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Oxus Gold’s Dirty Little Secret
Lira Tantebeyava works for the women of Kyrgyzstan. Every day, she plots and executes strategies to bring equal rights to one half the people of…
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Reid Removed Limit on Welfare for Amnestied Illegal Aliens
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) omitted a limit on welfare for amnestied illegal aliens previously adopted by the Senate when he revived the…
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Next: Mandatory equal air time for rock and disco
Isn't it comforting that Dick Durbin is watching out for Americans' impressionable minds? He recently told The Hill, “It's time to reinstitute the Fairness…
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Gouged by the Government
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Radio Frequency Your Way to Good Health
AFP reports on a new study by the American Medical Association recommending the implantation of RFID tags to carry medical information in case of…
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Supreme Court Denies Property Owners Relief from Harrassment
On Monday, the Supreme Court weakened property owners' protection against government harassment in Wilkie v. Robbins. Law Professor Ilya Somin explains why the decision…
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Shining a Spotlight on Anti-DDT Activists
A story in today’s Mail and Guardian, an online African newspaper, highlights First Lady Laura Bush’s trip to Africa, where she is “shining a…
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All Real Crimes in Hot Springs Now Solved
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Meet Marc “Brass Knuckles” Morano
Our good friend Marc Morano, communications director for the minority staff at Senate EPW, is treated to a “Hill People” profile (sub. req’d.) in…
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Progressives engage in globalization debate
The Democratic Leadership Council — home to progressive Democrats — last week announced a new Global Economy Project, whose mission is — . .
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Labor senior groups’ gravy train gets lumpy
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Mandatory card check checked — for now
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$4 per gallon for Gas and Milk?
If crossing the threshold of paying $4.00 per gallon of milk feels similar to having paid $50 for a tank of gas, the reasons behind…
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AMA wants investigation of store-based health clinics
Yesterday, the American Medical Association said it had adopted recommendations for state and federal agencies to investigate store-based health clinics. At its annual meeting,…
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First Amendment Double Standards
Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued two First Amendment rulings, one expanding First Amendment protection and the other narrowing it. In Morse v. Frederick,…
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Card check update
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A New Way to Fund the Madrassas?
One complaint from national security hawks about the developed world’s use of oil has been that it directs Western money to Middle Eastern sources who…
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Tires from China
Today’s news contains word that The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for the recall of 450,000 Chinese tires that apparently come apart…
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Massive Flaws in Senate Immigration Bill
The Senate immigration bill supported by Ted Kennedy and George Bush will make things worse for high-tech businesses, according to a news story in…
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Giant penguins in Peru — in warmer climes 40 million years ago
Turns out that giant penguins lived in Peru 40 million years ago, confounding scientists who thought that such large flightless birds wouldn’t have been…
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Dave Barry for Candidate!
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Never Green Enough
Everywhere businesses are going green, but no firm will ever be green enough for the greens. According to an article in today’s New York…
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Omnipave Goes Green
Ain’t this the truth? “Most of what you see today in the green movement is voodoo marketing,” he added. “If they say their product…
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Lawyers Ready to Cash in on Climate Change
We knew the trial lawyers were ready to pounce, and are they ever. In today’s Dallas Morning News, there’s an article about a major…
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Chem Goes PC
An interesting, depressing article in today’s Inside Higher Ed describes the advances that the Green Left have made in the teaching of undergraduate…
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The Rubber Stamp
In the June 23-24 Wall Street Journal, John Fialka and Greg Hitt (“Fights Loom on Energy Bill, Making Passage Uncertain,” subscription required) mention that,…
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Pantless Judge Goes Home Empty Handed
In more legal news, DC administrative law judge Roy L. Pearson has lost his case against his local dry cleaner, whom he was suing…
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The Supreme Court Rulez
The Supreme Court today struck a small chunk out of the mountain of unconstitutionality that is the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. From the Mark…
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Re: In Memory: Hans F. Sennholz, February 3, 1922–June 23, 2007
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Sarkocialism
The ONLY good thing about the EU in my opinion has been its commitment to a single market and attacks on state aid. The harmonization…