Worshippers of Death - Alan Dershowitz, Wall Street JournalA basic premise of warfare — that combatants can easily be distinguished from noncombatants — has changed.  As more women and children are recruited by their mothers and religious leaders to become suicide bombers, more women and children will be shot at.  That too is part of [...]

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Environmental controlsBy David Harsanyi, Denver PostIn the very near future, environmentally conscious Americans may have to ask themselves if individual and economic freedom matters. It’s similar to the rhetoric liberals accuse George Bush of abusing. If you don’t know what I mean, try substituting the word "terrorism" for "global warming."

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Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States The eye-opening, unvarnished truth about the fiscal condition of the United States government, directly from the Governmental Accountability Office.  (PDF file)
U.S. Comptroller says Medicare program endangers fiscal stabilityCBS News"What’s going on right now is we’re spending more money than we [...]

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U.N. CLIMATE DISTRACTIONSSteven Milloy, JunkScience.comDon’t be distracted by the alarmist arm-waving and sideshows about the North Pole melting, polar bears drowning and the myriad other supposed catastrophes mentioned in the same breath as manmade CO2 emissions and global warming. There’s no evidence that manmade CO2 emissions have any created any environmental problem and certainly no [...]

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Truth Laid BairdBy James Taranto, Opinion JournalOne Democrat Congressman who opposed the war in Iraq finds reason to keep our troops in place.  To him, it’s more important to do right than to be right.
Tragic ImplicationsBy Thomas SowellNobody names pothole repairs for anybody or puts any politician’s name on the rivets used to repair an [...]

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Photo ops take priority over bridgesThomas SowellSome people claim that the problem is how much money it would take to properly maintain bridges, highways, dams and other infrastructure. But money is found for other things, including things far less urgent and some things that are even counterproductive.
Democrats don’t care about the poorAnn CoulterDemocrats don’t care [...]

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If you’re an internet news junkie, I’d suggest you add these links to your daily surfing destinations:
VictoryCaucus.comIf you’re tired of getting your Iraq news from reporters who can’t seem to see past body counts, then you should check out VictoryCaucus.com.  Here you’ll find information from people on the ground and who see "the big picture."
WhatsNewsColorado.comThe [...]

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Conservative’s shouldn’t give up global warming fightSteven MilloyIn the cover story of the June 25 National Review, software company CEO Jim Manzi wrote that conservatives should stop "denying" that humans are warming the planet.  Manzi says conservatives should believe in global warming, not because of "liberal scaremongering … but because of the underlying physics" — [...]

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Was Osama Right?Bernard Lewis, Wall Street JournalIslamists always believed the U.S. was weak. Recent political trends won’t change their view.
Lack of money does not cause schools’ problemsRobert Hardaway, Rocky Mountain NewsExpenditures on public schools in the U.S. exceed those of any other country on earth. Since 1970, teacher salaries have exploded 18 percent in inflation-adjusted [...]

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Even if Entering Iraq was a Mistake, Leaving would be WorseDennis PragerThe people we are fighting, including Osama bin Laden and all the variations on al Qaeda, know that the battle for Iraq is the battle for their future — that if they win in Iraq, they win all over the Middle East and beyond; [...]

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