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The Washington Times reports: Stephanie Tubbs Jones, an Ohio Democrat who sits on the House ethics committee, took a 2001 trip to Puerto Rico that was paid for by a registered lobbyist firm — an apparent violation of the chamber’s ethics rules — according to documents that she filed with the House clerk. A spokeswoman [...]

Lawyers for Ahmed Ressam, the jailed al Qaeda operative who plotted to blow up Los Angeles International Airport a few years ago, say Ressam has provided detailed information about al Qaeda’s members and methods. They want a judge to reward Ressam for his help by reducing his sentence, but federal prosecutors say Ressam is no [...]

Wrangling in the Senate over the John Bolton vote continues. As of 4:08pm EST, the Washington Post reports Sen. Richard Lugar claiming support from all 10 Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee –for a 10-8 vote. The wavering Lincoln Chafee, whom Dems targeted in online ads and a pressure campaign, voiced his support for [...]

Jay Leno, Tonight Show (hat tip: reader Kenneth Davis): The United States has announced a plan tighten all borders by 2008…Unfortunately, Mexico announced a plan to have all their people here by 2007. Max Boot in today’s Christian Science Monitor: Remember how exercised everyone around the world was about crimes committed at Abu Ghraib? Infinitely [...]

Lots of cheering in Vatican Square. Cables are cautious…no bells ringing yet. Jeff Jarvis is watching. View the “Smoke Cam.” FNC’s Chris Wallace: “I don’t have a clue.” More on the Papal Conclave. 12:04pm. The bells are tolling. Wallace: “We have a pope.” Crowd going wild. “Habemus Papam.” 12:28pm. Who will it be? Here’s the [...]

Bookmark this. According to MyDD (one of the liberal blogs on my Bloglines), The Senator is launching a website, TedKennedy.com, that is connected to his re-election campaign but, since he will almost certainly not be facing a serious challenge, will primarily function as a national campaign to help Democrats in 2006. Later today the website [...]

House Republicans voted last week to permanently repeal the estate tax. This prompted the usual complaints from newspaper editorial writers about tax cuts for the super-rich. As the New York Times editorial board put it, “Repeal would shield the estates of the very wealthiest Americans from the tax…. [M]ost Americans never even have to think [...]

L.A. Times writer Eric Slater, who wrote a highly suspect article slamming Cal State Chico’s student life, has been fired. Read all about it at Patterico (and here), Local Liberty, and L.A. Observed. And here’s the LA Times’ editor’s note explaining the mess. Can’t make this stuff up. *** Related: The Boston Globe’s bogus seal [...]

CHARLES H. PORTER IV/Associated Press Hard to believe it has been a decade since the Oklahoma City bombing. The Oklahoma City National Memorial is here. At 9:03am, the names of the 168 murdered in the domestic terrorist attack will be read aloud at the site. God rest their souls. There’s an update on the family [...]

Editorial page editors, be on guard. MoveOn.org is calling on its left-wing troops to flood your offices with letters to the editor attacking Republicans over judicial appointments. (Hat tip: Reader Chip A.) Here are the MoveOn. org “talking points” being used by fake “grass-roots” letter writers: # In the next 10 days the Republicans will [...]

Many people assumed the Schiavo memo controversy ended once Sen. Mel Martinez’s aide Brian Darling admitted he was the author of the memo. Now an unnamed Republican insider tells Mary Ann Akers of Roll Call that Darling received help from two other (as yet unnamed) Martinez aides: Martinez’s press secretary, Kerry Feehery, continues to insist [...]

The Senate will be voting on a huge amnesty program for illegal aliens tomorrow (Tuesday the 19th). Chris Kelly has the details.

Still slinging the bull, but no cameras allowed: Cameras and recording devices were banned “in the spirit of creating an open forum for debate and discussion,” according to a written statement released by the college. More: Photos of his Bay Area appearances last month. And Churchill rants made easy.

It’s the 60th anniversary of legendary war correspondent Ernie Pyle’s death. Here’s Pyle’s most famous column, “The Death of Captain Waskow.” And here’s the Indiana University School of Journalism’s online archive of Pyle’s work.

As noted over the weekend, Ann Coulter is on the cover of the most recent issue of Time magazine. Fans noticed the cover photo’s strange distortions immediately. Drudge follows up here with reax from Coulter and also mention that the photog–”Platon“–snapped the notorious Esquire magazine cover photo of Bill Clinton, shot at Monica Lewinsky-level. “Why [...]

Getting lots of e-mail from readers and fellow bloggers about these photos of ACLU “legal observers” (scroll down)–assigned to monitor potential illegal activities of the Minuteman Project–apparently breaking the law themselves and smoking pot on the job. I’ve contacted the ACLU of Arizona for comment. Also am tracking down the person who took the photos. [...]

Brian Anderson, author of South Park Conservatives, explains in today’s LA Times. Anderson also notes the effort by Rep. Maurice “Unhinged” Hinchey to revive the “Fairness Doctrine”–a legislative sledgehammer targeting conservative viewpoints. Because if you can’t beat ‘em, regulate ‘em. *** Previous and related: Air America continues to flounder Air America’s lousy ratings Can Jerry [...]

Sweet little story.

It’s the 230th anniversary of the ride of Paul Revere. Reader Wayne reminds us it’s also the anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. Here’s a good piece in today’s Washington Times.

John Woodruff’s brilliant victory in the 800 meters at the 1936 Olympic Games helped crush Hitler’s ideals of white supremacy. Now 89 years old and in poor health, Woodruff’s once-powerful legs have been amputated below the knees. He needs an expensive, specialized van to get around.Back in the ’30s, Olympic champions didn’t get multi-million-dollar endorsement [...]

You may be getting sick of the Schiavo memo, but Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz is still spinning the story. In today’s column, Kurtz cites the memo controversy after pointing out that a growing number of bloggers are engaging in unfair “personal attacks” on MSM reporters and commentators. Like Slate’s Jack Shafer, washingtonpost.com’s Terry [...]

The always incisive and civil John Leo points out reckless rhetoric on both sides of the political aisle.

That’s the title of the indispensable Thomas Sowell’s new book, due to be released at the end of the month. Here’s the book description: This explosive new book challenges many of the long-prevailing assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans, about slavery, and about education. Plainly written, powerfully reasoned, and backed with a startling array [...]

Pro-abortion forces in Illinois make it a criminal offense get a bill through the House that would prohibit an ultrasound from being administered without a doctor’s order, the Illinois Leader reports. Bryan Preston notes: Why would Planned Parenthood, an industry leader that aborts children and makes millions doing it, care a bit about the safety [...]

My old debating partner, Eric Muller, is trying to get my book banned from the Manzanar bookstore, which is operated by the National Park Service. Once again drawing a scurrilous parallel between my argument and that of Holocaust deniers, Muller urges his readers to contact the National Park Service. I urge my readers to do [...]

Washington Post ombudsman Michael Getler’s column about the Post’s coverage of the Schiavo memo is surprisingly good. Before I get to the meat of the column, here are two tidbits that I haven’t seen elsewhere: – The March 19 Post article by Mike Allen and Manuel Roig-Franzia that claimed the memo was circulated by Republican [...]

Jihad Watch is on a roll this weekend. Here’s an entry about Rafat Jamal Mawlawi, a U.S.-Syrian dual citizen who according to the Memphis Flyer “is suspected of organizing a scam to illegally bring Moroccan men into the United States by arranging sham marriages and engagements to women from Memphis.” During its investigation of the [...]

A man who has repeatedly entered restricted zones at Heathrow Airport snuck onto a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Isle of Wight County Press reports: Abdoul Masmoud Yessoufou, 37, whose address was given at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday as East Street, Newport, admitted entering a prohibited area at Portsmouth Docks. The court was told [...]

The Boca Raton News has the scoop. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.)

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