On those rarest of occasions when everybody in the house is asleep and I’m not, there’s nothing enjoy more than watching someting on the TV with the volume down, in this case the Tampa Bay/Jacksonville NFL preseason game, and then putting my headphones on and dialing up my favorite music station. It’s relaxing, it’s borderline spiritual, and...
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When the issue of sexual harassment first erupted into public consciousness, conservatives saw it as a feminist attempt to inflate complaints of sex bias. It seemed directed against what most people regard as a natural — and not at all blameworthy — form of “discrimination”: that of men to make sexual advances toward women...
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What a disgrace. Who puts the K in Kalifornia? It’s not the Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger because of his Austrian heritage, but the tactics of the State Legislators who put the K in Kalifornia years before anyone even heard of Governor Arnold’s running for Governor. Here is yet another example of those stupid, unAmerican tactics...
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What’s the worst political label you can have these days? Commie-lib? Evil conservative? Nah, I’m starting to think that label is “non-partisan,” especially if it encroaches on an area that happens to be a hunting ground for the fiercely partisan, is about the worst thing you can be called. History may record it as...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Hurricane Katrina is in the news again with the first anniversary of the deadly storm and subsequent flood that destroyed the city of New Orleans. As a result of the deadly and catastrophic events that occurred in Louisiana and Mississippi, and the extraordinary number of committees investigating the failures in...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Hurricane Katrina is in the news again with the first anniversary of the deadly storm and subsequent flood that destroyed the city of New Orleans. As a result of the deadly and catastrophic events that occurred in Louisiana and Mississippi, and the extraordinary number of committees investigating the failures in...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP The Israeli military estabishment reports that they’ve created a new command to deal exclusively with Iran. Basically, according to Israeli officials, Israel has expanded its military command structure to include an “Iran Command” as prospects of war with the radical Islamic country appear inevitable. According to Ha’aretz, Israeli Air Force...
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For years, enemies of mankind such as Steve Irwin and Jeff Corwin have duped the American people into believing we have nothing to fear from allowing megafauna to trundle unimpeded across the face of the continent. On these propaganda pieces disguised as informative educational programming, we are told that alligators and black bears wouldn’t...
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A German woman called the police to her home. When they got there, the complainant told them that here husband was not having sex with her. The police did not arrest the husband for dereliction of his marital duties. That fellow got off easy compared to a husband in Argentina. His wife, a woman...
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A German woman called the police to her home. When they got there, the complainant told them that here husband was not having sex with her. The police did not arrest the husband for dereliction of his marital duties. That fellow got off easy compared to a husband in Argentina. His wife, a woman...
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NYT MORE ANTI-ISRAEL THAN AL JAZEERA! First some hypocrisy from the usual suspects that should surprise no-one: Here are two stories about the Middle East conflict: Rights organizations accuse Israel of war crimes: “Amnesty International Wednesday published findings that point to an Israeli policy of deliberate destruction of Lebanese civilian infrastructure, which included war...
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Sneak attack on gun owners: “They’re at it again. Gun-control advocates and their friends in state government are once again trying to nibble away at your right to own firearms. But you’ve got to hand it to them, as they’re quite crafty. This latest proposal, which is merely a retread of Gov. Ed Rendell’s...
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Politicized science produces bad public policy: “A new study about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Vietnam veterans once again spotlights the need to separate the process of establishing veterans’ benefits from scientific research. Researchers reported in Science (Aug. 18) that among 260 Vietnam vets studied, 18.7 percent had developed war-related PTSD during their lifetimes...
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No, Rice Krispies aren’t bio-toxic If you listen to environmental activists these days, you might think that snap, crackle, and pop coming from your Rice Krispies is the sound of impending doom. This week they’re trying to scare consumers about bioengineered, or genetically modified, rice. But when it comes to scare stories about biotech...
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