The charge of having one’s memoir molded into literary shape by an unrepentant domestic terrorist (now “education reformer” and “former radical,” if you believe the spin doctors and the media sycophants, many of whom likely fantasize about “hitting the streets,” fighting the “Pigs,” and plunging their peckers vicariously into an earthy, hairy-pitted Bernadine Dohrn, circa 1970) is a serious one — and I do not wish to present the accusation

From Bob Reed, in the comments to yesterday’s ACORN post: Here in NYC I just saw a new bumpersticker: Obama One Nation One People Kinda creeped me out; I wondered why it seemed so familiar… Poster from 1930’s — from you know where… Deutschland Ein Volk Ein Reich Ein Fuhrer I told you all that Axelrod was taking pages from Goebbles playbook… Plus —* (Incidentally, I don’t think Obama is

Melanie Phillips, writing in the Spectator: As reported here, Camp Obama is resorting to ever more outrageous attempts to silence the questions that are mounting about the past associations of the saviour of the planet. Given the sheer volume of information that is now available and the deeply disturbing questions this all poses, the astounding reluctance of the mainstream US media to ask those questions is a scandal which has

…I wonder how Dr Cole (or, for that matter, SEK — who likes to spend an inordinate amount of time parsing semantic nuance, not to mention, congratulating himself on his bravery for doing so) might analogize those who, per Rasmussen, think that Supreme Court decisions should be decided on something other than Constitutional principles: While 82% of voters who support McCain believe the justices should rule on what is in

My father told me, as his father told him, “Be careful what you wish for. You might get it.” I have found that to be true more than once in my life.

“I didn’t mean to hit that pedestrian,” Novak said. See what I just did there? That was funny, see? UPDATE: Thanks to Christoph in the comments: Source: Novak’s Victim Worse Than First Thought Oh. Republican, eh? Karl has the back story. UPDATE x2: The bicyclist who stopped Novak is attorney David “Pro” Bono. Anonymous has a rundown of his political campaign contributions. I am sure that this is merely fortuitous,

From the AP: The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans. The removal of 550 metric tons of “yellowcake” — the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment — was a significant step toward closing the