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U.S. plans to cut forces overseas by 70,000. I say it is about time, I don't think the Russkies will be charging through the Fulda Gap...

Jonah Goldberg is all over John Kerry for opposing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility. Not that we needed another reason to...

Michael, I went to see The Greatest Band In The Universe last night at the Tweeter Center just outside of Boston. They were absolutely ama...

For those following the FairTax discussion, here's a rebuttal from the FairTax group of Bruce Bartlett's recent column "A Nati...

Moqtada Sadr wounded? Keep in mind this is the BBC reporting, almost as dubious as "the paper of record" - The NY Times. I j...

What did I say? Any comments Brian H? Hat tip to Flex Flint, a compatriot of mine.

John and Harvey’s Excellent Cambodian Adventure John: So, here we are in Cambodia. On Christmas eve. On my trusty Swift boat. Harv...

Something needs to be done about Iran . Perhaps Israel will (yet again) be the only nation with the guts to do it. Personally I'm hopi...

This sounds like great news on the illegal immigration front. "Citing concerns about terrorists crossing the nation's land bord...

Here's another helping hand from our pals the Germans. So, despite the fact that there is no evidence to suggest that this guy was tor...

BELGIAN AIRCREWS AND ISLAMIC BANKING. A.) There are those who like to make fun of Belgians in general and Belgian aircrews in particular...

US/EU TRADE RELATIONS Yesterday following my pig story Mark from the Centennial State had a question on US/EU Trade Agreements, and this...

For those who missed the O'Reilly vs Krugman debate on Tim Russert's show this weekend, it looks like there's going to be a seco...

CNN will probably have my balls for this but here goes: (EDIT) A sharp eyed co-worker noticed this and couldn't help himself. ...

Try not to laugh. I dare you. Oh yeah, make sure the volume is on.

This editorial from The American Prospect is laughable. "Whether Bush did enough to fight terror before September 11, or whether ...

I just want to point out the futility crying politics every time there is some sort of terror alert. To claim that the Bush administration ...

HARVEST TIME HAS ARRIVED, and I don’t want to spoil your summer party but over here we have a saying "Oogst geschoren, wint...

I thought I'd post this before Kevin got to it. :) I think the headline is screwed up; the unemployment numbers are good; it's t...

An interesting observation on Kerry's truthfulness over at rogerlsimon.com Excerpt: For some reason, among the many stories, a s...