The GOPUSA.com website today has a story about former Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) suing a 20-year-old website operator for calling Abourezk a traitor. The story gets amusing when it recounts that Abourezk himself has used the term loosely: for example, ... READ MORE
An interesting letter in response to Project 21's complaints that Disney/Miramax (strangely) chose the nickname of widely-admired black military units for its new movie about military misfits. Hello, Mr. Almasi, My wife and I saw this film last night and ... READ MORE
Chris Burger of The National Center's John P. McGovern MD Center for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs has some questions about the Sierra Club in this note: Last summer, the Sierra Club -- typically a group that is vehemently opposed to ... READ MORE
Our E.D. David Almasi spots a case of limousine liberalism: NIMBY stands for Not-In-My-Back-Yard, a typical suburban opposition to new development or change to the surroundings. In suburban DC, the local PBS affiliate is engaging in a bit of NIMBYism ... READ MORE
An irony of the drug reimportation debate: Proponents of drug reimportation often say they are merely trying to make prescription drugs more affordable for American seniors, but the pro-drug reimportation stance of the House is so strongly opposed by the ... READ MORE
Various folks here have opinions about NY Mayor Bloomberg's announcement that NYC will open a public high school exclusively for gay students. David Almasi, our executive director, notes the irony of a liberal-backed plan to segregate gay students from others ... READ MORE
BACKGROUND: Just as Senators Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and John McCain (R-AZ) are pushing a "Kyoto-Lite" anti-global warming amendment to put greenhouse gas emissions caps on every major sector of the U.S. economy, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Chairman of the Committee ... READ MORE
OK, so the NY Times has a reporter whose middle numeral is "8," as in "Jennifer 8. Lee." Others have noticed this already. Fine. But since the Times puts a period after the "8," we must assume "8" is an ... READ MORE
A New York Times piece by Jennifer 8. Lee on July 28 says "Many senators are torn between growing public concern about global warming and industry's contentions that carbon dioxide regulations are misguided..." I'll skip a diatribe about the story ... READ MORE
Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) delivered a long speech about climate change on the floor of the Senate Monday. As I write this the Environment and Public Works Committee does not yet have a copy of the Senator's speech on its ... READ MORE
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