Al Gore trivia
Did you know that Al Gore was an Iraq war “warmonger” back in 1992? I didn’t either, until I saw the following clip, which is of the Goracle taking the former Bush administration to task over their supposed ignoring of …
Congress’ approval ratings: Worst in a decade
The majority of those polled said the Congress they are seeing is the same old ‘business as usual’ – and they don’t like it.
Advice on the transition from boyhood to manhood
Make sure to read W. Thomas Smith, Jr.’s advice column for his nephew Michael, who just graduated from high school and will be beginning college and Naval ROTC soon.
“Tear down this wall” almost didn’t make it into famous Reagan speech
Today is the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Gipper’s famous “tear down this wall!” speech. The Washington Times reports that line almost didn’t make it into the speech:
Workplace intolerance
Considering the title of this post, you might be thinking that the what is about to be discussed is some type of intolerance in the work place to gays or black people. Not so:
Fourth Circuit rules against Bush admin in enemy combatant case
The NYT gleefully reports that the Fourth Circuit has decided against the Bush administration in a case about a Qatar man accused of being a sleeper agent for Al Qaeda, who was declared an enemy combatant here in the US: