Monday, April 28, 2008
The end of the age of Reagan
by Sean Wilentz
"I think it's important to remember," said Mike Huckabee, "that what Ronald Reagan did was to give us a vision for this country, a morning in America, a city on a hill." John McCain talked about Reagan's fiscal austerity: "Ronald Reagan used to say we spend money like a drunken sailor." Tommy Thompson threw in a stilted but apposite observation: "We forgot to be coming up with new ideas, big ideas like Ronald Reagan."
Roger Clemens had 10-year fling with country star Mindy McCready
By TERI THOMPSON and NATHANIEL VINTON and CHRISTIAN RED
Roger Clemens carried on a decade-long affair with country star Mindy McCready, a romance that began when McCready was a 15-year-old aspiring singer performing in a karaoke bar and Clemens was a 28-year-old Red Sox ace and married father of two, several sources have told the Daily News.
British Muslim 'bullied' for converting to Christianity
Ruth Gledhill
A British citizen who converted to Christianity from Islam and then complained to police when locals threatened to burn his house down was told by officers to “stop being a crusader”, according to a new report.
Nissar Hussein, 43, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, who was born and raised in Britain, converted from Islam to Christianity with his wife, Qubra, in 1996. The report says that he was subjected to a number of attacks.
Nissar Hussein, 43, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, who was born and raised in Britain, converted from Islam to Christianity with his wife, Qubra, in 1996. The report says that he was subjected to a number of attacks.
The smouldering debate over biofuel
GWYN MORGAN
The beginning of the end of the whale oil age came in 1858, when James Miller Williams managed to produce what was then called “natural rock oil” from a well near the present-day towns of Oil Springs and Petrolia, Ont. The following year, in Titusville, Penn., Edwin Drake filled a 42-gallon wooden whisky barrel with the first U.S. oil production. Initially, the oil was refined mainly into kerosene, and before long, kerosene lamps lit up the night in more than just the homes of the wealthy.
Maize Maze
By AUSTIN BAY
My cornbread hobby isn't the only reason I watch the price of corn. Gauging Mexican political stability is another. Corn (maize, as the Mexicans correctly call it) feeds Mexico. When corn prices rise, Mexico's poor must spend more to buy their staple.
The Moment of Truth for the Left
By James Lewis
We have been nursing a viper in our national bosom. Seven years after September 11, 2001, this is the moment of truth, when the Left must finally decide what side it's on. Wright's sermons may signal the end of the Obama campaign, and they may mean the breakup of the Democratic Party as we know it. I don't see how any centrist Democrat can still belong to this party if Obama is its nominee. Jeremiah Wright may mean the historical end of the Civil Rights Era, because fifty years after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Left's presumption of Victimhood and innocence is now gone.
Obama's ex-pastor speaks out
"I describe the conditions in this country," the Rev. Jeremiah Wright said during his lively keynote address at the Detroit chapter's 53rd Freedom Fund dinner.
"Conditions divide, not my descriptions," he said.
"Conditions divide, not my descriptions," he said.
"I am sorry your local political analysts and your neighboring county executives think my being here is polarizing and my sermons are divisive, but I'm not here to address an analyst's opinion,"
Questions for Obama
George F. Will
Senator, concerning the criteria by which you will nominate judges, you said: "We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom. The empathy to understand what it's like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old." Such sensitivities might serve an admirable legislator, but what have they to do with judging? Should a judge side with whichever party in a controversy stirs his or her empathy?
Pro-Choice Politicians, a Pass With the Pope
In the aftermath of the U.S. visit by Pope Benedict XVI, traditional Catholics are asking a troublesome question: Did pro-choice politicians receiving Communion at the papal Masses indicate the pope had softened on the abortion question? The answer is no. On the contrary, it reflected disobedience to Benedict by the archbishops of New York and Washington.
World’s oil is running out ?
Irwin Stelzer
Another myth: we are running out of oil. According to WorldPublic Opinion.org, “majorities in 15 of the 16 nations surveyed around the world think that oil is running out . . . only 22% on average believe that ‘enough oil will be found so that it can remain a primary source of energy for the foreseeable future’ ”.
$10 a gallon
By DAN DORFMAN
Get ready for another economic shock of major proportions — a virtual doubling of prices at the gas pump to as much as $10 a gallon. That’s the message from a couple of analytical energy industry trackers, both of whom, based on the surging oil prices, see considerably more pain at the pump than most drivers realize.
Pope Benedict XVI
In the aftermath of the U.S. visit by Pope Benedict XVI, traditional Catholics are asking a troublesome question: Did pro-choice politicians receiving Communion at the papal Masses indicate the pope had softened on the abortion question? The answer is no. On the contrary, it reflected disobedience to Benedict by the archbishops of New York and Washington.
Thinking the Unthinkable
By Clifford C. Day
This policy may already have cost American lives. In at least one instance, U.S. officials labored for nearly ten hours to get legal approval necessary to conduct wiretaps to help them locate three American soldiers kidnapped by al-Qaeda combatants in Iraq. The soldiers were not successfully rescued.“We are extending Fourth Amendment (constitutional) rights to a terrorist foreigner . . .
Jimmy Carter Disgraced For Many Reasons
When it came time to judge Jimmy Carter's presidency, Americans voters thundered: Carter, receiving 40% of the popular vote, carrying six states. With sound reasons: The prime rate had soared to 20%, inflation to 12.5% and unemployment to 7.5%
More dismal than Carter's domestic failures is the continuing damage his blunders did to international security.
More dismal than Carter's domestic failures is the continuing damage his blunders did to international security.
Carter accuses Rice of being untruthful
Former US President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday accused Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of being untruthful over remarks made about his controversial meeting with the Islamist Hamas group.
Rice had chided Carter for meeting with Hamas, saying US State Department officials had told him such talks would not help the Middle East peace process.
Rice had chided Carter for meeting with Hamas, saying US State Department officials had told him such talks would not help the Middle East peace process.
Carter-Hamas meeting achieved nothing
"The only thing he achieved was permission on the part of Khaled Meshaal of Hamas to deliver a letter from a detained Israeli soldier to his family. Nothing else," he said.
"Hamas offered nothing to president Carter.
"Hamas offered nothing to president Carter.
Lawmakers debate offering a Christian license plate
By JESSICA GRESKO
MIAMI (AP) - Florida drivers can order more than 100 specialty license plates celebrating everything from manatees to the Miami Heat, but one now under consideration would be the first in the nation to explicitly promote a specific religion.
N.Korea aided Syria on plutonium program
By Arshad Mohammed
WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The Bush administration is expected to tell U.S. lawmakers on Thursday that it believes North Korea was helping Syria build a nuclear reactor that could produce plutonium, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
Terrorist Fundraisers for Obama
Two years ago, Hatem El-Hady was the chairman of the Toledo, Ohio-based Islamic charity, Kindhearts, which was closed by the US government in February 2006 for terrorist fundraising and all its assets frozen. Today, El-Hady has redirected his fundraising efforts for his newest cause - Barack Obama for President.
When Will We Admit the Truth About Barack
By Selwyn Duke
If you interview someone for a job, you'll expect him to tell you what you want to hear. There'll be a façade, and his darker side will remain well-hidden. Now, let's say a requirement for the job is that the applicant likes children, and he does his best Captain Kangaroo. But then you find out he has a job history of indifference to and perhaps even abuse of kids and that, during unguarded moments, he has expressed disdain for them. What will you believe, what he tries to sell you, or history and hair-down revelations?
In Texas compound case, 4 questions need answers
Three weeks after Texas authorities removed more than 400 children from a polygamist compound, the facts remain distressingly murky. With so much unknown, it is difficult to assess whether Texas officials have acted appropriately, perhaps even belatedly, or whether they've overreached. But if answers are elusive, the questions that will lead to them are increasingly clear:
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
NY jury rejects rectal exam lawsuit
NEW YORK - A hospital did nothing wrong when it tried to examine the rectum of a construction worker who had been hit on the head by a falling wooden beam, a jury found Monday. After deliberating for about an hour, a state Supreme Court jury awarded nothing to Brian Persaud, who sued NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital for unspecified damages. The panel found the hospital and its emergency room medical staff were not liable.
Oil: How High from Here?
by Moira Herbst
The news from the trading pits is, well, no news at all: Oil prices are again breaking records. On Apr. 21, the price of a barrel of the benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for May delivery hit $117.76 on the New York Mercantile Exchange—an all-time high—before settling at $117.46. On Apr. 22, crude hit yet another all-time high of $118.05 in electronic trading before retreating slightly. Oil prices are up 23% so far this year, and 16% in April alone.
Those prices in the futures market are hitting consumers in the here and now, rippling through everything from gasoline to food to home heating fuel. The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline hit a high of $3.50 on Apr. 21. Diesel prices also set a record, at $4.20 a gallon, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.
Those prices in the futures market are hitting consumers in the here and now, rippling through everything from gasoline to food to home heating fuel. The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline hit a high of $3.50 on Apr. 21. Diesel prices also set a record, at $4.20 a gallon, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.
JIMMY'S HA-MESS
By ANDY SOLTIS
April 22, 2008 -- Former President Jimmy Carter wound up his controversial Mideast jaunt by declaring partial success - but Hamas officials quickly undermined his claims.
Carter said Hamas' top official, Khaled Meshaal, told him he was ready to accept Israel's right to "live as a neighbor next door in peace"
Carter said Hamas' top official, Khaled Meshaal, told him he was ready to accept Israel's right to "live as a neighbor next door in peace"
Earth First! (People Later)
By David Bueche
The world has been warming since approximately 1650 when it reached its latest low and almost dipped into a modern Ice Age. This episode is well-recorded and notable for its misery as crop yields declined, economic activity contracted, and people were generally extremely cold. On the lighter side... you could ice skate on the Thames. But all in all, not a good trend...
The world is now the same temperature as it was in 1000 A.D. We've basically climbed out of the trough that we descended into for 650 years and now enjoy the same general climate as feudal rulers and Vikings a millennium ago. ("Beautiful day wouldn't you say Erik? This is pillaging weather Gefhert - pass me that mace!")
Rice: U.S. Warned Carter Not to Talk to Hamas
KUWAIT CITY — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday the Bush administration explicitly warned former President Jimmy Carter against meeting with members of Hamas, the Palestinian faction that controls the Gaza Strip and which is regarded by the U.S. as a terror group.
Rice, attending a regional meeting on Iraq's security and future, contradicted Carter's assertions that he never got a clear signal from the State Department. Rice told reporters that the U.S. thought the visit could confuse the message that the U.S. will not deal with Hamas.
Rice, attending a regional meeting on Iraq's security and future, contradicted Carter's assertions that he never got a clear signal from the State Department. Rice told reporters that the U.S. thought the visit could confuse the message that the U.S. will not deal with Hamas.
Why I Left Greenpeace
By PATRICK MOORE
In 1971 an environmental and antiwar ethic was taking root in Canada, and I chose to participate. As I completed a Ph.D. in ecology, I combined my science background with the strong media skills of my colleagues. In keeping with our pacifist views, we started Greenpeace.
But I later learned that the environmental movement is not always guided by science. As we celebrate Earth Day today, this is a good lesson to keep in mind.
But I later learned that the environmental movement is not always guided by science. As we celebrate Earth Day today, this is a good lesson to keep in mind.
How the Politics of Conviction Saved Britain
By Suzanne Fields
If it's true, as Marc Antony observed over the bier of Julius Caesar that "the good that men do is oft interred with their bones," Margaret Thatcher is an exception proving the rule. Maggie, at 82, is still very much with us, and the bones of her legacy are still up and dancing around with the vigor and grace of a prima ballerina.
Is The FLDS Raid About Stopping Child Abuse?
"This is about children who are at imminent risk of harm," said Texas Child Protective Service's Marleigh Meisner.
"We are very much against child abuse in our society," insisted a representative of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
ACLU weighs in on Texas polygamist custody case
SAN ANGELO, Texas (CNN) -- The Texas branch of the American Civil Liberties Union said it was concerned that the basic rights of the children and mothers connected to a Texas polygamist ranch were violated during a recent raid and custody hearing. At the hearing Friday, Judge Barbara Walther ordered 416 children connected to the YFZ (Yearning For Zion) ranch kept in state custody.
Video of Gay, Singing Jesus Who Gets Hit by a Bus
Erick Erickson over at RedState tells us all of an anti-Christian video recently introduced with great frivolity by Internet philosopher and Obama technology advisor Larry Lessig. The video introduced at a Google Author series seminar shows Jesus singing the Gloria Gaynor tune "I Will Survive" in a very effeminate, theatrical way. As the song ramps up, Jesus throws off his robe and strips down to a diaper-like covering, then he sashays through a modern city until he gets hit by a bus in an intersection.
It turns out that Lessig is a somewhat secretive Obama campaign advisor, serving to assist the campaign on Internet and technology policies. As Erickson points out, Lessig hosts Obama's tech policy on his own lessig.org website.
New Islamist Threat
By Pete Winn
Washington (CNSNews.com) - Radical Islamists not only want to destroy America with bombs and weapons of mass destruction, they also are infiltrating U.S. financial markets and influencing the flow of credit and capital, according to the Center for Security Policy (CSP), a conservative think-tank. CSP President Frank Gaffney, a former Reagan administration assistant secretary of defense, has launched a national campaign to counter what he calls "an insidious threat" -- shari'a-compliant finance.
It's illegal immigration, stupid!
WASHINGTON -- Voting in our presidential primary is now only hours away and there are sufficient issues to confuse a battery of computers.
During the past months we have heard the major candidates explain how they would solve many of the problems faced by our United States.
In the 1992 presidential campaign, Bill Clinton won largely because of his slogan, "It's the economy, stupid!" While that is even truer today, there is a more ominous fear, but no candidate has dared to say,
During the past months we have heard the major candidates explain how they would solve many of the problems faced by our United States.
In the 1992 presidential campaign, Bill Clinton won largely because of his slogan, "It's the economy, stupid!" While that is even truer today, there is a more ominous fear, but no candidate has dared to say,
President Obama and a Nuclear Iran
By James Lewis
Assume for a moment: It's January, 2009, and Barack Obama has just been inaugurated as President of the United States. Ahmadi-Nejad explodes his first Bomb; he now has that itchy finger on the button as long as the mullahs stay in power. The Middle East goes wild --- with abject fear among the Saudis, and loud celebrations among terror supporters. The day of revenge against the Jews and the Crusaders has finally arrived.
Vitamin D in brain function
Vitamin D has long been known to promote healthy bones by regulating calcium levels in the body. Lack of sufficient vitamin D in very young children results in rickets, which can be easily prevented by vitamin D supplements. In addition to protecting against rickets, evidence now strongly indicates that a plentiful supply of vitamin D helps to protect against bone fractures in the elderly. Evidence also continues to accumulate suggesting a beneficial role for vitamin D in protecting against autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis and type I diabetes, as well as some forms of cancer, particularly colorectal and breast.
Searching for "Sarah"
By Robert Stacy McCain
"Nothing catches an editor's eye like a good rape," gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson once observed, and this month's lurid tales of teenage girls ritually raped in the temple of a Texas polygamist cult caught editors' eyes around the world.
"Documents: Sect married girls at puberty," declared the headline on an April 8 Associated Press story, while the online version of the Everett, Washington, Daily Herald featured this April 10 headline: "Texas cult's girls required to have sex in temple."
Los Angeles debates the treatment of illegal immigrants.
By Jack Dunphy
Sometimes a solitary tragedy can weave all the tangled threads of a far-ranging debate into a sharply focused picture, one that only the willfully blind can claim not to see. Here in Los Angeles, one such tragedy has been the murder of Jamiel Shaw, 17, a high-school student and star athlete who was shot to death on March 2 of this year.
Jamiel Shaw’s death is notable not only for its inherent tragedy of extinguished promise, but even more so for its illustration of the government’s abject failure to perform its most basic function: protecting the innocent from predators such as Pedro Espinoza.
Moms and young children from Texas ranch to be parted
By MICHELLE ROBERTS
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - Adult mothers who have been allowed to stay with their young children since they were taken from a polygamous sect will be separated from them after DNA sampling is completed next week, a child welfare official said Saturday.
State District Judge Barbara Walther late Friday ordered that parents and children of the Yearning For Zion Ranch submit DNA samples to help sort out family relationships that have confounded authorities since 416 children were taken into state custody two weeks ago.
Why flowers have lost their scent
Pollution is dulling the scent of flowers and impeding some of the most basic processes of nature, disrupting insect life and imperilling food supplies, a new study suggests.
The potentially hugely significant research – funded by the blue-chip US National Science Foundation – has found that gases mainly formed from the emissions of car exhausts prevent flowers from attracting bees and other insects in order to pollinate them.
The potentially hugely significant research – funded by the blue-chip US National Science Foundation – has found that gases mainly formed from the emissions of car exhausts prevent flowers from attracting bees and other insects in order to pollinate them.
Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World
Major retailers in New York, in areas of New England, and on the West Coast are limiting purchases of flour, rice, and cooking oil as demand outstrips supply. There are also anecdotal reports that some consumers are hoarding grain stocks.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Latest Map of the "Reconquista"
This article is in Spanish, but a portion of the translation reads:
Good, from my point of view tis is an accurate map. Perhaps it will not happen in a conventional way, but we will acquire new territories, maybe not by a military route. But of the recolonization of them with our genes through repopulation and the displacement of the decadent anglos.
Surely this will increase the Mexican presence and cause major friction with the jingoistic yankees and those who will taken over and expelled.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
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