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…and Ramsey Clark is there to hold his hand. From Breitbart/AP: The trial of Saddam Hussein for alleged crimes against humanity resumed Monday in a heavily guarded courtroom, with the former Iraqi president trying to take command of the proceedings and angrily complaining about having to walk up four flights of stairs in shackles under [...]

Obviously the words “Never forget” mean nothing to Chris Matthews: In a speech to political science students at the University of Toronto yesterday, the host of the CNBC current affairs show Hardball had plenty of harsh words for U.S. President George W. Bush, as well as the political climate that has characterized his country for [...]

The Astute Blogger wonders why the liberals and the media just can’t seem to get excited about burned and defiled churches in France the same way that they get excited when a mosque is defiled. Michael Barone writes on the different recollections of Bob Woodward and Walter Pincus and what that says about the CIA. [...]

Al Franken thinks President George W. Bush should “confess”, according to today’s Denver Post. He’s so kind, in fact, he’d “forgive” Bush for an “outright confession”: “The best way for us to start getting out is for the president to finally admit some mistakes,” Franken said in a phone interview. “Just say,’OK, we kind of [...]

The Bush administration is finally and concertedly pushing back against the Deaniac Democrat lie that President Bush somehow lied us into war in Iraq. The president has delivered two speeches in the past few days that take direct aim at those Democrats who voted in favor of the war but now claim that the administration [...]

It looks like Berkeley, but these are off the wire from Mar del Plata, Argentina, at the anti-Bush demonstrations during today’s Summit of the Americas: Via Reuters/Yahoo! : Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona waves as he arrives to take part in an anti-Bush and anti-free trade agreement rally in Mar del Plata’s soccer stadium. Thousands [...]

The New York Times has run yet another correction to columnist Paul Krugman’s numerous errors regarding the recounts in Florida after the 2000 presidential election. These errors were noted by bloggers more than a month ago. The correction comes in the form of a “Letter From the Editor” by editorial page editor Gail Collins, who [...]

Via Paul Mirengoff at Power Line, more bad news: We’ve been unhappy lately with some of President Bush’s appointees. Generally, the problem has been lack of relevant experience and, perhaps, cronyism. Today, though, I want to focus on a Bush appointee who makes me unhappy precisely because of his relevant experience. I’m referring to the [...]

What’s old, underperformin’ Norman up to these days? With the continued blessing of George W. Bush, the Dept. of Transportation Secretary is still wasting your money and making us all less safe in the name of political correctness. Using this press release as a take-off point, my latest column takes a closer look at Mineta’s [...]

Richard Baehr just tears Paul Krugman apart. This is a followup to his first ripping of Krugman. Krugman doesn’t know enough to know when he’s should just surrender and issue an apology and tried to correct his mistakes from his previous column. Unfortunately, he put yet more errors into his correction. Politicalities fisks Frank Rich. [...]

One of the most infuriating aspect of the GWOT is its circularity–we keep rehashing the same old arguments about the mission in Iraq, though speeches the President and his subordinates delivered to justify the war haven’t changed in about 2.5 years. I’m sorry, but if you don’t know the arguments that led to war in [...]

Thank you very much to Michelle Malkin for allowing me this opportunity to guest-blog at her page. I appreciate the honor. I’m Betsy Newmark of Betsy’s Page. The Wall Street Journal is taking a look on how the media portrays the economy. The paradox of the year is why so many Americans tell pollsters they [...]

Just read this. You won’t believe it. Here’s the intro… Aug. 22, 2005 issue – The grieving room was arranged like a doctor’s office. The families and loved ones of 33 soldiers killed in Iraq or Afghanistan were summoned to a large waiting area at Fort Bragg, N.C. For three hours, they were rotated through [...]

You have to scroll all the way down to the 18th paragraph in this front-page Washington Post article, but there it is–an acknowledgement that Cindy Sheehan has changed her account of her first meeting with President Bush, which occurred two months after her son’s death in April 2004: After the meeting, [Cindy Sheehan] was quoted [...]

Trust you’ve seen the Drudge flash on fearless Ann Coulter’s comments about John Roberts. Ann’s full piece is up at her website. It’s titled “Souter in Roberts clothing,” and concludes: He has given us a Supreme Court nomination that will placate no liberals and should please no conservatives. Maybe Roberts will contravene the sordid history [...]

What Jeff G. said. See also Ed Morrissey and Pejman Yousefzadeh, who uses a phrase I like to describe the NYTimes–”Talk Nanny.” Snort-worthy!

Here we go again. Senate debate on the nomination of John Bolton for the U.N. ambassador’s post is scheduled to begin tonight at 5pm EST. RedState reminds you that there’s still time to contact some of the swing/squish votes. It’s not clear whether President Bush would give Bolton a recess appointment in the (likely) event [...]

Must-read of the morning comes from Keith Thompson, a northern California liberal–or rather, ex-liberal, who has a long essay in the San Francisco Chronicle today on why he left the Left. His day of reckoning was Jan. 30, 2005. Here’s the intro: Nightfall, Jan. 30. Eight-million Iraqi voters have finished risking their lives to endorse [...]

Future special correspondents for Air America’s Pyongyang bureau… North Korean children play a shooting game with a toy gun aiming at a portrait of U.S. President George W. Bush at Namjun kindergarten in Shinwiju, Pyongan-Budo, North Korea. The photo was released by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 9, 2005. (Reuters) (Via Yahoo Photos [...]

You and me, according to Jeff Johnson at CNSNews.com: The Open Society Institute, a private foundation controlled by liberal billionaire and political activist George Soros, received more than $30 million from U.S. government agencies between 1998 and 2003. Last year, Soros donated at least $20 million of his own money to such liberal groups as [...]

In today’s column bemoaning the declining credibility of the MSM, Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times argues that the press needs to take bolder steps to reconnect with the public: More openness, more willingness to run corrections, more ombudsmen, more acknowledgement of our failings – those are the kinds of steps that are already [...]

On the New York Times op-ed page yesterday, columnist Nicholas Kristof dredged up the debunked talking point that the number of abortions has increased since George W. Bush became President: What has been lethal for Democrats has not been their pro-choice position as such, but the perception that they don’t even share public qualms about [...]

Reader Brian Leone passes on the following observations related to the Atlanta courthouse shootings: [T]he California Supreme Court issued an opinion in 2002 that sent ripples through the legal community. They ruled it was a violation of a defendant’s rights to have him fitted with a shock belt as a security measure. The case sent [...]

Just happen to be on sick baby overnight shift and caught The David Letterman Show, which I never usually watch. MSM relic Dan Rather is on his farewell tour and bloviated for a few segments about his 1968 Democratic National Convention scuffles in Chicago, his Deep Thoughts on Iraq, and, yes, the little “error” (too [...]

Convicted shoe bomber Richard Reid’s sidekick admitted his role in the plot to kill American airline passengers yesterday. From the British tabloid, The Sun: Saajid Badat, 25 — dubbed Shoe Bomber Two — carried a deadly device identical to one that Reid had attempted to set off. Fanatical Badat trained to become a suicide bomber [...]

Joe Lieberman comments about the other hug that made news on SOTU night. From the Connecticut Post: In a startling display of bipartisan spirit, President Bush, after his State of the Union speech, gave Connecticut Democrat Joe Lieberman much more than an olive branch. Descending into the well of the House and into a swarm [...]

Have you seen this home in Hialeah, Fla.? Local6 News reports: The people who live in a Hialeah neighborhood say they are outraged by displays of hatred on a house there. The home has six swastikas splashed across a fence and another one etched into the door. But it is a message apparently directed at [...]

Mindless liberal critics like to paint every conservative journalist as a Republican-subsidized cheerleader. The wasteful, foolish, and shameful Armstrong Williams/Education Department’s “Pay to Pander” scandal certainly doesn’t help. For the record, I am reprinting my column on “No Child Left Behind” published Aug. 2, 2000. Some of us are not for $ale. *** Leave the [...]

According to a press release issued by the William C. Velasquez Institute, NBC News has admitted its exit poll showing that 44% of Hispanics voted for Bush was incorrect: In a stunning admission, an elections manager for NBC News said national news organizations overestimated President George W. Bush’s support among Latino voters, downwardly revising its [...]

City attempts white out during Clinton festivities From the AP: LITTLE ROCK – Seeking to distance itself from a checkered racial past, Little Rock erased “Confederate Blvd.” from interstate highway signs just weeks before dignitaries arrived for the opening of Bill Clinton’s presidential library. The Confederate Boulevard signs had been the first landmarks many saw [...]