This is the first in what will be a series of posts about the year's major business stories (in reality; not as reported by the media): SCOTUS With the …

Betsy Newmark has touched on one of my favorite topics, ranking the U.S. Presidents. Like me, she laughs at the arrogance of elitist partisans judging George W. Bush as …

Two stories in this morning's papers caught my eye. First up, a tale of the US Navy doing just what it ought to: hunting pirates. This is entirely appropriate. …

One whopper of a tale One lie too many, even the democrats have a hard time swallowing the whopper Bill Clinton told. Looks like someone should remind Clinton of …

Last Friday, at the conclusion of the Hillary Clinton campaign office hostage drama, I wrapped up my flippant coverage of the whole stupid incident with "As usual, I blame …

This week's Weekend Caption Contest™ was left everyone feeling particularly groovy. The assignment this week was to caption the following picture: Here are the winning entries: 1) (Baron Von …

Energy Here's a very good article -- with no agenda -- about ConocoPhillips' plans for a massive natural gas pipeline from Alaska to the lower-48. Read the whole thing. …

Earlier reports, linked at Gateway Pundit, predicted a Chavez victory, but each succeeding one sounded less and less sure. The actual results were probably a huge landslide against - …

Over the last couple of days, two postings of mine took a little criticism. That's nothing new, but these criticisms came across as fairly reasonable. I have no intention …

Wretchard, over at The Belmont Club, points to developments in Nigeria that do not point to a new form of 419 scam. Rather, he sees what may be the …