“Federal inspectors have embarked on a comprehensive review of AIDS prevention grants,” The Los Angeles Times reports, “spurred by fears among some legislators that the latest marketing campaigns aren’t working and exceed the bounds of good taste.” ‘Where’s the data that all the billions we spent over the last 10 years has slowed or stemmed the spread of this disease?’ asked U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon (R-Fla.), a physician who strongly

112-year old former shepherd, Antonio Todde, died overnight on the Italian island of Sardinia, his relatives said. He would have turned 113 on January 22. At the time of his death, Todde was the world’s oldest living man: Todde, who lived on a simple diet of pasta, vegetable soup and the occasional steak, had said that the secret to his longevity was the odd tipple. ‘Just love your brother and

Channeling Pat Buchanan, WorldNetDaily asks, “Is Mexico reconquering the U.S. southwest?” The answer: why, as a matter of fact, yes , yes it is — though it appears thus far to be a velvet revolution: A radical Hispanic movement’s dream to retake the southwestern United States is becoming a reality with the aid of Mexican and U.S. policies, according to some immigration watchers.A massive influx of illegal immigrants is ‘importing

MSNBC is reporting that Thursday night’s bombing on a suspected Taliban leadership complex killed certain al-Qaeda leaders. Reports that Usama Bin Laden may have been among the dead or wounded can’t be confirmed until Special Forces can inspect the sight, though the attack was based on intelligence that Bin Laden had been spotted there: The strikes, which witnesses said were very heavy and continued late into the night, were a

In its “Washington Whispers” section this week, U.S. News and World Report had this interesting tidbit: The Pentagon won’t say who’s next in its war against terrorism, but we may have a lead. The holiday decorations on the door of the Joint Chiefs’ office for Middle East/Africa policy include a poster of Saddam Hussein, with a cotton-ball beard and a paper Santa hat. The thought-bubble reads: ‘Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry

In light of Dan Issel’s firing as head coach of the Denver Nuggets, Debbie Schlussel questions the NBA’s double standard on racism: […] Minorities in the NBA can say and do whatever they want with apparent impunity, or in the worst case scenario, a slap on the hand. Whereas Issel apologized, was fined significantly, met with leaders of Denver

Quasipundit’s Tony A. offers some advice to Stephanie Salter, who — tired of speaking as God — is now apparently playing at Pope…

Flashback: Jonah Goldberg weighs in on the new Foxy, Greta Van Susteren, in a column reprinted from Oct. 26, 1998: Miss Van Susteren distinguished herself during the O. J. Simpson trial by muddying the waters of Simpson’s crystal-clear guilt by picking at procedural nits. This was a clever marketing tactic

It’s official: The Democratic Party has lost its everlovin’ mind. From The Washington Times: Democrats, in the name of tolerance, plan to demonize conservative Christians as being like the Taliban, according to an article in Newsweek. Democrats ‘are planning a daring assault on the most critical turf in politics: the cultural mainstream,’ political correspondent Howard Fineman writes. ‘The theory goes like this. Our enemy in Afghanistan is religious extremism and

John O’Sullivan engages in some geopolitical soft porn in this, er…strange National Review column.