2007 11:26 PM | Tags: Barack Obama Bill Clinton campaign 2008 conservative health care Hillary Clinton humor Iraq satire welfare
• Toothpaste as a Meat
  Sometimes I'll read a news story about Congress that makes no sense, and I have to ask myself: is Congress confused, or is it the journalist who wrote the article? A good example of this is a recent story about...
  
  # At July 23, 2007 11:17 AM | Tags: cats China Congress conservative exports health risks humor imports journalism pet food toothpaste
• Clinton Plays the Hurt-Feelings Card
  Senator Hillary Clinton, currently one of the leading contenders for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination. is upset with the Pentagon. Essentially, she asked the Pentagon for a copy of the plan to withdraw from Iraq. The Pentagon's reply to Senator...
  
  # At July 20, 2007 3:47 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 emotions feminism Hillary Clinton Iraq logic patriotism satire The Girl
• Nancy Pelosi's Astounding Success
  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi [D, CA] has stated that one of the problems with the War in Iraq is that the average American is not sacrificing enough. Back in the Viet Nam days, there was a national draft,...
  
  # At July 19, 2007 1:47 AM | Tags: Congress conservative Democrats humor Iraq Nancy Pelosi politics satire
• Katie Couric Out of Control
  Based on an analysis of her television ratings, I believe that Katie Couric doesn't completely suck. I think, however, I'm in a minority. I base that thought on recent reports that she slapped a co-worker for using the word sputum....
  
  # At July 10, 2007 2:30 AM | Tags: CBS conservative humor Katie Couric news sputum television
• The Palestine Problem
  I don't want to belittle the very real dangers of the War on Terror, and I don't want to diminish how scary it is to be living in Britain right now. But I want everyone to keep one thing in...
  
  # At July 3, 2007 6:55 PM | Tags: Afghanistan conservative Hamas Iraq Israel nationalism Palestinians philosophy War on Terror
• London Bombing Theories
  Two car bombs have been found in London. The first has been disarmed. The second has been towed to a safe place where it can be studied. It is possible that this is a terrorist plot, either to test the...
  
  # At June 29, 2007 3:35 PM | Tags: conservative Gordon Brown Iraq London philosophy predictions Salman Rushdie statistics terrorism
• Post-Mortem on the Second Coming of the Immigration Bill
  Okay, so the new, improved immigration bill has died in the Senate. I know many people are upset by this, but I happen to believe that a republic such as ours can still work even when there's a large public...
  
  # At June 28, 2007 11:44 PM | Tags: conservative immigration Jim DeMint Laura Ingraham liberals paperwork talk radio Ted Kennedy Tony Snow Trent Lott
• The Structural Imbalance of the Report on the Structural Imbalance of Talk Radio
  I have been meaning to discuss the Center for American Progress report on The Structural Imbalance of Talk Radio for some time, but I had more important things on my mind, including my desire to promote the Chicago Force football...
  
  # At June 24, 2007 8:32 PM | Tags: Air America Al Franken Center for American Progress Chicago Force Clear Channel conservative radio ratings report Seattle Structural Imbalance The Other Cat Thom Hartmann
• When Will It End?
  Every now and then, I'll read stories about the fighting in the Middle East, and Peg-Eye Nate's disgust with the human race makes sense to me. It doesn't last long, because there are simply too many good people in the...
  
  # At June 19, 2007 3:55 PM | Tags: affirmative action conservative Democrats Iraq Islam Palestinians philosophy War and Peace
• An Attempt to Simplify
  
  
  # At June 17, 2007 9:53 PM | Tags: conservative Fatah Hamas Israel Palestinians satire terrorism War and Peace
• That is Palestine's Problem
  In the film Gandhi, Mohammed Ali Jinnah is talking about his plan to create an Islamic state on the Indian sub-continent. Somebody points out to him that his proposed nation would consist of two pieces separated by 1000 miles of...
  
  # At June 16, 2007 2:45 AM | Tags: conservative Gaza Strip Hamas Iraq Palestinians West Bank
• Civil War in the Gaza Strip
  You know, it takes some of the starch out of the idea that the problems in the Middle East can be solved peacefully if the Palestinians themselves can't work out their differences without a full-scale civil war. The problem here...
  
  # At June 14, 2007 6:44 PM | Tags: conservative Gaza Strip Hamas Iraq Israel Palestinians terrorism War and Peace
• An Important Note About Senate Bill 330
  Senate Bill 300 is titled To authorize secure borders and comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes, just in case you were wondering. Here's the thing. President Bush claims this bill is not about amnesty. Instead, it defines a process...
  
  # At June 5, 2007 10:34 PM | Tags: amnesty conservative humor immigration legalization
• Pelosi Trip May Violate Separation of Church and State
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently returned from a trip to Greenland where she saw "firsthand evidence that climate change is a reality." It's possible that somebody took her to see a glacier that is smaller than it was several years...
  
  # At May 29, 2007 7:34 PM | Tags: conservative environmentalism evidence Global Warming Greenland Nancy Pelosi religion satire science
• Farewell to Cindy Sheehan
  Cindy Sheehan has resigned from the anti-war movement. She ceased to be relevant a long time ago, but this makes it official. Sheehan's argument was never an intellectual one. She lost her son Casey in the war, and she was...
  
  # At May 29, 2007 3:29 AM | Tags: Cindy Sheehan conservative Democrats Iraq liberals Nancy Pelosi War and Peace War on Terror
• Voter Gouging
  Congress has passed a law that may make it a crime to set prices for energy products. It's called the Federal Price Gouging Protection Act, and it's essential for you to be outraged by it. The following paragraph from the...
  
  # At May 25, 2007 6:35 AM | Tags: Al Gore commerce conservative Democrats economics energy environmentalism force gasoline liberals Maria Cantwell price gouging
• Gender Stereotypes and the Tendency to Ignore the Obvious in Favor of the Subtle
  Yesterday Bruce and his daughter Maggie were discussing a homework assignment on gender stereotypes for her psychology class. Eventually, the two of them got on to the stereotype about women being mysterious and bringing evil into the world. Maggie had...
  
  # At May 23, 2007 7:10 AM | Tags: conservative family feminism Genesis humor original sin psychology religion
• Point of Order, Mr. Reuters Reporter, Sir
  Reuters has a story covering President Bush's criticism of Jimmy Carter. Two paragraphs are devoted to Bush's statement, and nine to all the many things Carter said when he called President Bush the worst President in history. The most blatantly...
  
  # At May 21, 2007 2:18 AM | Tags: conservative foreign policy George W. Bush Iran Jimmy Carter journalism news Reuters
• Jerry Falwell, RIP
  Jerry Falwell's death is not going to change anything on the political scene, because he's been retired from public life for quite some time. His influence belonged to an older era, where information moved slowly and television was king. Some...
  
  # At May 16, 2007 6:31 AM | Tags: conservative Democrats Jerry Falwell Jimmy Carter religion Ronald Reagan
• Tenet's Book Solves Iraq Mystery
  For some time there has been a question as to why America was unprepared for the insurgency in Iraq, but now a new book by former CIA chief George Tenet provides the answer: the CIA predicted it would happen. In...
  
  # At April 30, 2007 1:07 AM | Tags: CIA conservative George Tenet George W. Bush humor intelligence Iraq satire
• Whose Failure Is It, Anyway?
  I've been waiting for this story to appear, because some variation of it appears every time a young person goes on a rampage. It's the story of how America failed to save Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui. The truth is,...
  
  # At April 26, 2007 3:14 AM | Tags: Cho Seung-Hui conservative crime liberals philosophy Virginia Tech
• Fears of a Backlash Stalk News Media
  I've been seeing this off and on during the past week: stories in the mainstream press portraying a concern about a backlash against Korean-Americans because Cho Seung Hui, the Virginia Tech killer, was of Korean descent. This parallels a concern...
  
  # At April 23, 2007 2:38 AM | Tags: conservative mental health philosophy psychotherapy Virginia Tech
• Please Stop the Dark Music and the Sepuchral Pronouncements
  WLS-AM, which is the local radio station that carries Rush Limbaugh, just completed broadcasting a special ABC News Report on Cho Seung-Hui, the Virginia Tech killer. Listening to experts dissect Cho's motives and interpret his ravings was the last straw...
  
  # At April 18, 2007 11:19 PM | Tags: Cho Seung-Hui conservative crime economics Iraq John Edwards journalism philosophy politics Rush Limbaugh terrorism Virginia Tech
• Keep in Mind What We Don't Know
  A lot of news stories pass by without comment from me, either because I don't have anything original to say or because I can't find enough evidence to back up my opinion. This time it's a little of both: I...
  
  # At April 16, 2007 10:28 PM | Tags: Congress conservative crime journalism Virginia Tech
• A Rebuttal to Don Surber on Country & Western Lyrics
  In item (3) of this post, Don Surber complains about the Carrie Underwood song Before He Cheats. Carrie Underwood has a song about taking a baseball bat to a guy’s truck. That’s just not right. In the song, Carrie talks...
  
  # At April 15, 2007 5:32 PM | Tags: Carrie Underwood conservative Don Surber humor music satire
• Don Imus is Not the Real Problem
  So Don Imus is through at CBS radio. This is not as big a deal as it sounds, because he will almost certainly be back somewhere else. That is, after all, how it worked with Howard Stern, who sets the...
  
  # At April 12, 2007 5:46 PM | Tags: basketball CBS conservative Don Imus humor parody racism radio Rutgers shock jocks
• Shock Talk Blues
  So, Iran is busy thumbing its nose at the world, but the big story is that Don Imus insulted the Rutgers Women's Basketball Team. The insult took place during a dialog between Imus and his producer Bernard McGuirk. The phraseology...
  
  # At April 11, 2007 1:11 AM | Tags: Al Sharpton basketball Bernard McGuirk conservative Don Imus Gretchen Wilson hate speech racism radio Rutgers shock jocks
• Nancy Pelosi and the Patriotism Problem
  It turns out that Hamas and Islamic Jihad feel House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is doing good work. For some time, I and others have been arguing that the political antics of the Democrats are helping the terrorists. I don't think...
  
  # At April 6, 2007 1:09 AM | Tags: conservative Democrats emotion foreign policy Iraq liberals logic Nancy Pelosi patriotism Syria
• An Important Difference Between Pet Food and the Police Force
  A little over a month ago, an off-duty Chicago policeman beat up a girl in a bar. He was subsequently arrested on a misdemeanor charge, but is now facing a felony count of aggravated battery. If convicted, he faces up...
  
  # At March 30, 2007 11:59 AM | Tags: choice conservative health care journalism Menu Foods pet food socialism socialized medicine
• Senate Votes for Surrender with Pork
  Sometimes I love the way journalists work. Here is how MyWay News describes the spending portion of the Iraq surrender bill just passed by the Senate. The debate came on legislation that provides $122 billion to fund the wars in...
  
  # At March 27, 2007 7:39 PM | Tags: Congress conservative Democrats Iraq liberals politics pork Republicans tax cuts
• Obama vs. Hillary: Issues, Please?
  Okay people, enough is enough. Some time ago, the New York Times promised that the early start of the Presidential campaign would force candidates to focus on issues. I was happy about that. I figured that if we knew what...
  
  # At March 6, 2007 12:01 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative Hillary Clinton humor Iraq John Edwards journalism New York Times
• Beware of Socialists Living in Abandoned Buildings
  Some time ago, the United States Supreme Court, in the landmark case Kelo v. New London, ruled that higher tax revenue is a form of public use, and therefore a municipality could seize private land in order to convert it...
  
  # At March 5, 2007 11:58 AM | Tags: conservative Denmark Kelo v. New London property rights socialism squatting
• An Important Announcement
  This should be obvious, but I thought I should make a public announcement anyway. I am not the father of Anna Nicole Smith's child! I realize the poor kid would have a much better life if Bruce and I were...
  
  # At March 2, 2007 12:59 AM | Tags: Anna Nicole Smith fatherhood humor
• Iran Launches Space Rocket, We Think
  Iran claims to have launched a rocket into space. It has been known for some time that Iran wants its own space satellites. Two years ago it put a satellite into orbit with help from Russia. Unfortunately, we don't know...
  
  # At February 26, 2007 3:39 AM | Tags: Al Gore conservative Hollywood journalism Mahmoud Ahmadinejad nuclear proliferation
• Planning to Invade Iran
  Somebody in the Defense Department screwed up and passed secret war plans to the BBC instead of The New York Times, the preferred source for news damaging to the War on Terror. I have no doubt the person responsible for...
  
  # At February 19, 2007 11:50 PM | Tags: China conservative Iran journalism New York Times North Korea nuclear proliferation War on Terror
• Good News About the Surge
  The official line on Iraq is that the terrorists are worried about the oncoming troop surge. So far, the coalition forces are concentrating on Sunni insurgents; Even so, Shi'ite strong man Muqtada al-Sadr has taken the precaution of going into...
  
  # At February 19, 2007 12:37 PM | Tags: Anna Nicole Smith Britney Spears Iraq Muqtafa al-Sadr Nancy Pelosi The Surge War on Terror
• Obama Makes First Gaffe, Misuses "Waste"
  Democratic Presidential candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama is rapidly backing away from a comment he made over the weekend in which he implied that the the lives of American soldiers killed in Iraq were "wasted". Naturally, if we succeed...
  
  # At February 13, 2007 10:36 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 Democrats Howard Dean Iraq liberals
• Iranian President Ahmadinejad Announces More Announcements
  Yesterday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad followed through on his promise to make a major announcement by announcing that there will be all sorts of big, important announcements between now and April 9. Also, he reiterated his position in his last...
  
  # At February 12, 2007 9:06 AM | Tags: conservative Iran John Kerry Mahmoud Ahmadinejad nuclear proliferation
• Unscientific American
  Bruce was going through the index of the latest issue of Scientific American (March 2007), and came across the following blurb. Preventing the spread of war will depend on strategies that recognize shared interests of adversaries. This seemed an incredibly...
  
  # At February 11, 2007 6:50 AM | Tags: conservative Democrats Islam Jeffrey Sachs liberals Ronald Reagan Scientific American War on Terror Zionism
• The Cold Snap Continues
  Bruce took some Economics courses as an undergraduate in the mid Seventies. At the time, inflation and unemployment were both on the rise, but according to his economics textbook, unemployment and inflation were locked in a relationship in which an...
  
  # At February 10, 2007 9:49 AM | Tags: conservative economics environmentalism Global Warming inflation Phillips curve unemployment
• Hillary Clinton and the Wild-Eyed Promise
  Yesterday conservative columnist David Limbaugh discussed the scary prospect of a Hillary Clinton Presidency. There is something deeply disturbing about Hillary's announcement , and I think it's in this paragraph. You know, after six years of George Bush, it is...
  
  # At January 30, 2007 8:31 AM | Tags: campaign 2008 capitalism conservative David Limbaugh economics Hillary Clinton philosophy taxes The Internet
• The First Whatever President
  It is over a year between today and the first primaries, but already the Presidential field is getting crowded. The New York Times has the following complaint about this problem. The candidates could be forced to move more quickly to...
  
  # At January 21, 2007 10:16 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 cats conservative Dennis Kucinich Hillary Clinton humor John Edwards John McCain MoveOn.org New York Times Newt Gingrich satire Star Wars
• Babysitting a Civil War
  Local hero and United States Senator Barack Obama commented on the Today Show about the President's new plans for Iraq. In particular, he intoned what has been a recurring theme in the criticism of our presence there. "We're not going...
  
  # At January 11, 2007 11:25 PM | Tags: Barack Obama conservative ethnic cleansing Illinois Iraq journalism Rwanda violence
• The Misunderstood Christian
  We have a divinity student in the house, so a lot of Christian-themed magazines end up scattered through the house. One of the recent ones (The Christian Century, Vol 123 #26) features an excerpt from The Misunderstood Jew: The Church...
  
  # At January 10, 2007 4:23 AM | Tags: Amy Jill-Levine Christianity humor Judaism religion satire skepticism
• Feminism, Football, and the Five Day Work Week
  Despite the promise of a return to a 5-day work week, the House is closed today so that Democrats can watch tonight's football game. Some people think this is a broken promise, but in fact I believe that it is...
  
  # At January 8, 2007 7:30 PM | Tags: Congress Democrats feminism Nancy Pelosi sports
• Headline Plans Attack on News Story, Film at 11
  The English language is a tricky beast, and a small change can turn a dull proposal into the final apocalypse. A good example is today's top news story from the London Times, which begins with the headline Israel plans nuclear...
  
  # At January 7, 2007 12:53 PM | Tags: Iran journalism London Times military nuclear proliferation planning terrorism truth
• Good News About the Democrats and Their Plan for Iraq
  As promised, I spent yesterday hiding under the bed. (Okay, technically it was behind a bunch of pillows on top of the bed, because my bed is an upper bunk, but the point is, if the Democrats decided they wanted...
  
  # At January 5, 2007 2:54 PM | Tags: conservative Democrats George W Bush Iraq The Surge
• An Obituary from Iraq the Model
  For those of you unfamiliar with Iraq the Model, it's a blog written by two guys who live in Iraq. Their ode to Iraq's former dictator starts like this Saddam drew his path to hell long time ago…he chose this...
  
  # At December 30, 2006 11:24 AM | Tags: conservative Iraq news Saddam Hussein
• A Test Case for the Baker-Hamilton Plan
  A Newsweek Poll shows that most Americans agree with the President of Iran about the Baker-Hamilton plan. Unfortunately, there are concerns about key points of the plan, as well as an unfortunate historical parallel that indicate the plan may not...
  
  # At December 19, 2006 2:10 PM | Tags: Air America Congress Democrats Harry Reid Iran Iraq Study Group Islam liberals Mahmoud Ahmadinejad politics Trent Lott violence
• Study Shows Journalists Still Don't Understand Studies
  The Evening Standard's This is London web site features an article with the headline Vegetarians are more intelligent, says study. This is, of course, the way things work in dinosaur movies and cartoons, but it is certainly not the way...
  
  # At December 16, 2006 9:59 PM | Tags: Catharine Gale Evening Standard intelligent journalism science skepticism vegetarians
• For Best Results, Try Not to Act Like a Terrorist
  In the months following the 9/11 terror attack, there was a great deal of speculation on why no one raised a red flag about a bunch of guys who wanted to learn how to fly a plane, but didn't care...
  
  # At December 13, 2006 9:49 PM | Tags: 9/11 conservative Democrats George W Bush intelligence Islam Jersey Girls Muslim racial profiling terrorism
• Gwyneth Paltrow is More Wrong Than We Thought
  This week's official moron at The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns is Gwyneth Paltrow. Gwyneth earned this status by stating that the British are more intelligent and civilized than Americans. Gwyneth made her statement after an election in which America...
  
  # At December 9, 2006 7:20 PM | Tags: Blythe Danner Christmas church and state Gwyneth Paltrow Hollywood humor liberals
• An Uncivil War
  The BBC reports that the US media are calling the Iraq conflict a "civil war". This is, of course, not the first time we've heard that analysis. Classifying the Iraq conflict as a civil war is an important step in...
  
  # At November 29, 2006 10:51 AM | Tags: Barry Landow BBC conservative ethnic cleansing Iraq journalism skepticism War and Peace
• Looking Into the Liberal Mind for Understanding of the Problems in Iraq
  It has really been bothering me that yesterday on the radio Barak Obama said that the Iraqis aren't ready for "Jefferson-style democracy". This same argument was used by the Western powers in the early Twentieth Century to justify their imperial...
  
  # At November 28, 2006 7:29 PM | Tags: Barack Obama democracy Islam religion Saddam Hussein tolerance
• A Chance for America to Look Really Stupid
  The New York Times has leaked some details of an upcoming bipartisan report on what to do about Iraq. Most of the action items alluded to in the Times-- setting a withdrawal date, not setting a withdrawal date, embedding more...
  
  # At November 27, 2006 7:48 PM | Tags: Barack Obama conservative Iran Iraq Iraq Study Group New York Times Syria
• Okay, Enough is Enough
  Okay, despite all my advice to the contrary, the American public elected Nancy Pelosi as the new leader of the Free World. (You may think I exaggerate, but over the next two years, compare Ms. Pelosi's face time in the...
  
  # At November 14, 2006 10:55 PM | Tags: conservative George W Bush Iraq Nancy Pelosi War on Terror
• An Important Point About Public Opinion Polls and Elections
  Okay, I've tried to be upbeat for the past week, but the election is today and it's time for me to be realistic. Even if Republicans do gain seats in both houses, the country is still at risk because there...
  
  # At November 7, 2006 3:12 AM | Tags: conservative polling predictions
• Evangelical Scandals Reveal the Importance of Voting Republican
  On Thursday, Ted Haggard, president of the U.S. National Association of Evangelicals, resigned as the result of a scandal involving a gay male escort. Of all the reactions to the event, this one stands out the most: Don't underestimate the...
  
  # At November 4, 2006 9:48 PM | Tags: Democrats journalism liberals Ted Haggard Ted Kennedy
• British Scientist Worries About the Web
  Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who helped turn the Internet into the World Wide Web, is now concerned that his brainchild will become a tool to spread misinformation. It is a very human trait to be concerned about how something new and...
  
  # At November 2, 2006 3:45 PM | Tags: cats CBS conservative Internet Mary Mapes Sir Tim Berners-Lee web
• In a Sane World, Kim Jong-Il Backs Down
  It just gets more bizarre every minute. While meeting with a Chinese delegation led by State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, Kim Jong-Il apologized to China for conducting nuclear tests and said he is now ready to go back to negotiating. Normally,...
  
  # At October 19, 2006 11:45 PM | Tags: China Jimmy Carter Kim Jong-Il North Korea nuclear proliferation UN
• Madonna Adoption Plan Proves Disturbing
  A few days ago, the international pop star Madonna initiated adoption of a 13-month-old Malawi boy named "David". The adoption has aroused controversy because the Malawi government bent its usual rules on foreign adoptions and because some people think it's...
  
  # At October 18, 2006 6:54 PM | Tags: adoption conservative Guy Ritchie liberals Madonna movies
• A Small Plane Crashes into a New York City Condo High-Rise
  For the past seven hours, details have been trickling out about what happened in New York City at approximately 2:45pm Eastern Time. The latest reports from Fox News and the Associated Press state that a plane belonging by New York...
  
  # At October 11, 2006 9:05 PM | Tags: 9/11 Belaire building Cory Lidle Homeland Security New York City plane crash skepticism
• North Korea Says It May Blink
  The latest news is that North Korea will consider backing off from testing its nuclear bomb if the United States agrees to bilateral talks. I suppose Kim Jong-Il is pleased that a statement with so many conditionals in it would...
  
  # At October 8, 2006 8:47 PM | Tags: Jimmy Carter Kim Jong-Il North Korea nuclear proliferation voting
• An Unseen Story Behind the Story
  The Seattle Times has an article about a new Iraqi television comedy. The show, written by an Iraqi poet named Talib al-Sudani, features heavy-duty satire that pokes fun at the general state of things in Iraq. The Times makes a...
  
  # At October 7, 2006 12:40 PM | Tags: conservative free speech Iraq Seattle Times Talib al-Sudani
• The Foley Affair
  The Democrats caught a break this past week thanks to the timing of revelations that Florida Rep. Mark Foley's sexual preference includes young boys. The Republican party line is likely to be that they were only aware of disturbing EMAILs,...
  
  # At October 3, 2006 6:59 AM | Tags: abortion Democrats instant messaging Internet pedophilia Republicans
• Blagojevich on the Griddle
  It turns out that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is having troubles as a result of a large cash gift to his daughter. Some people think this is significant because Blagojevich swept into office out of nowhere on the grounds that...
  
  # At September 24, 2006 9:24 AM | Tags: corruption Democrats George Ryan Illinois Judy Baar Topinka Lon Monk Republicans Rod Blagojevich
• Bill Clinton on the Warpath
  I am quite worried about our previous President. The man just turned 60 and has a heart condition, so it can't be healthy for him to lose control over the whole Path to 9/11 thing. In particular, he's very upset...
  
  # At September 23, 2006 11:01 AM | Tags: 9/11 Bill Clinton conservative Hillary Clinton humor journalism Path to 9/11 terrorism
• Temporary Cold Snap in Hell Indicates Pop Culture Shift
  Democrats are rushing to defend President Bush against Hugo Chavez's attack. They want everyone to know that it is wrong to personally attack the President even if you disagree with his policies. Stop laughing, damn it! I'm serious. Do you...
  
  # At September 22, 2006 1:22 AM | Tags: conservative Democrats George W Bush Hugo Chavez Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad parody Tom Cruise Venezuela
• Toward a More Rational Style of Outrage Hunting
  Okay, it's been a four days now and the controversy surrounding the Pope's speech at the University of Regensburg is still going strong. It's worth noting that the pope's speech was long, wide-ranging, scholarly, and about as exciting as a...
  
  # At September 16, 2006 9:26 PM | Tags: conservative humor Islam Jimmy Carter outrage Palestinians parody political correctness Pope Benedict XVI
• The Other Iraq is Not Happy with Arianna Huffington
  We just received an EMAIL alert from Joe Wierzbicki, a publicist and former Republican operative currently working with the regional government of Kurdistan. Apparently, Arianna Huffington made some disparaging remarks about the Kurds on The O'Reilly Factor. HUFFINGTON: The Kurdistan...
  
  # At September 14, 2006 10:14 PM | Tags: Arianna Huffington Bill O'Reilly democracy Islam Kurdistan liberals Saddam Hussein
• Katie Couric Going Down in Flames
  Katie Couric's ratings are so bad that CBS President Les Moonves felt it necessary to announce that he thinks she's doing a good job. Couric's debut pulled very strong ratings, but her audience numbers have been dropping steadily since then,...
  
  # At September 12, 2006 11:58 PM | Tags: cats CBS Dan Rather Edward R. Murrow humor Katie Couric satire
• The Path to 9/11: Reflections on Episode One
  Okay, Bruce and I have been watching the first episode of The Path to 9/11, and it's brutal stuff. Perhaps it would have made more sense if they hadn't had to chop it up to keep from stepping on any...
  
  # At September 10, 2006 8:55 PM | Tags: 9/11 Bill Clinton conservative Democrats liberals Osama bin Laden Path to 9/11 Sandy Berger Tammy Bruce television
• The ABCs of Docudrama Politics
  When I was a baby kitten, Bruce and I liked to watch a movie called Executive Decision. It's your basic claustrophobic action thriller, involving a small force of guys on an airplane trying to prevent a terrorist attack with the...
  
  # At September 8, 2006 2:59 AM | Tags: Bill Clinton Democrats free speech Halle Berry humor Iraq Path to 9/11 satire television terrorism
• Tom Cruise Apologizes
  Over the weekend it turns out that Tom Cruise personally apologized to Brooke Shields. Cruise had earlier criticized Ms. Shields for her use of anitdepressant medication. While many doctors believe that depression involves a failure of the brain to properly...
  
  # At September 6, 2006 12:59 AM | Tags: Brook Shields Hollywood medicine psychiatry Scientology Tom Cruise
• Why Stop Israel from Blockading Lebanon?
  Un Secretary Kofi Annan today called upon Israel to halt a blockade of southern Lebanon. Israel is unwilling to do so because, of course, Hezbollah has no intention of disarming. Nonetheless, if you ask me, Annan should be thanking Israel...
  
  # At August 30, 2006 1:54 PM | Tags: conservative Hizbollah Israel Lebanon terrorism UN
• Bringing Light to the August 22 Conspiracy
  Both Tammy Bruce and the ABC Blotter have posted articles about Iran's plans for August 22. August 22 is supposed to be the anniversary of Mohammed's journey to heaven, the event which justifies the Islamic claim to the Jerusalem Temple...
  
  # At August 22, 2006 2:37 PM | Tags: ABC Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad nuclear proliferation Tammy Bruce television
• Nasrallah Points the Way to a New Kind of Warfare
  The big story today is the fact that Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is claiming a "strategic and historic" victory in Lebanon. Having proven Hezbollah's ability to protect Lebanon from an Israeli invasion, he feels it would be a mistake...
  
  # At August 14, 2006 7:14 PM | Tags: conservative Hassan Nasrallah Hizbollah humor Lebanon public relations satire terrorism UN War and Peace
• Peace of a Sort in Lebanon
  Israel, Lebanon, and Hezbollah have all agreed to the terms of the UN cease-fire resolution. The Israelis will probably continue to push extra hard in the next twelve hours so they can destroy as much of Hezbollah's weaponry as they...
  
  # At August 12, 2006 11:02 PM | Tags: conservative Hassan Nasrallah Hizbollah Israel Lebanon North Korea Samir Kuntar UN
• UN to Possibly Disarm Hezbollah if Cease-Fire Takes Hold
  MIchelle Malkin describes the terms of the UN cease-fire agreement. ABC News, a less reliable source, claims Israel has accepted those terms. At this time, the exact language of the cease-fire resolution (SC #1701) is not available on the UN...
  
  # At August 11, 2006 11:25 PM | Tags: ABC conservative Hizbollah humor Israel Lebanon satire UN War and Peace
• Competition Causes Mental Illness in Japan, We Think
  According to the Times Online, somebody, somewhere has issued a statement that claims Western business practices are causing a high suicide rate and low birth rate in Japan. I don't blame the Times for saying this. When you're a journalist,...
  
  # At August 10, 2006 12:19 AM | Tags: capitalism conservative East Asian Financial Crisis Japan philosophy skepticism Times Online
• Sometimes the Headline Tells You All You Need to Know

  Mideast war rages on despite UN peace resolution

  
  
  # At August 5, 2006 11:28 PM | Tags: Lebanon UN
• Palestinians Celebrate Rocket Attack
  A rocket fired by Hezbollah into the West Bank missed its intended target and landed near a Palestinian village. The strategic importance of this latest attack is that the rocket reached further south than any of Hezbollah's previous efforts. The...
  
  # At August 2, 2006 11:24 AM | Tags: anti-semitism Fatah Hizbollah Israel Lebanon Palestinians terrorism
• Fighting Continues During Temporary Halt
  Last night, Israel announced it would halt air strikes against Lebanon for 48 hours. The idea was to allow Hezbollah's human shields time to flee to other parts of the country. Today, MSNBC reports on the progress of the temporary...
  
  # At July 31, 2006 10:59 AM | Tags: Hizbollah Hugo Chavez Israel Lebanon War and Peace
• This Just In...
  Mel Gibson is an idiot when he's drunk. My recommendation is that Mel Gibson should stop drinking. Also in the news, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an idiot when he's talking. My recommendation is left as an exercise for the reader. Respectfully...
  
  # At July 29, 2006 5:53 PM | Tags: conservative humor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mel Gibson
• Sense and Silliness in the Middle East
  Hezbollah has just pulled off a staggering public relations coup. As long as Nasrallah survives, he is an Arab folk hero. Intelligence sources now believe Nasrallah is hiding in an Iranian embassy. It's the perfect hiding place. Israel must choose...
  
  # At July 28, 2006 1:26 PM | Tags: Hassan Nasrallah Hizbollah Iran Iraq Lebanon public relations terrorism
• A Gut-Wrenching Attempt at a Pulitzer Prize Falls Flat
  We have a fairly good Google page rank and one of the hazards of this is machine-gun commenting. A machine-gun commenter has an article or a blog post they think is really cool, and in order to publicize it they...
  
  # At July 26, 2006 11:59 PM | Tags: blogging Cliff Hancuff comments Iraq John Murtha liberals spam
• The Lebanon War Enters the Talking Phase
  We are now in the talking phase of the Lebanon War. People nowadays have great faith in the talking phase, the idea being that since war is senseless, all you have to do is get people talking to each other...
  
  # At July 24, 2006 1:21 AM | Tags: conservative diplomacy Hizbollah Iran Israel Lebanon Oslo Peace Accords Syria Zionism
• Kidnapping and Murder as a Cheap Public Relations Gimmick
  As someone who trolls news blogs, you are probably much more informed than the average person; however, can you tell me in less then 10 seconds the name of Iraq terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi's replacement? Probably not. (It's...
  
  # At July 22, 2006 11:59 PM | Tags: conservative Hassan Nasrallah Hizbollah Iraq Israel Lebanon Musab al Zarqawi terrorism
• Hezbollah Has a Surprise for You
  I have always believed that the essence of conservatism is skepticism, and in particular the purpose of Confused Americans for Truth is to debunk the news. The recent show of defiance by Hezbollah is an excellent example of somebody who...
  
  # At July 20, 2006 11:24 PM | Tags: conservative Hassan Nasrallah Hizbollah Islam Israel journalism Lebanon skepticism
• Hunger Strike Takes Its Toll: Hezbollah is Making Sense
  Regular readers of this blog know that I have been on a hunger strike since July 5. Until the Democrats agree to stop giving hope to the terrorists, I am replacing the Sargento's cheese in my diet with inferior generic...
  
  # At July 19, 2006 11:39 PM | Tags: Brad Pitt conservative Hizbollah humor hunger strike Israel Lebanon mozzarella cheese Sargento's satire terrorism
• A Parable for the Lebanon War
  Imagine, if you will, that the Arizona National Guard crossed into Mexico, kidnapped a policeman, and shot up a bunch of civilians. No one would be surprised if Mexico considered that an act of war and responded accordingly. The reason...
  
  # At July 17, 2006 11:25 PM | Tags: conservative democracy Hizbollah illegal immigration Israel Karl Rove terrorism War and Peace
• A Father's Lament
  Today I received the following comment on my article about the infamous sniper photo on the New York Times web site. Your support for the soldiers is fake, Bruce. I have a son in the infantry in Iraq. This picure...
  
  # At July 17, 2006 9:11 PM | Tags: blogging comments conservative Iraq skepticism War on Terror
• An Amazing Photograph in the New York Times
  Catch the action here before the New York Times comes to its senses and deletes the web page. Photographer Joao Silva took a picture of an Al-Mahdi sniper shooting at American soldiers. Before you get too angry, it's important to...
  
  # At July 17, 2006 12:08 AM | Tags: Bill Clinton Iraq Joao Silva journalism New York Times
• Of Course You Realize This Means War
  It's no longer possible to pretend that Israel is engaged in a military strike against terrorists. Martial law is in effect in the north, and Hezbollah is firing missiles deeper into Israeli territory. This is a full-scale war. Lebanese Prime...
  
  # At July 16, 2006 1:58 AM | Tags: Afghanistan Fouad Siniora Hizbollah Iran Iraq Israel Lebanon terrorism War and Peace
• The Times Online Gets Confused About IPv6
  Okay, so we all make mistakes, but this one is so easy to spot you have to wonder. The Times Online has a story about the new Internet IPv6 protocol. In that story they explain that in the current IPv4...
  
  # At July 15, 2006 9:36 PM | Tags: humor Internet IPv6 journalism TCP/IP Times Online
• Static Scoring is Wrong Again
  Today at Human Events Online, political scientist Mike Franc discusses the effects of the 2003 tax cuts. The most important paragraph is this one. [The Congressional Budget Office] informed lawmakers in May 2003 that the tax cuts would cost the...
  
  # At July 14, 2006 1:12 PM | Tags: Congress economics Human Events Nancy Pelosi tax cuts
• Keith Joseph's Mental Illness
  An article in today's Independent Online claims that Sir Keith Joseph, father of the Centre for Policy Studies and longtime friend of Margaret Thatcher, suffered from an autistic disorder known as Asperger's Syndrome. A patient with Asperger's is poor at...
  
  # At July 12, 2006 12:11 PM | Tags: Asperger's Syndrome autism conservative humor Keith Joseph Margaret Thatcher Michael Fitzgerald Trinity College.
• Mainstream Media Misses a Huge Photo Opportunity
  It turns out Cindy Sheehan has a blog. Although Sheehan's writing style is vaguely reminiscent of Peace Moonbeam, there is enough ancillary stuff on the blog to indicate that it is in fact real. The most recent post (Troops Home...
  
  # At July 12, 2006 11:56 AM | Tags: Cindy Sheehan conservative humor hunger strike Iraq parody Peace Moonbeam War and Peace
• Possible Terror Attack in India Possibly from Islamic Rebels
  At least 145 people are dead and 300 wounded in a coordinated series of train bombings in Mumbai (Bombay), India. The bombings are believed to be the work of Kashmiri rebels, though we do not yet know if they are...
  
  # At July 11, 2006 3:18 PM | Tags: Bill Clinton Bombay China conservative India Kashmir Mumbai Muslim nuclear proliferation Pakistan terrorism UN War on Terror
• The End of the End of Cowboy Diplomacy
  Time magazine's cover story this week is called The End of Cowboy Diplomacy. Darrell of Morning Coffee makes an excellent point: Bush's policy toward Iran and North Korea has been chock full of multilateralism and restraint, and those areas are...
  
  # At July 10, 2006 6:56 PM | Tags: conservative cowboy diplomacy Iran Iraq Morning Coffee North Korea Saddam Hussein skepticism Time magazine
• Murtha May Not Be as Crazy as We Thought
  In the comment section of my article on the history of John Murtha's brain, Cliff Hancuff cites this page, which explains how Murtha was misquoted in the original article I cited. Here is the text of John Murtha's own statement...
  
  # At July 2, 2006 8:43 PM | Tags: cats Cliff Hancuff conservative humor John Murtha journalism skepticism
• The Recent History of John Murtha's Brain
  One of the biggest problems humans have is your belief that you are creatures of reason. It is true that your ability to reason is far superior to that of any species on Earth save one, but it is also...
  
  # At June 25, 2006 11:57 PM | Tags: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi conservative Haditha humor Iraq John Murtha learning reasoning satire
• The Fact Someone's a Crook Doesn't Make Their Arguments Any Less Stupid
  Today our good friend Dumb Ox has an article about John Murtha's ethics problems. I'm sure Murtha would prefer that we extend to him a benefit of the doubt he himself does not give to the marines at Haditha. Still,...
  
  # At June 22, 2006 10:37 AM | Tags: corruption Iraq John Murtha politics redeployment terrorism War on Terror
• Kerry Needs a Date with the Iraqi Government
  Hoping to get more support for an Iraq withdrawal resolution, Massachussetts Senator John Kerry has moved his proposed withdrawal date from December 2006 to July 2007. Kerry has long believed that the Iraqi leadership responds only to deadlines, and they...
  
  # At June 20, 2006 6:48 PM | Tags: conservative humor Iraq John Kerry parody
• A Problem with the Democrat New Direction
  SPECIAL ALERT The Democratic Party's New Direction for America is missing. The NDA is slightly under 200 words long and approximately three days old. It was last seen in the company of Don Surber, although sources close to the NDA's...
  
  # At June 19, 2006 1:28 AM | Tags: Democrats Don Surber Laura Ingraham Nancy Pelosi NDA new direction Rush Limbaugh
• The Democrats Take Off in a New Direction
  I know what some of you are thinking. You're saying to yourself Maybe the new direction is North! They're all going to move to Canada! Sorry, but it's a purely rhetorical direction, and as Don Surber points out, it's not...
  
  # At June 17, 2006 3:07 AM | Tags: conservative Democrats George W Bush humor Nancy Pelosi NDA new direction War on Terror
• Blind Spots in the Analysis of the Post-Zarqawi Era
  I have noticed that the news analysis of Zarqawi's death seems to be decidedly ambiguous. A typical article is this one-- Zarqawi's many roles in the Iraqi tragedy suggest his demise may have side effects that are very difficult to...
  
  # At June 10, 2006 2:40 AM | Tags: 2004 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi conservative elections Haditha Iraq journalism terrorism
• We Need More Stories Like This One
  Everyone who uses computers-- which in this country means almost everyone-- wastes countless hours dealing with security. We accept delayed program loading so that we can scan for viruses. We accept complicated encryption schemes for communicating from machine to machine....
  
  # At May 25, 2006 6:04 PM
• Enron Scandal Story Nets the Big Fish
  On November 8, 2001, while the country was still reeling from the September 11 attacks, former Clinton Administration official Robert Rubin made a call to Peter Fischer, a high-ranking member of the Treasury Department. Rubin wanted Fischer to intercede with...
  
  # At May 25, 2006 2:26 PM
• The Palestinian Meltdown
  Although we are operating at reduced capacity while Bruce does the carnival revamp (which had better be damned spectacular considering how long it's taking), I thought I'd do a roundup of Mensa Barbie's series on the Palestinian meltdown. While America...
  
  # At May 20, 2006 1:50 PM
• A Terrible Problem that Affects Spanish-Speaking Teenage Girls
  Yesterday the Senate debated an amendment declaring that English was the national language of the United States. While speaking against the amendment, Minority Leader Harry Reid told the following story about one of his employees (excerpted from the Congressional Record)....
  
  # At May 19, 2006 1:47 PM
• Looking at the Latest NSA Flap from the Perspective of a Spam Hater
  Our good friend Bruno Behrend of Extreme Wisdom writes about a poll showing most people are more worried about terrorists than NSA access to phone records. This is a good thing, but we still have a big problem: the Democrats...
  
  # At May 13, 2006 1:00 AM
• Summary of Iran's Position on Nuclear Weapons
  In case people are having a hard time deciphering Iran's latest pronouncements, here's my summary. Iran is not developing nuclear weapons. If provoked, Iram will use its nuclear weapons to attack Israel. In other news, look for a new tape...
  
  # At May 2, 2006 12:42 PM