“Iraqi newspapers said on Monday the United States was launching a psychological war on Iraq in preparation for military strikes on the country,” Reuters reports. Babel, the newspaper of President Saddam Hussein’s eldest son Uday, said that as part of the ‘psychological war against our country’ the United States ‘concentrates on reiterating its aggressive intentions on Iraq to prepare peoples minds to accept this.’ I know, I know… Who cares

“A Saudi court has sentenced a man to six years in prison and

The Sacramento Bee reports, “Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan issued a call for racial and religious unity on Sunday and condemned the U.S. war on terrorism in a speech warning, ‘there’s a lot of ugliness in America the beautiful, ugliness that can be turned into beauty.’ Farrakhan then pointed to himself, muttered something about pots and “proud black” kettles, and hurried off the stage to “go and catch the

Writing in Newsweek,

“UC Berkeley suspended a male sexuality class Friday after the campus newspaper published allegations that students watched their instructor have sex at a strip club and participated in an orgy at an extracurricular party,” The Sacramento Bee reports. “The suspension was announced after student instructors of the male sexuality class failed to attend a meeting with a university official Friday, said Marie Felde, a spokeswoman for the University of California,

“Pope John Paul has performed three exorcisms during his 23-year pontificate, including one as recently as September, one of the Catholic Church’s leading exorcists said on Monday,” Reuters reports. “Father Gabriele Amorth told Italy’s La Stampa newspaper that the Pope had carried out his first exorcism in 1982.” For Roman Catholics, exorcism is the casting out of what is believed to be an evil spirit through prayer and the laying

A lib buddy of mine forwarded me this email — “The Ten Commandments – Republican-style” — which I’m reprinting here, taking care to remove the original emailer’s identity. For the record, I’m not a “Republican” myself (though I’m conservative on certain issues) but such trifles shant prevent me from responding (which I do, in italics, below…). Subject: The Ten Commandments–Republican-Style Date: 2/17/02 3:52 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [xxxxx] Message-id:

The American Prospect’s Nicholas Confessore asks, “Does the White House have a blacklist?” To which I reply, does TAP think the rhetorical questions in its headlines are fooling anybody…?

“Artists, music executives, religious leaders and politicians came out in full force Thursday for the Hip-Hop Action Network’s West Coast summit to address issues and needs facing the community,” a story in The Hollywood Reporter notes. “The mini-summit, held at the Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills, is a precursor to the next national summit, set for June. On hand were the event’s organizers, Def Jam Records founder Russell Simmons

Looking for a model for developing post-war Afghanistan? The Cato Institute’s David Boaz, writing in The National Review, says…