I wrote A Conservative History of the American Left in part to conserve the history the Left would rather discard. With that in mind, I produced for FrontPageMag.com the Top Ten Skeletons in the Left's Closet. From the assassination of...
Boxers' waistbands generally expand as their careers progress. James Toney, for instance, started as a middleweight, fighting in the 160-pound range. He now fights at around 230 pounds. Blame Mother Nature and Father Time, and, in Toney's case, Ronald McDonald...
Oh please. The fuss over Barack Obama calling a female reporter "sweetie" and his subsequent apology is non-issue. In fact I wouldn't bother mentioning it save that I think that in some regards it points to differences between rural/urban America
Police officers in Washington, D.C. are so anxious to get guns out of the city they are actually going door-to-door asking citizens for "consent" to enter their homes to search for illegal guns. Washington, D.C. is home to one of
There is no doubt that a recently arrested 46-year-old Canadian man would be in the book. (His name has not been released.) As reported at canada.com, he was arrested after "an apparent bungled break and enter." His real purpose was
Is it just me or are DVD releases getting announced earlier and earlier? Whatever the case, Lost fans can plan on getting the season four DVD as a Christmas/ Hanukkah/Kwanzaa present because it doesn't come out until December 9th. Which
On today's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show , Ellen will announce that she and long-time girlfriend Portia de Rossi are getting married . Her announcement is in response to this week's ruling from the California Supreme Court that everybody
The first Amazon review of Finding Our Way Again is up ... the reviewer said the book made her think and laugh, which is, from an author's point of view, a pretty good combination. If you've read the book, I'd...
The Florida teenager who posted an emotional YouTube video describing her alleged rape gave police a troubling account of her relationship with a 23-year-old man who recently was cleared of sexually assaulting the girl.
Earlier this year, I met South African filmmaker Anant Singh. You're probably familiar with his work - powerful movies like Sarafina!, Cry the Beloved Country, and Red Dust. Here's a powerful short video that he produced - for all of...
Williams' show has actually been one of the more dignified syndicated daytime talk shows, a step above Jerry Springer and Maury Povich , but not quite The View or Ellen DeGeneres . His style could be compared to Phil Donahue,
Kelly Preston (also known as Mrs. John Travolta) has been signed to star in a new HBO pilot called Suburban Shootout . The series is a dark comedy about rival gangs of suburban housewives. Most recently, Preston had a recurring
In 2003 Gene Robinson was elected bishop of the tiny Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire after having served as assistant to the previous bishop for almost eighteen years. Robinson's profile, both within the Episcopal Church and outside of it, is
Friday May 15, 2008How Technology Relates to PermanenceOwen has some good thoughts on technology and our obsession with it. "More significantly, the technological drive seems to push us away from appreciation of what is permanent. Because our current interest is
Christopher "Kit" Jacobson '03 was recently appointed assistant organist and assistant director of music at Washington National Cathedral, a "majestic center of worship at the nation's capital" that welcomes more than 700,000 worshipers and visitors per year.
Do mine eyes deceive me, or is this a really good column by Peggy Noonan on the Republican disarray? Sanity seems to have returned as if from a long sea voyage spent with the gulls. The headline Wednesday on Drudge,...
By the power not vested in them, four judges yesterday pronounced California and gay marriage a couple. There are 38,000,000 people living in California. Their disapproval of officially recognizing so-called same-sex marriage, expressed at the ballot box in 2000, apparently...
In Split Decision, California Supreme Court Holds that State's Ban on Same Sex Marriages is Unconstitutional; Concurring and Dissenting Opinions Conclude that Legality of Same Sex Marriages is a Legislative rather than Judicial Matter While the six cases consolidated for
ERISA Class Action Alleging Failure to Pay Benefits Premised on Strained Reading of Long-Term Disability Insurance Policies and Defense Entitled to Partial Summary Judgment as to certain Class Action Claims New York Federal Court Holds Plaintiffs filed a putative class
Judicial Panel Grants Defense Request for Pretrial Coordination Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 of Class Action Lawsuits Alleging Discriminatory Lending Practices, but Agrees with California Plaintiffs that Northern District of California is Appropriate Transferee Court Four class action lawsuits
