Category: Blog

Pro-Bush Poll Censored

Visit Davids Medienkritik, a German blog (written in English), to read the hilarious story of major German news organizations that have stopped running online Bush v. Kerry popularity polls because -- apparently -- they didn't like the poll results. Davids ...
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Worth a Look

Found an interesting new blog today, Below Street Level - Subverting Youth Culture . It has thoughtful commentary and some superb links, such as this one to a Washington Post story explaining (in very straightforward terms) what America's current stem ...
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Hat Not So Lucky, Maybe

BeldarBlog has a link to a Washington Post story in which John Kerry describes his "good luck hat," which, Kerry says, was "given to me by a CIA guy as we went in for a special mission in Cambodia." ...
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Coca-Cola Can’t Win

While reading various legal blogs tonight (including Overlawyered, SickofLawsuits.org, PointofLaw.com, BeldarBlog, The Curmudgeonly Clerk, ProfessorBainbridge and others), I was reminded of one of the stories in The National Center's own Legal Briefs newsletter (in this particular case, Overlawyered was one ...
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The One Secret Washington DC Has Been Able to Keep (Or Not)

Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of President Nixon's resignation. Thirty years of official mystery: Who is "Deep Throat"? In thirty years, "Deep Throat" never wanted to write a book, be known for his (presumably most famous) achievement, get a little ...
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If You Don’t Cry, You Get a Good Laugh

Captain Ed has an amazing post today about an alternative high school in California that teaches that there are 53 states in the U.S., but our flag only has 50 stars because we haven't updated it yet. And you would ...
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Court Rules Journalists Are Not Above the Law

Reporters are being held in contempt of court for believing they don't have to testify under subpoena as lesser mortals do. (Link above has a pdf copy of the U.S. District Court's court's ruling, for those who like their news ...
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Freedom’s Truth: Liberating Iraq

I've just added the Freedom's Truth: Liberating Iraq blog to my blogroll. It has very comprehensive Iraq coverage -- it is the Instapundit of Iraq-oriented blogs. Note also that Freedom's Truth has a fascinating blogroll in several categories: Iraqi blogs, ...
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The Atheist Sloth Ethic

Professor Bainbridge has another fun post, a discussion of and link to an essay by historian Niall Ferguson exploring why it might be that Europeans work much less than do Americans ...
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Speaking from the Floor of the Senate, Lt. Kerry

David of the No Caliban blog has a response to my query about whether Swift Boat veteran George Elliott is properly addressed as "Captain" (Human Events, Washington Times, his own affidavits and others) or "Lt. Commander" (Boston Globe, New York ...
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