Earlier today I linked to a piece about PBS’ (potentially politically motivated) shelving of Islam vs Islamists.  Now, thanks to Charles and one of his readers at LGF, we get a glimpse into who PBS charged with judging the final product: LGF reader Paul Green emailed some interesting information about one member of the five-member panel that reviewed the documentary, DePaul University Professor Aminah McCloud. McCloud apparently showed some footage

I guess because Pelosi’s last trip was so well-received and all: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, just back from a trip to Syria that sparked sharp criticism from Republicans and the Bush administration, suggested Tuesday that they may be interested in taking another diplomatic trip – to open a dialogue with Iran. The Democratic speaker from San Francisco and Lantos, chairman of the House Foreign

How the West was lost, redux. Time to start penning those epitaphs, I guess. HERE LIES THE WEST WHO, BEFORE IT WENT BELLY UP, AT LEAST LEARNED HOW TO MAKE A DECENT PIZZA AND SOME ENJOYABLE PORN

“Two Marines say Target store booted them for recruiting”: Two Marines in their dress uniforms – the ones with white hats, khaki shirts and blue trousers with red stripe – say they were accused of recruiting at a Target department store here and told to leave. “We weren’t recruiting,” according to Cpl. Carlos Rodriguez, 22, who said he returned in October from his second combat tour in Iraq. “I just

Tu quoque?  Uncomfortable truth?  I cut and paste, you decide.  From an editorial in today’s Rocky Mountain News: The flap also spotlights one other issue. As John McWhorter, a black scholar with the Manhattan Institute, wrote this week, “Where, after all, did Imus pick up the very terminology he used? Rap music and the language young black people use themselves on the street to refer to one another.” The Revs.