Chris Mooney, writing in The American Prospect, takes to task Boston Phoenix writer Chris Wright for his December 22 article

Remember those inadvertent October bombings of the Red Cross warehouses in Kabul, the ones Defense Department spokesmen were compelled to apologize for again and again at press briefing after press briefing (Al-Jazeera broke the story, I believe, and CNN, bless them, ran with it)? Well, The Washington Times is running an interesting follow-up today on the Centcom investigation into those bombings (follow link and scroll down). Back in October, the

The U.S. military has shipped 10 of their new thermobaric bombs to Afghanistan, Pentagon officials confirmed Friday. The laser-guided weapons, said to have been developed specifically for the war on terror, can penetrate deep into caves. Also called fuel-air explosives, each thermobaric bomb contains two explosive devices and a highly flammable chemical that sends a shock wave through enclosed spaces such as caves and tunnels without collapsing them. Far more

Director William Friedkin and writer William Peter Blatty filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles seeking unspecified damages for alleged copyright infringement, breach of contract, and fraud pertaining to Warner Bros.

Director William Friedkin and writer William Peter Blatty filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles seeking unspecified damages for alleged copyright infringement, breach of contract, and fraud pertaining to Warner Bros.

How can you help but to love this kid? Younger than Johnny bin Taliban by a full year — yet here he is, breaking down the AMA, instead of beating women for wearing nail polish or for giggling at Abu’s “problem” (“It shall rise, I swear it. Allah be praised…”). Too much of our valuable attention is being wasted on the wrong American youngsters, if you ask me. Somebody call

From little green footballs’ Charles Johnson yet again (this guy’s better in the mideast than CNN). A Jewish Post interview with James Woolsey. A must read.

From little green footballs’ Charles Johnson yet again (this guy’s better in the mideast than CNN). A Jewish Post interview with James Woolsey. A must read.

My younger sister’s second grade “media” report (I remember when teachers wanted you to read books) on Ted Rall’s most recent comic strip. (Okay, okay, so it took some prompting.) The report is reprinted here in its entirety: Ted Rall draws pictures. They are cartoons but they are not so funny I don’t think. Scooby Doo is a funny dog and he is a cartoon also. My friend Trevor makes

The Sporting News pays tribute.