David Furst / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images HUMANITARIAN RELIEF Coalition forces brought some much needed cheer to school children in Umm Qasr, when they conducted a humanitarian relief mission to the Iraqi town. STEEL CURTAIN Five Marines assign...

The Guns and Butter Blog points out a most interesting thing I hadn't quite thought of before about the suicide bombing that took place in Jordan a few days ago, that being - when does an act of savagery like what Zarqawi's gang committed count in ev...

SMASH NOTES TWO SECNAVS The Senate's confirmation of Donald Winter as secretary of the Navy Nov. 10 while Gordon England still holds the job has caused "a little bit of a collision of positions that we are working through," said...

Clark Baker has posted an absolutely must-read letter at California Conservative. A brief excerpt: [...] 1. Can we lose this war?2. What does losing really mean?If we are to win, we must clearly answer these two pivotal questions.We can definitely

NOTES 1. TWO SECNAVS The Senate's confirmation of Donald Winter as secretary of the Navy Nov. 10 while Gordon England still holds the job has caused "a little bit of a collision of positions that we are working through," said...

President Bush's recent speeches that take his intellectually dishonest critics to task have been met with great praise by Republicans nationwide. The general feeling among his conservative base can best be summed up by the phrase: It's about time. H...

A few items that've caught my eye According to Orson Scott Card, The Legend of Zorro "...is not a great movie. It's barely a good movie..." but it has one (but at least it has that) saving grace. Amazing: a movie from Hollyweird with one redeeming ...

Than Bush supposedly lying. That is, what Senator Jay Rockefeller had to say to Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. As Powerline has reported, the significant part of the interview:WALLACE: Now, the President never said that Saddam Hussein was an

On Fox News Sunday (from Bill Bennett column in National Review; HT Lucianne; bold is mine):
(Chris) WALLACE: Now, the President never said that Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat. As you saw, you did say that. If anyone hyped the intelligence, is...

French parliament to examine state of emergency bill to quell riots.
I don't know what former President Clinton is gonna do any different? But, hey ..... suppressing an uprising is certainly different than Jimmuh strapping on a tool belt and helping ...

It was one of those Saturdays. After letting it go all week, I found myself at the post office first thing in the morning, papers and packages spilling out of my work satchel. I threw my bag up on the back counter and let out one of those heavy, audibl...

Here he comes again, in his never ending personal crusade to purge all references to the Divine from the public square and become this generation's version of Madelyn Murray O'Hare. From the AP story:SACRAMENTO, Calif. - An atheist who has...

Only one candidate knows the best route to Washington DC and he can get there with a toothbrush, some WD-40, and a pencil sharpener. According to the Macgyver 2008 site, only one man knows how important both a houseboat and a Swiss Army knife are to Am...

In the Washington Post today, there is a very interesting look at Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and how history relates to the confirmation of Judge Sam Alito.

The article, makes the case that, the nomination of Ginsburg to the Supreme court...

That wasn't hard. Now I suggest Mr. Schultz and company take up what they are really good at. Lies and comedy. With more lines like above they should do standup comedy for they are certainly not journalists.