Space Travel: In Which We Admit to Agreeing With James Cameron and Barack Obama

The Falcon 9, a privately built rocket which will supply the International Space Station
We spend the majority of our time in opposition to the policies put forth by President Obama’s administration. Only one of us (Tim) has seen “Avatar,” but he can vouch that it’s a grab bag of leftist tropes wrapped in stunning visuals. [...]

Brown’s National Security Victory

Massachusetts voters reject treating our terrorist enemies like common criminals.

Three Reasons Why The Dems Are in Big, Big Trouble. And One Reason Why They’re Not. – Reason Magazine

Martha Coakley’s resounding defeat in the Massachusetts Senate race is hardly the sort of anniversary gift President Barack Obama could have predicted. Yet there it was, wrapped in a bow and plopped on his doorstep like a flaming bag of dog poo to mark the end of his first year in office. Among other things, [...]

Security Theater Now Playing at Your Airport – by Daniel Pipes

Is America willing to embrace the strategies necessary to stop terrorism?

Somali arrested at Mogadishu airport with powdered chemicals, syringe in November

Why is this just coming out now? “Somali arrested at airport with chemicals, syringe,” by Mohamed Olad Hassan, Katharine Houreld, and Jason Straziuso for the Associated Press, December 30: MOGADISHU, Somalia – A man tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and a…

Security reviews under way after airliner attack – AP

Investigators piecing together a brazen attempt to bring down a trans-Atlantic airliner said Sunday the suspect tucked a small bag holding his deadly concoction on his body, using an explosive that would have been easily detected with the right airport equipment. His success in smuggling and partially igniting the material on Friday’s flight to Detroit [...]

Pro-Drug War Conservatives Need to Rethink, er, REMEMBER the Role of Government

At Pajamas Media today Mary Grabar, a thoughtful writer and an acquaintance, has an effective piece in response to a recent tragic death which has reopened an important issue that’s not discussed nearly enough:
A truly sad story about a 23-year-old Panama City man dying while being subdued by Bay County sheriff’s deputies has reawakened the [...]

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“you are in any way the most ugliest & hateful creature.most cases your father is a ugly pig”

This stellar Hate Mail Bag entry comes to us from Toronto. I starred out the obscenities, but they are, of course, spelled out in the original: Name: NISAR AKHTAR Email: nisarakhtar@hotmail.com Subject: YOU MOTHF**KER JEWS Message: I am wondering you mohter f**ker jews using all your energy & others money…

Newsweek Talks About Sarah Palin – Sort Of

When it comes to talk of President Obama, Newsweek editor Evan Thomas couldn’t find his way out of a hyperbole bag with a map of moderation. He is completely, indisputably “in the bag” for Obama.
“I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God.”
– Newsweek’s Evan [...]