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EDWARDS ADMITS THAT HE LIED ABOUT AFFAIR: But the real story is how the mainstream press, despite knowing or strongly suspecting that he was lying, covered for him.
There are two Americas -- the real one, and the one the press tries to fob off on us.
UPDATE: Big roundup [...]
Jake Tapper of ABC News reports:
Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign appears reluctant to have any sort of roll call vote at the Democratic convention this month. Why? They have no interest in highlighting the narrowness of his victory.
This would mean the first Democratic convention without a roll call [...]
As I posted entries for my previous travel series, My Kansas Kronikles, as well as for this series, I received complimentary e-mails from local and state officials thanking me for my efforts.VIRGINIA POSTREL: "Barack Obama is a real candidate running for the real presidency, not a fictional character, and I am not optimistic about his world view. Dreams from My Father suggests a deep-seated belief that economic and social dynamism inevitably and unrelievedly produce chaos, disorder, and despair." This is [...]
LAYING THE HATE ON HYBRIDS: I dunno, though -- my Highlander Hybrid is pretty fun to drive, for an SUV. And I say that as a guy whose other car is an RX-8, so it's not like I'm comparing it to a Yaris.
THE GROWING THREAT OF antibiotic-resistant bacteria. "You might think this doesn't have anything to do with you. But you are one car accident away from being in a hospital. Also, the drug resistance mutations found in bacteria in hospitals will likely swap genetic material with other species of bacteria [...]
Peggy Noonan writes in today’s WSJ:
Two weeks ago a journalist, a moderate liberal, spoke to me of what he called Mr. Obama’s arrogance. I said I didn’t think it was arrogance but high self-regard. He said there’s no difference. I said no, arrogance has an air about it of [...]
The good news this afternoon is that a California appeals court has reversed itself and ruled that parents in the Golden State can homeschool their own children without having to obtain a government credential. [...] Read the rest »
[...]If those who seek a fairer society come to recognize that moving toward genuinely free markets will advance, and not hinder, their goals, then their efforts will achieve much better results, to the benefit of everyone.
The Christian Science Monitor:
Fair-trade coffee is everywhere. Starbucks and [...]
Three more chapters.
So stop bothering me.
(Though, admittedly, bothering does motivate me to do things.)
[...]Another MoveOn.org offshoot group is now employing a bizarre, thuggish tactic to try to intimidate Republican voters out of donating money to the GOP: Group Plans Campaign Against G.O.P. Donors.
Nearly 10,000 of the biggest donors to Republican candidates and causes across [...]
I repeat:
"Every time you think, well, this has got to be the bottom circle of the Obama Nut Roasting Inferno, the ground just falls away below your feet and you know there are miles to fall before you sleep. - [...]
ANOTHER NO-KNOCK RAID GONE BAD:
When the shooting stopped, two dogs lay dead. A mayor sat in his boxers, hands bound behind his back. His handcuffed mother-in-law was sprawled on the kitchen floor, lying beside the body of one of the family pets that police had killed before her eyes.
After [...]
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: ONE THING OBAMA GETS RIGHT:
The underreported economic news of the week is that Barack Obama favors a stronger dollar. Even better, he thinks a stronger greenback would help to reduce oil prices.
That at least is what the Democratic Presidential candidate told a town hall forum [...]
Manolo says, does the Manolo (as ill as he is) need to patiently explain to the producers of the Project Runway, that persons who take up the designing of clothes are not, in general, persons who know much about athletics (other than perhaps ice dancing)?
Indeed, as far as the Manolo [...]
NECK AND NECK: "The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday again shows Barack Obama attracting 44% of the vote while and John McCain earns 43%. When 'leaners' are included, itâs Obama 47% and McCain 46%. With leaners, the candidates have been within one point of each other [...]
