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Haiti is devastated. 100,000 people are likely to have perished in a quake that destroyed the entire country and leveled the capitol to a point where it will take years just to get the country back to the mediocre condition many of its poorest people lived in for most of their lives. Amidst [...]

A judge in Oklahoma extended on Friday a temporary restraining order on a law that would post information online about women who get abortions in the state.

In extending the restraining order, Oklahoma County District Judge Daniel Owens denied the state’s motion to dismiss the case, putting the measure on hold until a February 19 hearing.

“We [...]

8-12 doesn’t sound so bad when you don’t have any place you need to be!

Elliot Spitzer has some pretty good taste…

Her column in the Post is here.

Although limited to a review of military operations eight years old, the report could also be read as a cautionary note for those resisting an increased troop presence there now.

More pointedly, it seeks to affix a measure of blame for the state of the war today on military leaders under former president George W. Bush, [...]

Absolutely spot-on. Go read it.

In deciding to use federal court, the attorney general probably considered the record of the military commission system that was established in November 2001. This system secured three convictions in eight years. The only person who had a full commission trial, Osama bin Laden’s driver, received five additional months in [...]

The big campaign speeches and oodles of rhetoric during the 2008 campaign are encapsulated in this speech…

Demonstrating that “Judgment to Lead,” and following up on all that lofty “we will do this and that” type stuff, the President has done…

Precisely…

Nothing…

If the war on terrorism is best fought in Afghanistan, then why aren’t we sending troops [...]

A swine flu vaccine mix-up has sparked outrage and concern.

Two children were given the vaccine without their parent’s consent. One mother said her daughter ended up in the emergency room after getting sick.

It’s a major mistake that could’ve cost one little girl her life.

It will be a long weekend for 6-year-old Nikiyah Torres as a [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal drug agents won’t pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states that allow medical marijuana, under new legal guidelines to be issued Monday by the Obama administration.

Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of [...]

A Delaware first-grader who was facing 45 days in an alternative school as punishment for taking his favorite camping utensil to school can return to class after the school board made a hasty change granting him a reprieve.

The seven-member Christina School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to reduce the punishment for kindergartners and first-graders who take [...]

Q: Should more US troops be sent to Afghanistan?

We need more troops. The situation is getting worse. We had the highest fatalities among US troops this past year than at any time since 2002. I would send 2 to 3 additional brigades to Afghanistan. Keep in mind that we have 4 times the number of [...]

Since 1994, almost 13,000 gay servicemen and women have been discharged from the military based not on their performance but on their sexual orientation. In 2009 alone, we’ve had more than 400 of our brave men and women leave the military under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. This is simply unacceptable. It is time to repeal [...]

Ever since those seven Senators decided to vote against defunding corruption-riddled ACORN, I’ve been trying to figure out how a common sense legislator like NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand could get roped into a group that didn’t see fit to putting an end to their nonsense. Then I read something today that shed some light [...]

Enough of this crap. Here’s what’s wrong with the current “debate” on health care (if you can call it a debate; right now it’s being framed as the good altruistic government versus the evil greedy racist non reformist teabaggers) and some common sense injected into a spot where common sense never wins out: politics.

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Iran’s nuclear capability is a threat that has been hyped…

Mohamed ElBaradei, outgoing chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has called the Iranian threat “hyped,” saying there is no proof the Islamic republic will soon have nuclear weapons.

“In many ways, I think the threat has been hyped,” ElBaradei told the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists [...]

There’s a lot of talk in the news since Ted Kennedy died about how we can best honor his memory. I think there’s a great way to do it and one we should already be working on.

It goes like this.

If you knowingly leave the scene of an accident involving your motor vehicle for which [...]

Man, Jonah Goldberg just lays into President Obama, guns a-blazin’ and completely dissects the race climate in this country in a profound way.

Here are a few choice quotes from Mr. Goldberg in a piece that made me jump for joy, mainly in that someone with a bit of exposure was finally saying what’s been bugging [...]

From the NY Daily News:

We could call it doubling down on a mistake. Or drawing a partisan line in the sand. But this is Barack Obama and his favorite movie is – I’m not making this up – “The Godfather,” so let’s stick with the mob theme.

The Obama Family is going to the mattresses.

With his [...]