A Primitive, Disgusting Practice
by NY Times blogger John Tierney wonders: Should African women be allowed to engage in the practice sometimes called female circumcision? Are critics of this practice, …
Op-Ed Blog
Joe Biden’s Chances
What can you say about a guy who has absolutely no chance whatsoever to win his party’s nomination for the presidency but who keeps fighting …
Christ not Welcome in Prison
Here’s an example of the sort of ideological boondoggles that today’s polarized, us-against-them power struggles produce on a regular basis here in the old U.S. …
Chavez Shot Down
The Venezuelan people emerged victorious after the referendum that would have granted President Hugo Chavez vast powers to further the conversion of the South American …
"Shock Troops" Disavowed
After months of wrangling over Scott Beauchamp’s disturbing little war story entitled “Shock Troops“, The New Republic has acknowledged that it cannot stand behind the …
Be Happy, Be a Republican!
A Gallup poll of over 4000 Americans indicates that Republicans have significantly better mental health than their Democratic counterparts. Various statistical perspectives are graphed as …
Shove Off, Chavez
Not long ago the NY Times wrote about Hugo Chavez’s “extraordinary experiment” in oil-fueled socialism thusly: In two weeks, Venezuela seems likely to start an …
A Palestinian State?
The NY Times has a transcript of the speech read by President Bush at Annapolis yesterday here. The key bits: The Palestinian people are blessed …
Spare the Rod
More silliness from one of the bluest states of them all: The Boston Herald reported that State Rep. Jay Kaufman filed the spanking ban petition …
Red-lining Black America
Jesse Jackson said today that mortgage companies and other lenders discriminated against black Americans by “profiling” them and that the rash of home mortgage foreclosures could …