The best news I’ve heard in a long time: “The Bush administration has decided to renounce formally any involvement in a treaty setting up an international criminal court, and is expected to declare that the signing of the document by the Clinton administration is no longer valid, government officials said today.” The ‘unsigning’ of the treaty, which is expected to be announced on Monday, will be a decisive rejection by

Jimmy Carter’s always had something soft and vaguely pathetic about him that made me root for the guy. Maybe it was that whole earnest sweater beg. Or that vicious attack by a giant killer rabbit. Who knows? But after reading Jay Nordlinger’s latest “Impromptus,” I think I’m finally ready to shed my long-standing Cartempathy. Here’re just a coupla’ anecdotes Nordlinger offers: For years, Carter has been a thorn in the

Jimmy Carter’s always had something soft and vaguely pathetic about him that made me root for the guy. Maybe it was that whole earnest sweater beg. Or that vicious attack by a giant killer rabbit. Who knows? But after reading Jay Nordlinger’s latest “Impromptus,” I think I’m finally ready to shed my long-standing Cartempathy. Here’re just a coupla’ anecdotes Nordlinger offers: For years, Carter has been a thorn in the

Here’s an interesting

NEW JERSEY – “Two of the winners in a sexual abstinence essay contest in Paterson are pregnant,” the local Channel 2 CBS News affiliate reports. “Eboni Wilson wrote, ‘having sex with a condom is like playing Russian roulette with your life.’ “The 16-year-old says so many girls are pregnant at Eastside High that they hardly notice one another.” Related: Two of the winners in a “crime doesn’t pay” essay contest

So, throwing a birthday party bash for your kid, but Native Deentrade; (“Give a hollah out to Allah, Native Deen is in the mizz-osque!”) is already booked? No worries. Call on Ouchy the Clown, instead! Balloon animals? ‘fraid not! Flavored jellies and oils? You bet your sweet, clown-lovin’ ass! But wait, there’s more! Not only is Ouchy a hard-chargin’ clown, but he’s trained and certified meeting facilitator, to boot! So,

So, throwing a birthday party bash for your kid, but Native Deentrade; (“Give a hollah out to Allah, Native Deen is in the mizz-osque!”) is already booked? No worries. Call on Ouchy the Clown, instead! Balloon animals? ‘fraid not! Flavored jellies and oils? You bet your sweet, clown-lovin’ ass! But wait, there’s more! Not only is Ouchy a hard-chargin’ clown, but he’s trained and certified meeting facilitator, to boot! So,

One of the most spot-on assessments I’ve seen of the Israel / “Palestinian” conflict. From Thomas Sowell, “Destroying Israel on the Installment Plan”: The fact that American intervention has always hovered in the background of the relations between Israel and the enemies by which it is surrounded has itself made aggression against Israel safer than it would have been otherwise. In the absence of the prospect of outside intervention, anyone

For those of you who haven’t come across it already, The American Prospect has a blog of its own, TAPPED, which is actually kind of fun to read. I’ve even given it a permalink. Anyway, I decided the other day to drop them a blogwarming note: Dear Tapped-ers, Glad to see TAP’s entered the blog fray. One small thing: any chance you’ll add the names of the writers to their

For those of you who haven’t come across it already, The American Prospect has a blog of its own, TAPPED, which is actually kind of fun to read. I’ve even given it a permalink. Anyway, I decided the other day to drop them a blogwarming note: Dear Tapped-ers, Glad to see TAP’s entered the blog fray. One small thing: any chance you’ll add the names of the writers to their