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Hey Michael, does this mean that the Belgian who becomes EU president next will have a Belgacom or Delhaize logo on the back of his suitc...

Michael, You're absolutely right about the motivations behind this exhibit, and I am as disgusted as you are with these people and th...

Tom, I’m on your side on this. Under other circumstances I would agree with Scott, underwriting his assessment that it is “art”, albeit real...

Tom, Regarding the Swedish art exhibit, I have to disagree with you. Like it or not, this is art, even if it is silly, pretentious art b...

I want to have about 6 more kids, buy another huge SUV, and move to the Bay area just to piss these people off.

This kind of crap is not art. What the hell is the Museum of National Antiquities doing displaying it. I'd probably have done more d...

Interesting article (USERNAME: downeastblog@gwi.net; PASSWORD: downeastblog) on past judicial recess appointments (of which there have be...

Nice culture . "Reem Raiyshi a mother of two from Gaza...was named as the woman who blew herself up Wednesday at the major crossing...

Christ, and I thought Lieberman was a moderate, not a stinkin' commie . He's not fooling Kim though. O.K. The real reason I po...

The most foul and foreign French . French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie says her government is willing to help train Iraq's p...

Interesting story by a liberal assailing some of the anti-globalization idiocy that seems to be trendy these days. "Perhaps the can...

Good . "Toronto-area Muslim leaders say thousands from their community are boycotting travel to the U.S. in their trek to Mecca this...

Goddamnit. This sort of thing is becoming all too common. I don't care what your opinion on the death penalty is, the encroachment of...

I almost threw up when I read this : "Prime Minister Jean-Claude Raffarin and conservative government have pledged to cut value added...

I'm very happy that President bush has nominated Charles Pickering to the federal appeals court. While it it is only effective until t...

George Will takes a very insightful look at the concept of the nation state and how it relates to current world affairs. The forming of th...

Ayatollah Sistani seems to be threatening trouble. I think this would be very short sighted approach to shaping the future government of I...

This story makes my gun-toting inner-child feel all warm and squishy. Common sense, and in L.A. of all places! P.S. I'd be glad t...

This is the sort of attitude that would frighten me as a European. Particularly this line:"The Brussels-based commission is currently...

Amazing. I actually agree with the French on affirmative action . I particularly like the line: "Affirmative action has traditionally...