CNSNews: John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is one of two Americans who have been nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Last year, Democrats and a few Republicans refused to confirm Bolton to the U.N. post, forcing President Bush to resort to a recess appointment. Bolton and Kenneth R. Timmerman were formally nominated by Sweden’s former deputy prime minister Per Ahlmark, for playing a major role

In the WSJ, “inauthentic” Iranian Amir Taheri offers his insights into the current (manufactured) cartoon controversy: “The Muslim Fury,” one newspaper headline screamed. “The Rage of Islam Sweeps Europe,” said another. “The clash of civilizations is coming,” warned one commentator. All this refers to the row provoked by the publication of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper four months ago. Since then a number of demonstrations have

Once I’d settled down enough to regain my composure, I’d planned to write a long and scathing piece on the ugly political partisanship that erupted at Coretta Scott King’s memorial service—from Jimmy Carter, a former US President, shamefully straining to connect the Hoover-era wiretapping of Martin Luther King (approved, ironically, by Bobby Kennedy, whose brother Ted received a warm reception, his being a Demcrat and all) to the current and

Waiting… (2005) Directed by Rob McKittrick.  Stars Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long, David Koechner, Dane Cook, Jordan Ladd, Chi McBride, John Francis Daley, Alanna Ubach, Kaitlin Doubleday, Vanessa Lengies, and Luis Guzmán. Five words or less review: Those ain’t bacon bits, honey. *for anyone who has ever worked in a corporate restaurant—and I was a waiter and bartender for 6 years during college and grad school—this movie is your

From WaPo’s “In the Loop” column (via Daniel McKivergan, The World Wide Standard): “U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, who’s president of the Security Council this month, is making some headway in imposing law and order at the notoriously fractious council—but it’s not been easy. At his first session last week, Bolton tried to impose fresh discipline and some new practices. First, he asked top U.N. staff to provide the council with

From Jihad Watch (via Tom Pechinski), who borrows the photo from the United American Committee, members of which group encountered the above “protesters” during an UAC Rally Against Islamo-Fascism in New York’s “Ground Zero “on Feb 1. Writes Robert of Jihad Watch: Note the black flag of Islam, the battle-flag of jihad, flying over the White House on the placard at left. I trust the appropriate authorities have taken note.

…To Scott P for the Shakes the Clown DVD.  I could watch the circus clown trashtalk with the rodeo clowns over and over again and never get bored. And speaking of DVDs, I went to a couple of stores today to pick up the new edition of French Connection (which is essentially the same as the 5-star collection edition, only in thinner packaging—and I need the space), only to find

“Oh I’ve been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one / And I believe it could be, some day it’s going to come / Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train / Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again” – The Prophet Mohammed Yusuf Islam Cat Stevens Stephen Demetre Georgiou

From the New York Sun: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is studying 12 hours of audio recordings between Saddam Hussein and his top advisers that may provide clues to the whereabouts of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. The committee has already confirmed through the intelligence community that the recordings of Saddam’s voice are authentic, according to its chairman, Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, who would not go into