Archive for October 15th, 2006

This is a quick “heads up” that the United Nations recently has posted the “Secretary-General’s study on violence against women.” This one hundred and thirty nine page document can be read at: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/ violenceagainstwomenstudydoc.pdf In my view, the key to understanding the entire report can be found in Section VIII. Conclusions and recommendations, Section...

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A little over a year ago, in an effort to retain more recruits, the Army ordered drill sergeants to take a more sensitive approach.  That means less shouting.  According to Pauline Jelinek’s October 10, 2006 Associated Press article, “Army tones down drill sergeants,” the head of Army National Guard recruiting, Colonel Mike Jones, said,...

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by Jim Kouri, CPP On Friday, 56 suspects were indicted for drug trafficking and money laundering charges within Puerto Rico, Colombia, St. Martin, Netherlands Antilles, the US Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic. The arrests are reportedly part of the Immigration & Customs Enforcement/Drug Enforcement’s “Operation Watusi” and the Federal...

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Fox baseball analyst Steve Lyons has been terminated for making racially insensitive comments aimed at his colleague on the air during Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. The smart alec broadcaster has been replaced for the remainder of the Championship Series by Jose Mota. ”Jose Mota” sounds like an Hispanic name to me — that would be a delightful example...

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Last night, with the score tied 3-3 in the bottom of the ninth, Magglio Ordonez, with one swing, put the Detroit Tigers into the World Series for the first time since 1984. It’s been 22 years in the waiting. Sure, there teams with longer stretches without a title, but few cities are more appreciative of the accomplishment....

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Mid-term elections are just around the corner. Polls show that many Americans are unhappy with the Republicans and are likely to vote for Democrats. Fine and dandy. This is America where the voter is king. And when one is king, he needs to be a wise king. The foremost topic on the mind of...

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  IDEOLOGY MASQUERADING AS HISTORY Three recent books about the “fiasco” in Iraq – “Cobra II” by Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor, “State of Denial” by Bob Woodward and just plain “Fiasco” by Tom Ricks – have attracted a lot of attention, and sales. All three well-written exposes repeat the now well-known argument that...

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ARMING TEACHERS CAN BE DONE Like many states, Utah enacted a concealed-handgun licensing law in 1995. Unlike most states, Utah did not make schools an exclusion zone for lawful carrying. Not only a teacher on duty, but also a parent coming to pick up a child from school, can lawfully carry a concealed handgun...

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I have taken issue many times with the dominance of intolerant feminist organizations, operating under the authority imbued by “Women’s Studies” programs, which frequently control all academic thought and campus activities on colleges and universities in the name of “diversity”. I became aware of this about five years ago when I visited my alma...

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