Brian M. Riedl of the Heritage Foundation has an eye-popping new paper out, "The Top 10 Examples of Government Waste." Here they are: 1. The Missing $25 Billion 2. Unused Flight Tickets Totaling $100 Million 3. Embezzled Funds at the ... READ MORE
Captain's Quarters blog coverage of the (formerly) secret testimony of Jean Brault at (Canada's) Gomery Commission appears to be another historic milestone for the blogosphere. Harry Forbes at the Squaring the Boston Globe blog takes a look at the traffic ... READ MORE
Diversity magazine sent out an email today with the subject line: "Is the world ready for an African Pope?" I'd rephrase the question, and instead ask: "Is the world ready for an African Pope who isn't a liberal?" ... READ MORE
The London Sunday Times examines the evidence behind the suspicion that the Soviet government was behind the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in May 1981. If the trajectory of the bullet that hit the Pope, and/or the one ... READ MORE
Is Glenn Reynolds calling for U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations? That's one way to read the last line of this post -- but I'm not sure that's what he means. Glenn links to this piece by Austin Bay, who ... READ MORE
A Constrained Vision has collected a very interesting set of links showing which countries have individual retirement accounts as part of their mandatory retirement programs ... READ MORE
Bill of Bill's Comments predicts the future decline of American science: In 10 to 25 years, we will see the eclipse of American science, the pride of the 20th Century. Some country, more interested in real results than in who ... READ MORE
The American Enterprise doesn't mince words with a piece entitled The Great Social Security Embezzlement by William Tucker: Every writer I know is looking for that dazzling phrase that brings the Social Security situation into focus. (That's what us writers ... READ MORE
I'm late to noticing this, but Michelle Malkin has rightly applauded a university that is awarding scholarships to students who have lost a parent in U.S. military combat. State legislatures around the country should consider adopting such a policy for ... READ MORE
Michelle Malkin is publicizing a call for Type O blood donors to join a bone marrow registry in order to help a desperately-ill Marine. As my blood is Type O-, the "universal donor" type that is considered liquid gold to ... READ MORE
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