Bolton Resigns

WASHINGTON —FOX- U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton has abandoned his quest to remain at the world body next year, sending formal notice to the White House that he will leave when his temporary appointment expires in the coming

The King(Fidel Castro) is dead:

HAVANA, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Cubans were astonished by ailing Fidel Castro’s absence from his birthday parade on Saturday, but many believe the only leader they have known for 47 years will survive

CARACAS, Venezuela —AP– Emboldened by a resounding re-election, President Hugo Chavez pledged to shake up Venezuela with a more radical version of socialism and forge a wider front against the United States in Latin America.

Opposition contender Manuel Rosales accepted

Boortz, the other night:

Moving on now to Warwick, New York.  The local government elementary school wanted to raise a little money, so they set up an event called “Breakfast with Santa.”  Well, sure enough, some parent complained.  Some woman

Snow and Cold

We’re supposedly getting 1 to 3 inches of snow tomorrow, around here.

Now, that wouldn’t be unusual, in most years, for the first week in December, by any means. Matter of fact, this year we actually got

Back in the year 1954, the Supreme Court decided in Brown v Board of Education local school boards could not send school chlldren in the same neighborhood to different schools  based on arbitary distinctions, in this case race.   What the

Jules Crittenden at The Boston Herald this morning:

When a company defrauds its customers, or delivers shoddy goods, the customers sooner or later are going to take their business elsewhere. But if that company has a virtual monopoly, and offers

Kate, of Small Dead Animals, says of Fidel Castro, “He’s dead.”  It is speculation, but it is reasoned speculation.  If Castro is alive Cuba is sure gong to great effort to hide him from public view.  I

Put the sink in, today, as per plan. It looks nice, but there’s a couple of points of the installation that need to be touched up a little.  It took most of the day today, and will probably take a

Stop by and read McQ’s telling of a story about a chopper pilot who more than earned her pay.

We as a nation are blessed to have such people wearing our uniform.

So, “Media Matters” has fallen to quibbling over who first started using a particular phrase denigrating their biggest supporters? 

Summary: In a syndicated column, Bill O’Reilly falsely claimed to have “coined the term ‘San Francisco values.’ ” In fact, the

About 4,470,000, that is the number of hits I got on Google, when seached on “nigger.”  Your results may vary.  Say what you want about the word, it sure gets used a lot.

Which brings up Micheal Richards recent

Power Line notes this morning:

Even with all of the recent talk about foreign policy “realism,” one of the major tenets of leading realists (George F. Kennan and Hans Morgenthau come to mind) has gone largely ignored. Most realists subscribe

Ok, I didn’t know who Rose Mattus was.   I am a fan of her product.  as all ice cream lovers are.   Rose and Reuben Mattus founded Häagen-Dazs,

Rose Mattus, who died on Tuesday aged 90, was the co-founder of Häagen-Dazs

… Really.

That weather front came through this afternoon and to say it rained is like saying that the Atlantic ocean has some water in it.  It’s still raining outside, pretty much, and it’s windy, too.  Our neighborhood, while not