Who Won the Debate?

Yes, I saw the debate last night.  My opinion about who won?  Hands down, Fred Thompson.

TRENTON, N.J. —  Eleven public officials across New Jersey were arrested Thursday morning as part of a corruption investigation, a law enforcement official said.

Democratic state Assemblymen Mims Hackett Jr. and Alfred E. Steele were among those arrested, along with

Luciano Pavarotti is gone.  We are fortunate, that the state of audio recording is such as it is today.

Rebecca Harrison, Scotsman:

ISRAELI leaders decided yesterday against a broad offensive in Gaza to curb cross-border rocket attacks, but did not rule out cutting off Israeli-supplied power, water and fuel to the territory.

Palestinian militants regularly fire rockets into

It is not Larrry Craig, says Ann Coulter:

Assuming the worst about Craig, the Senate has not held a vote on outlawing homosexual impulses. It voted on gay marriage. Craig not only opposes gay marriage, he’s in a heterosexual

Fred Thompson’s campaign introduction video.   I like it, both adult and calm.

RCP says today:

SEATTLE — Former Rep. Jennifer Dunn, a six-term Republican who at times anchored the Washington State Republican Party, died today of a pulmonary embolism at her apartment in Arlington. She was 66.

Dunn represented Washington’s 8th District

Joyner, today:

Senator John McCain told off a kid who asked whether he was too old to be president.

An unflinching John McCain was told Tuesday by New Hampshire high school students he might be too old to be

As Rush Limbaugh points out Mrs. Cliinton’s standard response to any criisis to deny that she knew anything.   For example, Mrs Ciinton did not know that Norman Hsu was a fugitive   Nor did Mrs. Clinton know that Mr. Clinton as

I see Jonah Goldberg has taken up the chant over “true diversity”.  He’s getting the usual feedback from idiots such as Ezra Klein.

Jonah, my boy, you have got to start calling these things as they are. I gave

McQ asks the question “How can you actually avoid poverty?”

Well it has nothing to do with government or government programs even if the Democrats are presently engaged in trying to expand a children’s health insurance plan for the poor

Froma Harrop, Real Clear Politics, explains, “Why Liberals Are Turning on Ted Kennedy:”

Once upon a time, Ted Kennedy could count on his daily dose of veneration. The right wing hated the Massachusetts Democrat, but progressives honored him as

Hmmm.

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras —AP-  Hurricane Felix strengthened into a Category 5 monster storm early Tuesday, forecasters said, just as it prepares to make landfall near the Nicaragua-Honduras border, home to thousands of stranded Miskito Indians.

Of course this

Boom.

NEW YORK —AP- An explosive device detonated outside a studio owned by “The Sopranos” star Michael Imperioli early Tuesday, damaging a van but causing no serious injuries, police said.

Police said they did not know if the explosion was

Good for him, good for the kids.