Osama bin Laden has apparently released a videotape that is apparently current because he mentions current events. See story. Anyway, he apparently dyed his beard and looks better than in past videos and nowhere near his death bed, so the kidney failure rumor wasn't true.Had…
In the kind-of-continuing Larry Craig scandal, one debate is whether Gov. Butch Otter should appoint a placeholder to replace Craig or someone who will really be a contender.From today's news story about it:Congressman Mike Simpson, who also had been considered, removed his name from the…
To get your mind started this morning, ponder this quote from Eckhart Tolle:Not infrequently, tribes, nations, and religions derive a strengthened sense of collective identity from having enemies. Who would the "believer" be without the "unbeliever"?.Now that your mind is warmed up, what's on it?
From our editorial today:And so the accountability phase of the Abu Ghraib scandal ends without a single officer being convicted of a crime and America's reputation left unprotected. Yes, some officers were demoted. Some were fined. But a key general was allowed to resign rather…
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