Month: June 2008

One of my favorite stories about our first President, George Washington, concerns the period immediately after the victory at Yorktown in 1783. At long last the hated Redcoats were …

Over at National Review's "The Corner," there's an interesting observation by professor Victor Davis Hanson: the United Nations is looking into the rising prices of food around the world. …

Things are tough in the Ukraine right now. Students in Ukraine have stripped off for a sexy protest against having their hot water switched off. Dozens of girls plunged …

A long overdue change in immigration procedures. CAMP RED CLOUD, South Korea -- Foreign spouses of U.S. servicemembers stationed overseas no longer must fly to the United States to …

I just finally got around to reading Michael Chrichton's "State Of Fear," and it was... interesting. As a novel, it's pretty much a failure. But as a political/scientific work, …

This week's Weekend Caption Contest™ capped off another successful primaries season. Now, of course, it's on to the conventions then the general election so you'll have plenty more chances …

In today's New York Times, a group of political pundits and politiciansgave their theories as to why Hillary Clinton didn't get the Democratic nomination this year. The most interesting …

Meet the Republican nominee for the US Senate from Montana, Bob Kelleher For the last 44 years, Kelleher has run for office 16 times and lost 15. His only …

The more I hear about Barack Obama and his slogan of "Change you can believe in," the more I realize that it's being used by the wrong candidate. John …

From AP- TOKYO - A man who police said "was tired of life" drove into a crowd of pedestrians Sunday and then went on a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's …