Nicholas Kristof offers a real hand up for Afghans and Pakistanis: he wants a free trade zone among the U.S., Afghanistan, and Pakistan. People too busy going to work, filling orders, and thinking of new ways to make money will have less time grumbling over how the evil West is oppressing them.
“Give the Afghans […]
The U.S. leaves the ABM Treaty to Cold War history books. “I have concluded the ABM treaty hinders our government’s ability to develop ways to protect our people from future terrorist or rogue-state missile attacks,” said President Bush.
Critics of missile defense argue that it would lead to a new arms race with Russia and/or […]
The Palestinian Authority (in name only) can’t stop Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Fine, then get out of the way and let Israel get the job done.
Here are some interesting quotes from this NY Times article:
Palestinian officials have repeatedly said they lack the political strength to clash with the extremist groups without gaining some immediate benefit […]
Israel has abandoned Arafat saying he’s “directly responsible” for recent terrorist attacks. It’s spooky that I recommended something like this only yesterday. Do pundits like Chris Matthews or even Glenn Reynolds ever get that weird feeling when something they recommend actually happens?
“Israel Cuts Off Ties With Arafat”
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On a lighter, and sweeter note, yesterday, my doughnut cravings were fulfilled when the first Krispy Kreme store in Milwaukee opened. I arrived at 11:30 and waited eagerly for 30 minutes to pick up my two dozen golden glazed goodies to take to work.
These round bits of heaven were everything I expected and more. […]
Today there were two more terrorist attacks on Israelis by Palestinians, yet the State Department urges Arafat to “act immediately and undertake all possible measures to pursue and apprehend those responsible for those horrific actions.” This has to be the 300th time the State Department has asked Arafat to do this. All the […]
Ev might be on to something with his micro ads. Amazon.com bought some ad space.
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The BCS just doesn’t cut it. While Stephen Moore makes the case for Oregon taking on Miami in the Rose Bowl, you can’t forget Colorado. They flattened Nebraska (who will play for the national title) and are the hottest team in college football. This situation just screams for a playoff system. […]
A Congress (particularly a Dachle-led Senate) that has bogged down any economic stimulus bill found a way to make sure they got their scheduled pay raise. It’s stuff like this that adds to public cynicism towards politicians. Not a good day for our leaders.
“Congress Gives Itself A Pay Raise“
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In a free market, companies will fail. The Enron case shows that such failures can be spectacular. What company failures don’t prove is that the free market is fundamentally at fault. Calls for more regulation or slowed deregulation of energy markets because of Enron are a poor idea. Bernard Weinstein explains […]
U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ordered “all computers within the custody and control of the Department of the Interior, its employees and contractors that have access to individual Indian trust data” be disconnected from the Internet. This comes from a lawsuit dealing with mismanagment of Indian trust funds. This means that the […]
Will environmentalists blame Man for Mars’ changing climate? I can imagine the press release from Greenpeace now: “Pathfinder, Viking, and all those other probes have done irreprable harm to our red neighbor. Mars is a fragile ecosystem. The U.N should create a convention to make Mars a planetary preserve.”
“Study Suggests Mars Ice […]
How I wish December 7 would be the only day that would live in infamy, but there were the attacks on 9.11. No matter. The heroics and sacrifice at Pearl Harbor must not be forgotten.
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ER without Greene and Benton? It may be old news to other web surfing fans, but it’s news to me. Maybe it’s time for the show to ride out into the sunset. It’s had a great run.
“ER Loses Another Doc”
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Nine states attorneys general strike at Microsoft with an antitrust remedy of their own. One of the provisions would force Microsoft to bundle Java with Internet Explorer. Java’s creator Sun Microsystems is, of course, thrilled. Another provision would force MS to open up the source code to IE. What this looks […]
