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Rep. Hoekstra: 'It's the Spending'
The former congressman and current Senate candidate makes the case against Senator Debbie Stabenow.
What Do You Get When You Rub Two Climatologists Together?
An article sets off a @#$%storm in the already beleaguered warmist community.
What a Tahrir Square Rape Victim and Egyptian Comic Can Teach us about Acting Properly
"Factual correctness" not "political correctness" is the key to freedom.
As Predicted, DNC Lights Up Romney's 'Not Concerned About the Very Poor' Remark (Update)
And the Democrats aren't concerned about the truth...
Guilty: Muslim Family in Canada Convicted in Honor Killings
Justice finally for four women murdered because they wanted to be free.
Five Reasons Star Wars Actually Sucks
So a human comic book with a stirring soundtrack, bad jokes and loud zapping noises is one of the top 10 highest grossing films of all time. Yoda wept. Related: Geek Rage: Star Wars Comments of the Day
Retransmission Consent Is Super Mess for Super Bowl City
How overzealous regulators almost cost 200,000 Patriots fans a chance to watch this year's Super Bowl.
Florida: Why Gingrich Lost Big and What's Next
Ten days ago I asked "Will Newt Gingrich Grow Up?" Unfortunately, we got the answer sooner than we expected.
Game Review: Pro Evolution Soccer Plus OnLive
Experiencing the beautiful game in the cloud.
The 'Turkish Model' of Democracy: Neither Moderate nor Democratic
Since achieving power almost a decade ago, the Turkish ruling party has built, step by step, a Putin-style permanent regime.
Hunkered Between Santorum and Paul Lies Peace Through Total War
Is our choice in foreign policy really between pointless perpetual war and recklessly naive peace? (Also read Barry Rubin on Santorum's foreign policy.)
When Did the War Start? Or Did It?
The war is already on — it's been on for three decades. What do you think all those chants of "Death to America!" mean?
John Carter's Long Road from the Civil War to the Silver Screen
Disney's latest fantasy epic took a century-long journey to the big screen.
Once Again Oliver Stone Hypes his New TV Documentary: Time to Tell CBS to Cancel It
Oliver Stone's new series teaches leftwing revisionist American History, from A to Zinn.
Female Voters Are Too Emotional: And That Makes Me Very Angry!!
Swooning political analysis from the X-chromosome camp.
PJ Nostradamus Contest: Hemingway Takes a Chance on the Florida Primary
Papa Hemingway Wants You! to enter the PJ Nostradamus Contest today and compete to win an iPad.
In Praise of Professional Sports
What sports have to teach society about affirmative action.
Why Syria’s Regime Is Surviving a Revolution
Assad may have a path to remain in power through the year.
In Memoriam: Zane Greyhound
If I were a believer, I would say dogs were God’s gift to man. And the death of one makes you want to be a believer, to see him cavorting in some canine heaven off into eternity.
Pipeline Politics Derails More than Jobs
By killing the Keystone project, Obama has delivered a blow to the entire economy.
Smearing Newt: Taking Names for 2016
I never thought I'd see so many purported conservative writers, and once proud conservative websites, shilling for Mitt Romney.
Newt's Lunar Base
What are the costs, technologies, and politics behind the speaker's promise of a moon colony as the 51st state?
Trying to Beat Someone With No One
Really, are people like Obama, Romney and Gingrich the best leaders this country can produce?
Is Israel Making the Electric Car Work?
The Renault Better Place, with its battery-swap system, could work economically.
Clueless: Obama Still Trying To 'Reset' with Russia
Putin threatens war over U.S. policy, but see-no-evil Obama continues "smart diplomacy."
The Marxist Mission to Destroy Ayaan Hirsi Ali
A new book endorsed by the New York Times compares the Dutch feminist with convicted terrorist "Lady Al Qaeda" Aafiya Siddiqui.
Jazz-blogging Tonight's GOP Debate
Steve Green needs to give his liver a rest tonight, so we've asked Jazz Shaw to man the bar. The same adult refreshments will of course be served to all attendees...
Castro and the Oil Curse
Petroleum discoveries won’t fix Cuba’s underlying economic problems — or its relationship with the United States. (Read this article in Spanish here.)
Panetta's Biggest Worry
If Israel's population centers were hit...? That would be more than a tad too late.
Obama, the Great Divider — Literally
Under Obama, the U.S. has suffered the steepest drop in private investment since data were kept, as well as the slowest recovery.
The Follies and Foibles of the Chevy Volt
If the Volt is a harbinger of salvation, the industry might be wishing Obama hadn't bothered saving it.
House Dems Disgraceful at Holder Hearing
They showed up to protect the president, and showed no interest in justice for the dead.
Romney's 'Gaffes,' and What We Must Do to Defeat Obama
It is important to now unite behind Mitt Romney and prevent further harmful bloodletting.See also: Roger L. Simon at PJ Tatler on Trump endorsing Romney
Criminal Rot Spreads Through Justice Department
DOJ lawyers and criminal prosecutors are accused of accepting cash from the people they were investigating. But it gets worse.
What We Need Is More Apathy in this Country
On the deeply contentious issues there are always a few percent of people who answer "I don't know" when polled. What if we elected them congressmen?
Intervention in Syria? Don’t Count on it
Few things spook Obama like the thought of another Iraq.
No More 'Peace Talks,' Please
The Arab-Israeli conflict has no clear parameters for resolution.
Is That The Onion? It Only Seems Like an Onion Parody! It's the N.Y. Times Corrections Page
Reporter confuses a million dollars with a billion dollars. The end of reporting and editing as we knew it.
Fisking Eric Holder's Prepared Remarks for the Fast and Furious Hearing
The attorney general finds himself in the hot seat yet again. Also read: BREAKING: DOJ prosecutors took bribes from financial execs, still working at DOJ
Twelve Ways Obama Could Lose
Some Democratic voters are irrationally sure of victory.
Nine Years Of Space Policy Disaster
The ninth anniversary of the Columbia Shuttle accident and our manned space program is in shambles.
Florida’s Results Are the Best That Money Can Buy
Meanwhile, we are in a war for our nation, and divided we fall. Newt Gingrich understands this better than most.
Audio Interview: Thomas Hibbs on 'Shows About Nothing'
Forty-five years of nihilism in popular culture, from Silence of the Lambs to Seinfeld.
WTO Rules China's Export Controls on Critical Metals Illegal
Huge victory for U.S. military & high tech manufacturers.
Florida Called, Double Digit Win for Romney (Update: Comprehensive Reaction on the Tatler)
Don't dream it's over.
The Coming of the New Ice Age: End of the Global Warming Era?
Pulp fiction: Whatever the era, whether the doomsday du jour is global warming or global cooling, the solution remains the same.
Dems Release False Report on Fast and Furious
Senator Charles Grassley says report doesn't "pass the laugh test."
The Gingrich Rope-a-Dope: Speaker Attacks Romney as Moderate
Gingrich makes his closing argument to Florida voters. (Watch Alexis Garcia reporting from Tampa at PJTV.)
Why Apologies Matter
PJM's advice columnist on the surprising power of "I'm sorry."
New Emails Suggest Eric Holder Perjured Himself
The attorney general's claim regarding when he knew about Operation Fast and Furious conflicts with the released communications.
GOP-Governed and Right-To-Work States Saved the Economy's Bacon in 2011
Blue and union-dominated states were mostly mediocre, or worse. Indiana has noticed.
Occupy Pledge of Allegiance
"...and to the plutocracy for which it stands, the privately owned central bank, under the Jews..."
SOPA, Security, and the Singularity
Why this will be the most consequential century in the history of life on Earth.
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Previous Posts | AT AMAZON, 30% off on Kindle accessories. |
| FROM GREGORY BENFORD, a space science fiction reading list. |
| HEY, WAIT — I READ MUTANT 59 AND THIS DOESN’T SOUND SO GREAT: Amazonian Rainforest Fungus Eats Polyurethane, Potentially Solving a Big Landfill Problem. |
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| The procedure: a few zaps to the balls with a high-frequency ultrasound and POOF! His swimming friends who threaten your womb with gestation disappear! Well, that’s what happened to male rats in a recently published study. After each rat had two ball-zapping treatments, researchers found that the rat’s sperm count was zero and its sperm-making germ cells were eradicated. (Yay! I think?) |
| AT AMAZON, bestsellers in Grills & Smokers. |
| THE RACE TO BUILD A REAL STAR TREK TRICORDER. “The two groups announced this month that they are joining forces to launch the Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize, a $10 million competition to build a handheld, mobile device able to quickly diagnose a range of health problems and measure real-time information such as respiratory rate and blood pressure.” |
| EDUTOPIA: “Shop” Is Not a Four-Letter Word. |
| TOM FRIEDMAN WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT: China’s Pollution Problem Is Visible From Space. “World Health Organisation guidelines suggest that PM2.5 levels above ten micrograms per cubic metre are unsafe. The boffins have found (as the map shows) that almost every Chinese province has levels above that. Indeed, much of the country’s population endures air so foul that it registers above 30 on the PM2.5 scale, with Shandong and Henan provinces topping 50. Because these readings reflect the average pollution that a typical resident in a province is likely to endure during a given year, they underplay the sharp spikes in pollution that are seen on particularly dirty days, when spot readings go much higher. That is why Beijingers should take little comfort from the fact that the capital’s pollution measures only 35.” |
| With public university administrators continually arguing for tuition increases to counter state appropriations cuts, it seems far-fetched that their budget problems could be solved by eliminating student tuition and fees altogether. |
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| BRANDON LARSON: My Case For Mars. |
| K.C. JOHNSON: Patrick Witt and Yale’s Disastrous Failure. |
| WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: Worried India Shifts Defense Focus To China. |
