The Stopped Clock

Boy, I'm glad we have those unsigned Washington Post editorials to explain these things to us. THE FIRST month of sovereign government ...

The Heritage Foundation and the "Center for Individual Freedom" have found a new cause for alarm! (" I am writing today to as...

British columnist Johann Hari recently took on one of the various neverending U.S. wars - this time, the " War on Drugs " - and po...

When I read stuff like this , my sympathies grow for the argument that we should stop pretending, simply let colleges pay their athletes, an...

With Google's recent worm-related woes, we are reminded of some of the ways in which the loss of Google would affect our lives , includi...

Recently, Joshua Micah Marshall of Talking Points Memo wrote, I've never been much for the blog triumphalism that seems always to be so...

Happy birthday, Laura.

Today's Times presents an editorial, the authors of which purport to have ranked the political candidates according to their full voting...

In days of yore when I practiced some criminal defense, based upon my experience and discussions with other defense attorneys I drew some br...

It has long been suggested that the primary reason for student performance and behavior in better private schools has been the schools' ...

They'll learn it in the school yard? Apparently, once some controls are added to ensure the communcation of accurate information, sex ed...

Today's Washington Post informs us that, despite Colin Powell's high profile visit, the situation in Darfur has not improved. Meanw...

Some Republicans have questioned why so many conservative members of minority groups vote for Democratic candidates, when ostensibly the soc...

There are people in our society who have made a certain "lifestyle choice", and are now demanding that we give them special rights...

According to Bill Safire , the White House should not have distanced itself from its inclusion of the so-called "sixteen words" in...

Today, George Will takes on a subject he doesn't really understand - the business behind "charity car donations". He correctl...

David Ignatius updates us on the fourth coalition effort to create a new Iraqi army, this time with increased reliance upon officers from t...

If the U.S. was aware of these allegations about Allawi before accepting him as leader of the "interim government", and had any c...

Today, David Brooks yammers at some length about Kerry's references to "values" in his presidential campaign. For those of us...

For the "closet" exhibitionist?