Kelly's general theory of scandal relativity

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Jack Kelly has a bang-up column occasioned by the resignation of Senator Craig. Both Kelly and the Post-Gazette deserve some kind of special recognition for letting these reflections see the light of day in the hard copy of a mainstream newspaper: [M]edia bias is not the main reason why Republicans suffer more from scandals. Democratic voters expect Democrats to steal on their behalf. Lawmakers are judged on the basis of how many goodies from the federal treasury they can shower on their constituents. The typical Democratic voter doesn't mind terribly if their senator or congressman takes something for himself along the way. (Time Magazine's story on Rep. [Alan] Mollohan's re-election was headlined, "Pork Trumps Scandal.")Read More

Dumping Immigrants

The nationalist Swiss People's Party is proposing a deportation policy that anti-racism campaigners say evokes Nazi-era practices. Under the plan, entire families would be expelled if their children are convicted of a violent crime, drug offenses or benefits fraud. Read More

By Karl Rove

The Long View - Advisory thoughts on the 43rd president. - The Washington Post scorned President Truman as a "spoilsman" who “underestimated the people's intelligence." New York Times columnist James Reston wrote off President Eisenhower as "a tired man in a period of turbulence." At the end of President Reagan’s second term, the New York Times dismissed him as "simplistic" and a "lazy and inattentive man." Read More

America Has 90 Guns Per 100 People

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America: exporting high wages abroad

And China has labor shortages!
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Islam Misunderstood in Korea Due to Hostage Crisis

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The Real Public Servants

If the world was a fair place, the sump-pumpers and bilge-bailers of this world would make as much as a Congressman. They do more for the public good than both houses of Congress. Read More

We have broken speed of light

A pair of German physicists claim to have broken the speed of light - an achievement that would undermine our entire understanding of space and time. Read More

Amber Baby Teething Necklaces

Eastern Europeans believe that amber has curative powers. One of the ways that they use it is to help babies in the teething process. Amber baby teething necklaces are extensively used. You never know. Look at
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Global Conspiracy!

Inside Iran, some see global conspiracy to keep international opinion in the dark about what is really happening in the Islamic Republic. They ask: Why is it that world media representatives in Iran never interview any of the thousands of trade unionists, teachers' leaders, journalists, student activists, women's-lib militants and dissident intellectuals? Why is the brutal repression in several provinces, which has already claimed scores of lives, never covered on the spot? Read More

DER SPIEGEL: "The U.S. military in Iraq is more successful than anyone wants to believe."

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Our Lives, Controlled From Some Guy’s Couch

The omniscient, omnipotent creator of the heavens and earth could be an advanced version of a guy who spends his weekends building model railroads or overseeing video-game worlds like the Sims. Read More

Forecasters see less active '07 hurricane season

This Atlantic hurricane season will be slightly less active than predicted, with up to nine hurricanes expected to form, the U.S. government's top climate agency forecast on Thursday. Read More

Y2K Causes Global Warming

NASA’s much-ballyhooed data showing that 1998 was the warmest year on record for the Earth the USA was, uh, wrong. A blogger found a Y2K bug in the data algorithm, NASA climatologist James Hansen, and NASA has now issued corrected data. The warmest year on record for the Earth the USA: 1934 - 1998 was the second-warmest. The third warmest: 1921. Michael Asher at DailyTech.com tells the story of how blogger Steve McIntyre, who operates the site climateaudit.org, found the error and forced NASA to admit it.Read More

Do you need crystal trophies or awards?

The Poland Chamber has some good information about what you can get from Polish crystal companies. Go to About Crystal Trophy And Award Blanks

The immigration debate is affecting migrant workers

A new poll showed it's getting more difficult to find work and discrimination is rising.Read More

Krakow Invaded By Drunks

Krakow, the City of Kings, has been invaded many times over the centuries. Now it is drunks from Western Europe. Read More

The Ex-Ministers Pile Grows

The number of ministers dumped from top government posts that has piled up since Kaczynski's socially conservative Law and Justice party took office on Oct. 31, 2005.

Since then, Poland has had two prime ministers, five finance ministers, two foreign ministers, two treasury ministers, two defense ministers, and now three interior ministers.

The Minority Party

A majority comes hard for Democrats. In the past 150 years, only three Democrats, one of whom was Franklin Roosevelt, have won the White House with a majority of the popular vote.Read More

Why Bridges Rot And Bridges Fail

The real problem is that the political incentives are to spend the taxpayers' money on things that will enhance politicians' chances of getting re-elected.Read More