Don’t be too surprised if you’re paying more for corn and anything made from it later on this year. A thin cornstalk comes out of the dry, dusty ground with just a slight tug, its bug-eaten roots barely an inch long. Husks peel back to reveal scraggly-looking ears not much longer than a thumb....
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By Alamin Muhammad In the second paragraph of the constitution of the United States it reads “We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator what certain unalienable rights, that are among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This...
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Starlett Scarlett Shocked – Shocked – By Massive Mammaries
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White House reporter Helen Thomas allegedly told the Hill newspaper that if Dick Cheney runs for president, she’ll kill herself, more than likely by a self-inflicted glance in the mirror. “All we need is one more liar,” Thomas is quoted as saying, in an apparent attempt to recruit more White House reporters. In all...
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By Nicholas Stix In a brilliant column Fred published the other day on scientific knowledge and scientific ignorance (a tip ‘o the hat to Steve Sailer), Reed worked in a nifty allusion to one of Eliot’s most famous (and to my mind, his single best) poems. See if you can find it.
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Many police officers and prosecutors have become increasingly frustrated by their inability to investigate and prosecute cases successfully when key witnesses refuse to provide critical evidence or to testify because they fear retaliation by the defendant or his family and friends. While the US government manages the Witness Protection Program,...
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Does anyone else remember the George W Bush of the 2000 primaries? He was bumbling, inept and ignorant, the guy who got there on his father’s coat-tails and was a failure as a businessman to boot. Now, 5 years and 3 months later, we are talking about the man who handled a domestic crisis...
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In promoting racial equality, it is often harped that on the inside we are all the same regardless of color or background. Apparently that isn’t quite the case since we are now being bombarded by yet another celebration pandering to minorities. Minority Transplant Organ Awareness Day (try putting that on a greeting card) seeks...
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THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF WOOLLY HATS Just to take our minds off more serious concerns for once, I thought I might point out something I have noticed that other people might or might not be able to confirm from their own experience. I have noticed that people whom Australians would call “drongoes” (foolish and...
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Here’s a good one…. “Veteran wire reporter Helen Thomas is vowing to ‘kill herself’ if Dick Cheney announces he is running for president. The newspaper HILL first reported the startling claim on Thursday. “The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I’ll kill myself,” she told the HILL. “All we need is...
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Helen Thomas in “Promises, Promises…”
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THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF WOOLLY HATS Just to take our minds off more serious concerns for once, I thought I might point out something I have noticed that other people might or might not be able to confirm from their own experience. I have noticed that people whom Australians would call “drongoes” (foolish and...
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Sorry about your father, Pete. Pardon my absence as well. I have to finish my book and it isn’t easy. I’m working every day on it though.
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Confirm Them explains how a person who supports John Robert’s nomination to the Supreme Court can try to help ensure his confirmation. In the last week, I have heard from top Senate staffers and representatives of the White House that the most critical thing organizations and individuals  especially attorneys, law professors, organizations, and...
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This is the freakiest coincidence I have ever seen! Or is it?!? Not two seconds after posting the previous post on the robot woman, I see this from the BBC. This ain’t no coincidence, as some of Fire’s former students might say, this is a sign that the age of man has returned. It...
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Here is how I picture the commercial for Repliee Q1. A large church with a wedding, the bride and groom are standing at the alter. The priest is asking the bride if she will take this man as one of the groomsmen gets a text message on his blackberry. He looks surprised because he...
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Islam Does Not Mean “Peace”
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I happened upon a piece in last Sunday’s Washington Post, which was written by Muslim journalist Mona Eltahawy. Having moved to London with her parents when she was 7 years of age, Ms. Eltahawy wrote that “the London bombings did it for me†and that she has reached the end of her patience with...
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Liberals Breaking The Good Faith Covenant… Again!
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