Tuesday, May 23, 2006
The Gas Insanity Never Ends (07:45 PM) - Today, Barbara Boxer, the Democratic senator from California, said at a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing that a Federal Trade Commission report, which found no evidence of price gouging on the part of American oil firms,…
Vibrancy (07:07 PM) - The United States doesn’t have any problem with a vibrant Muslim state, so long as it isn’t planning vibrant ways to destroy her Jewish neighbor. President Bush today reiterated a pro-Israel, pro-peace policy when he conducted a joint press conference…
Targeted in Antwerp (05:08 PM) - John Griffith, via e-mail, brings to my attention a terrible situation in Belgium—a killing spree in Antwerp, and out of that, a political controversy which has been growing exponentially. The scandal-mongers have congealed around an innocent, unconnected man: Paul Belien,…
Today’s Bushism: An Addendum (01:30 PM) - Jacob Weisberg produces the always-grasping ‘Bushism of the Day’ for the online magazine Slate. And Eugene Volokh makes a habit of reviewing this daily account of the president’s imperfections with the eyes and ears of a regular person instead of…
In the pages of the Washington Post (09:02 AM) - In the Washington Post this morning, Howard Kurtz reports on the wild Internet rumor about Karl Rove’s indictment and kindly quotes this page: “Wrong About Rove?” At least they were kinder than the Guardian….
Just Generally Irked At Mexico (And the Fertility Rate) (08:13 AM) - It is no surprise that the Mexican government encourages and supports emigration from Mexico and illegal immigration into the United States. It does this at least as fervently as it encourages Americans to come with their dollars and vacation in…