The Obama Administration announced John Berry would become its appointee for the important position of Director of the Office of Personal and Management recently with this release: President Obama announced his intent to nominate the follow individuals [March 3rd]: John Berry, Nominee for Director o...

In a story that hits close to home, Geneseo State University student Arman Partamian was found dead last Sunday morning in an off-campus house, hours after apparently drinking a significant amount of alcohol the day before. Why is this personal? Partamian was enrolled at my college alma mater and wa...

Good piece on vouchers in DC and Barack Obama's latest opportunity to really be different.The most honest, decent, and thoughtful Democratic president of modern times, Jed Bartlet, was surprised to find himself supporting vouchers on an episode of NBC’s “The West Wing.� Bartlet’s staff summo...

Freedom of speech is such a pain in the ass for dictators, authoritarians and community agitators. via Jihad Watch...

Was probably the motto of the day when Geert Wilders, invited by a upper house peer to show the movie Fitna. However, in Britain, outspoken islamofascists can enter the country at will, with almost no media uproar. Double standards anyone? Not on paper: A spokesman said: 'The Government opposes extr...

Geert Wilders on Glenn Beck talking about what a bunch of pussies the U.K. has become. At least in the U.S. we haven’t yet become a bunch of dhimmis. If President Hussein has his way, we’ll get there. UPDATE: More fun with Moohammed in the UK: British muzlim sprays fecal matter in four d...

I haven't watched an Academy Awards show in years. However, I do see the news coverage of the Oscars. On that note, I have a couple of observations.  First, there seemed to be surprise that the celebrities and the presenters largely eschewed political statements. Why should that be a surprise? The ...

Hal G.P. Colebatch on 2.20.09 in The American Spectator writes,'Things seem to be moving faster in Britain, and not in a nice direction. In the area of religion, here are five incidents reported in the course of barely a week. A foster mother has been struck off by a council after a teenage Muslim g...

Mickey Spillane and Historical Revision. I wrote this opening to a pulp detective story and would have used it in a novel had I been Mickey Spillane in the 1940s: There in the dimly lit garage she leaned against the doorway, her eyes saying come hither. But the gun in her hand told me to stay away. ...

NYU's administration doesn't think collegiate protest is so groovy when you're The Man: After renewed calls for negotiations between NYU officials and student body protestors after a night of intense rioting, those who were still barricaded in the college cafeteria......