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Jordan Zane Trimarchi was born last Tuesday with a 3.5 centimeter tumor in his lower left ventricle. Surgeons at Columbia Presbyterian Children’s Hospital in New York City were able to remove some of the tumor, but not all of it. At this point, Jordan’s only chance is a heart transplant–but that won’t happen unless a [...]

The University of Oregon has reportedly ordered an employee to remove a “Support Our Troops” magnet from his maintenance vehicle because it’s a “political statement” in violation of school policy. KEZI News reports: “I don’t know how they think these are political. I think they’re patriotic,” said Pete Baker, U of O delivery driver. Pete [...]

Over the weekend, many pro-life bloggers took note of the 32nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Instapunk e-mailed me with an interesting observation that most of the bloggers commemorating the day, with a few exceptions, were women and that most of the e-mailers responding to their blog’s anniversary post were “women who are passionately pro-life.” [...]

We’ve done a little nipping and tucking around the site: rolled out some blogads, made some formatting changes, and added Sitemeter. We’ve also fixed the graphics problem discussed here (if anyone still has problems, let me know). Many thanks to Mark Jaquith, who blogs at Tempus Fugit. Mark’s specialty is moving people from Movable Type [...]

There’s a huge, 1,947-word page A1 story in the Washington Post today that I urge you all to read, all the way through. Reporter Jacqueline L. Salmon follows Rizwan Mowlana–local director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations for Md./Va. and head of a newly-created charity called “Asia Relief“–to Sri Lanka as he sets out to [...]

Ken Masugi of the Claremont Institute was one of the first scholars to challenge the view that Japanese internment was solely the product of racism and wartime hysteria. His groundbreaking work helped inspire my book In Defense of Internment. Yesterday, Masugi observed that “[o]bituaries of Japanese Americans often reveal a conflict of loyalties rarely commented [...]

Yesterday was the deadliest day for the New York City Fire Department since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Newsday reports that three firefighters were killed and four critically injured yesterday battling blazes in Brooklyn and the Bronx in frigid cold and ice. Lt. Curtis Meyran, 46, of Battalion 26 and Firefighter John Bellew, 37, of [...]

Francisco Serrano, a 21-year old homeless man from Mexico, was tossed into jail for trespassing after pretending to be a student at his old high school, Apple Valley High, in Apple Valley, Minn. Serrano, who reportedly attended classes and slept in the theater, had been a real student (a 19-year old sophomore!) at the school [...]

The Milwakuee Journal Sentinel’s Spivak and Bice report that felony charges may come down tomorrow in the Democratic tire-slashing case. Captain Ed raises pointed questions about what the Kerry campaign knew about the incidents and why the Democratic D.A.’s office seems to be minimizing the charges. Meanwhile, in East St. Louis, dirty laundry is getting [...]

At least 129 felons voted illegally in Washington State last fall, the Seattle Times reports. Coincidentally, Christine Gregoire’s margin of victory over Dino Rossi was exactly 129 votes. The GOP has challenged the election outcome and is trying to assemble a comprehensive list of felons who voted.

The Mexican government has decided to reprint that comic book for illegal aliens. (Hat tip: American Patrol.) Related: A must-read post from Red State on deadly lawlessness at the border. Lou Dobbs weighs in at U.S. News and World Report.

Does President Bush mean it when he says he wants an “immigration policy that helps match any willing employer with any willing employee”? In a letter to the Los Angeles Times published this morning, Doug Ellice of Bethesda, Md., examines the implications of such a policy: When people say, “match willing workers with willing employers, [...]

A few weeks ago, I spotlighted the good deeds of our men and women of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group. Now comes word from a writer who says he is a career U.S. Navy officer aboard Abe Lincoln reporting on the tsunami relief vultures swarming the ship: What really irritated me was a [...]

It’s the 32nd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. Remembrances from around the blogosphere and beyond… Dawn Eden covers the controversy in Boulder, Colorado, over a church planning to bury the ashes of up to 1,000 aborted children. David Kupelian reports: How lying marketers sold Roe v. Wade to America. No Left Turns mulls [...]

FOX News reporting that one of the Chinese suspects in the Boston case has been caught. No story links anywhere yet, but we’ll keep an eye out. (Update: Here it is.) Meanwhile, San Diego authorities are investigating a possible tunnel in the Imperial Valley may have been used to smuggle the illegal aliens. And the [...]

This isn’t getting a lot of attention, but unhinged counter-inaugural protesters in Washington, D.C., went on a last-hurrah rampage in the Adams Morgan neighborhood last night–breaking windows, spraying anarchist grafitti all over shops and buildings, vandalizing a cop’s car, and smashing doors at a local police precinct office. Nearly 80 people were arrested. According to [...]

The San Francisco Chronicle reported today: The most effective — and disruptive — protest may have come from the anti-war group Code Pink, which obtained 16 tickets to the inauguration from their members of Congress. Eight female activists, including Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin of San Francisco, obtained seats in the VIP section. They took [...]

The VW Polo/suicide bomber ad is here (Quicktime). It’s a spoof, reports Kevin at Wizbang, where reaction is mixed. Ace of Spades readers give it thumbs up. Wizbang commenter PTG writes: Reminds me of the National Lampoon’s fine spoof VW ad from the 70′s: “If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen, he’d be President today.” with [...]

I gave the traditional values folks props for the Kid Rock crusade, but the anti-SquarePants thing is nuts. Guess this makes me a SpongeBob Conservative? Update: Kathy Shaidle at Relapsed Catholic wishes Focus on the Family would focus on something else. But Bill Cork provides some context and a warning about media bias.

A.C.L.U. From the N.Y. Times: The American Civil Liberties Union, which since its inception has fought to protect free speech rights, is scheduled to begin a debate today over whether to discipline – or potentially move to oust – two board members for speaking to reporters. The two dissident board members are Wendy Kaminer and [...]

JihadWatch has inside information about the Egyptian Christian family of four murdered in New Jersey last week: The Armanious family had inspired several Muslims to convert to Christianity — or thought they had. These converts were actually practicing taqiyya, or religious deception, pretending to be friends of these Christians in order to strengthen themselves against [...]

Most of my readers are probably familiar with the famous multiple-choice quiz that implicates Muslim men in various terrorist attacks. For example, In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by: (a) Scooby Doo (b) The Tooth Fairy (c) Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid with dynamite left over from the train job. (d) Muslim [...]

My hero Ward Connerly has finished his term on the University of California’s Board of Regents. I was surprised but pleased to read here that he received a standing ovation at the end of his final Regents meeting. Fortunately, Connerly will continue to lead the fight against race and gender preferences in government hiring, contracting, [...]

A picture of Jenna Bush with this caption: “She went to University of Texas, whatever. You don’t have to be in Skull and Bones to drink Jew baby blood.” Can someone please explain this to me, because I honestly don’t understand it. Update: I’m told that Jenna is giving the “Hook’em Horns” sign associated with [...]

Sen. Arlen Specter’s latest hire is former NAACP assistant general counsel Hannibal G. Williams II Kemerer. The American Prowler has the gory details: Kemerer was a protégé of Elaine Jones, who three years ago, as head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, lobbied Sen. Ted Kennedy to delay confirmation of many of President Bush’s judicial [...]

You’re not going to believe this one. Audrey Hudson, the intrepid reporter for the Washington Times, reports on the latest fiasco at the Federal Air Marshals Service under the leadership of Tom Quinn (” ‘Inch of snow’ shuts down air marshals”): Hundreds of federal air marshals were grounded and unable to access critical information to [...]

The story gets weirder and weirder. Now, the FBI has added the names of 10 Chinese to the list of those being sought for questioning about a possible terror plot targeting Boston. MartiniPundit took note of some oddities regarding the Chinese suspects here. Meanwhile, an anonymous law enforcement source told AP: [T]he tip was received [...]

Richard Weaver is a somewhat notorious figure in the Beltway. Dubbed “The Handshake Man,” he had crashed several inaugural ceremonies and snuck into presidential events despite the Secret Service’s efforts to keep him out. Today, he was caught before he could get near President Bush and arrested on an outstanding warrant for intruding on a [...]

Quick links and pics of the worst of today’s inaugural party-poopers: * Al Jazeera’s coverage * Anarchists threw snowballs at police * Wonder Woman protests Bush in Mexico * Playing the swastika card * Little Green Footballs keeps an eye on ANSWER * Republican websites hacked And they’re not done yet! Update: More photos at [...]

Democratic Sen. Robert “Sheets” Byrd, past recruitment officer for the KKK and former advocate of racial segregation, has announced that he will obstruct the confirmation of the first African-American woman to be nominated to be Secretary of State. And if you don’t think that’s exactly how CBS and the rest of the MSM would have [...]