Saudi Arabia? Pakistan? Iran? France? No, I’m talking about the good ol’ U.S.A. What else can you say about a country in which discount-crazed New York shoppers actually trample a store employee to death in their haste to save $20? Claudia: A man has died today, not because of a stampede to get much needed…
Month: November 2008
5 Hostages Killed in Mumbai Jewish Center
In the aftermath of a raid by Indian commandos, CNN reports that 5 hostages have been found dead in the Mumbai Jewish center that had been attacked and held by terrorists. No word was released as to the hostages’ identities or whether they were killed in conjunction with the commando raid. The total death toll…
Iraq Thankful for American Troops
Perhaps thankful is too strong of a word. Or perhaps not. 80% of Iraq’s parliament voted for a security pact that will keep American troops in that country for three more years – sounds like they’re glad to have us there. After the madness that’s been happening in Mumbai over the last 2 days and…
Barack Obama’s Priorities
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama recently participated in an anti-global warming rally in California during which he said that few of the nation’s problems were more urgent than global warming. To his credit, Obama tossed in a throwaway bit about dependence on foreign oil, too. But if that particular speech can be taken at face value,…
Mumbai Under Terrorist Attack; 80 Dead
A previously unknown terrorist organization called the Deccan Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for multiple brutal, synchronized attacks in Mumbai, India. The Times of India reports least 80 people have died so far, with perhaps 200 more people held hostage. A later report indicates that the Indian Army stormed the Hotel Taj and the Oberoi Trident,…
Detroit’s Problems and the Left
Perhaps the fundamental problem of our time is that no one wants to tell – or hear – the truth anymore. This has certainly been true in Detroit, et al, where the United Auto Workers has fought off wage and benefit cuts for decades. Now GM is poised at the brink of bankruptcy as a…
Medicine in the Era of Big Government
My wife is having surgery today. She’s chosen her doctors as best she can with the limited information available regarding their abilities, which is to say word-of-mouth, and we’ll soon be off to the relatively new facility in Bryan, Texas for her operation. It’s a relatively minor procedure, but I have to admit to being…
The Republican Base’s Candidates
Barack Obama hasn’t even taken office yet, so It’s ridiculous to consider the 2012 presidential race. But Gallup’s new poll identifies the right’s current candidates of choice for the nomination and the results are interesting because they fail to support Kathleen Parker’s recent assertion that social conservatives are on the way out. So who do…
Sued, eHarmony Must Couple Gays
In 2005, eHarmony, a leading on-line matchmaking service, began to fight a discrimination lawsuit filed by a gay man in New Jersey. In 2007, the state’s attorney general found probable cause that eHarmony had violated N.J.’s Law Against Discrimination. Today the company gave in to legal pressure and agreed to pair homosexual couples. By strong-arming…
Re-Counting Votes
Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman’s race with the sharp-tongued Al Franken has gone into extra innings. Now the question becomes how recounting votes should be done and, perhaps more importantly, who will decide voters’ intent on bungled ballots. To help with the former, Minnesota Public Radio has an excellent interactive sample of what recount officials will…