Year: 2004

UPI’s Peter Roff on Congressional Access to Tax Returns: What Really Happened

UPI has a wire story today by Peter Roff providing additional details on the Congressional access to tax returns story. An excerpt: What actually happened, said one source with knowledge of the back story, is that the amendment was an ...

Photo of the Year Nominee

Ed Haislmaier writes to tell us about a photo he saw online: While I don't recall you ever posting pictures on your blog (as many other bloggers do), I was particularly struck by the composition and symbolism of this photo, ...

The Case for Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Hicks

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Chief Justice William Rehnquist's current battle with cancer is sending shock waves throughout the legal community. With the Chief Justice forgoing active participation in the Court's activities, it is speculated that the 80-year-old may be ready to retire. Republican gains ...

Some Post-Election Advice for Liberals, by Murdock “Doc” Gibbs

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As I listen to the self-examination, recrimination and Monday morning quarterbacking among liberals over their sound defeat in Election 2004, I have a few suggestions. It's not a guarantee for success, but at least they won't be perceived as so ...

Negroes and Black Conservatives, by Mychal Massie

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In the minds of the white liberal elite, there is an unambiguous dichotomy between Negroes and black conservatives. A glaring example of this truth is the racist bastardization of Condoleezza Rice, our President's choice to become Secretary of State. Rice ...

Bigotry from the Left, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

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Bigotry can be found in the places one would least expect it to thrive. Author Shirley Jackson, remembered most for horror tales such as The Lottery, understood this when she wrote the slyly brilliant story "After You My Dear Alphonse." ...

Canadian Friends in Freedom

Tom Harris sent over this letter he and his wife had published in the Ottawa Citizen today: On behalf of many of the ordinary residents of the nation's capital, we would like to welcome President George W. Bush to Canada ...

Child Murder in Seattle and Elsewhere

Michelle Malkin posts the horrifying story of an evil blot in Seattle who murdered his two daughters, and his relatives who wrote him a nice sweet obituary (I'm not being sarcastic -- they really did) containing a photo of the ...

Wacky Names for Kids

Inspired by Julia Roberts, the Washington Post lists some truly wacky names celebrities have given their children, and then asks: "Isn't it hard enough being the child of a celebrity without having to endure additional commentary about one's unusual name? ...

Animal Rights Activist Wants to Live Like a Pig

An animal rights activist in Australia says he wants to live like a pig: An animal rights activist is seeking a piggery owner who will let him live in a pig stall in an attempt to bring attention to piggery ...

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