Archives: 2007 November

Clark Judge in the Washington Times predicts that President Bush’s approval rating will rebound next year. He cites three developments that could fuel such a rebound: (1) the improved situation in Iraq, (2) scientific breakthroughs that vindicate Bush’s restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, and (3) the likelihood that the […]

Maybe I’m turning into Andy Rooney in my old age, but I’m tired of celebrities and more specifically, I don’t want to see any more pregnant celebrities posing nude for magazine covers.
It’s nearly impossible to walk past a magazine rack these days without being confronted by a cover of a nude celebrity showing off her […]

In what is truly a case of the privileged few versus the muzzled many, the FCC wants to further expand the consolidation of our media, which is already dominated by the broadcasting giants. Chairman Kevin Martin earlier this month proposed a relaxation of the rules against newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership within the same market area. […]

If you’re interested in betting on the Miss World pageant, that is. I sized up the field in this year’s competition here. The latest betting odds are here. There are a few surprises going into tomorrow night’s finale. The current betting favorite is Miss China; click to enlarge:

This isn’t too […]

There are reports circulating around the Internet that the hostage taker at Hillary Clinton’s New Hampshire office was libertarian. Here’s the earliest of such reports that I saw (with bold headline fonts) on the web:

Fox News reports Hostage Taker at Hillary Clinton Campaign HQ is a “Libertarian”
Updates Below
Hillary Clinton HQ Hostage Taker a […]

The world now knows how much Joe Paterno makes as head football coach of the Penn State Nitanny Lions.
My life hasn’t changed one bit since I found out that Paterno earns $512,664 a year. I graduated from Penn State but it never occurred to me to ask how much Paterno made when I attended school […]