US to attack Iran by end of April: report - "The US is planning to attack Iran's nuclear reactors and other nuclear facilities by the end of this month, the Kuwait-based Arab Times newspaper reported Wednesday."
Just what will 'success' in Iraq actually mean? - "If an Islamic theocracy is what thousands of U.S. dead, tens of thousands wounded and the expenditure of hundreds of billions of American taxpayers' dollars accomplishes in the end -- is President Bush going to tell us it is success?"
Pratfall in Damascus - "The really striking development here is the attempt by a Democratic congressional leader to substitute her own foreign policy for that of a sitting Republican president. Two weeks ago Ms. Pelosi rammed legislation through the House of Representatives that would strip Mr. Bush of his authority as commander in chief to manage troop movements in Iraq. Now she is attempting to introduce a new Middle East policy that directly conflicts with that of the president. We have found much to criticize in Mr. Bush's military strategy and regional diplomacy. But Ms. Pelosi's attempt to establish a shadow presidency is not only counterproductive, it is foolish."
In between trying to start a war, Drudge finds time to mislead about his web site's popularity - "Obviously Drudge still gets a massive amount of traffic, but this is clearly an attempt to mislead his readers into believing his site (and the propaganda which goes with it) is becoming more popular, when in reality, like all the other Neo-Con propaganda organs, Limbaugh, etc., it is losing all its readership and is falling dramatically in popularity."
What is Michelle Malkin's Problem? - "Malkin is now on a kick to get comedienne Rosie O'Donnell fired from ABC's show "The View." Rosie is a regular subject of derision by right-wingers who hate the fact that she's unabashedly liberal and an open lesbian. Just last night, CNN host Glenn Beck suggested that Rosie isn't really a woman (presumably because she's a lesbian). And today Malkin is calling on her readers to boycott advertisers who put their products on "The View" because Rosie said something Malkin doesn't agree with.Why is Malkin trying to destroy a woman's career? Because Rosie is a bigot? No. Because Rosie is a biased journalist? No, she's a comedian hosting a talk show alongside an avowed conservative (who spoke at the Republican Convention, no less) who balances her out. No, Rosie's crime is having said that she think it's fishy the way one of the side buildings at the World Trade Center collapsed. That's it. And in Malkin's view, in the right-wing view, that's reason enough for Rosie to lose her entire career."
The fog of rape - "No serious person doubts that sexual harassment and even rape occur in a war zone. ... But more overt sexual aggression may be the product of something few will acknowledge, at least on the record: Resentment. Off the record, in dozens of interviews over a period of years, male soldiers and officers have confided that many men resent women because they've been forced to pretend that women are equals, and men know they're not."
US Judge Affirms IMBRA: Americans Must Have Criminal Checks Before Contacting Foreigners on Internet - "On March 26, 2007, a new federal law restricting Americans from contacting foreigners through internet dating sites was upheld by a federal court after a Constitutional challenge by an internet dating company. In European Connections v. Alberto Gonzales, 1:06-CV-0426-CC, Judge Clarence Cooper of the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia dismissed a lawsuit by European Connections which claimed that the law violated the right to freedom of speech contained in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The plaintiff had failed to challenge the law based on the First Amendment right to assemble."
Census: Immigrants stabilize big-city populations - "Without immigrants pouring into the nation's big metro areas, places such as New York, Los Angeles and Boston would be losing population. Many smaller areas, including Battle Creek, Michigan, Ames, Iowa, and Corvallis, Oregon, would lose people as well, according to population estimates released Thursday by the Census Bureau."
Are humans hard-wired for faith? - "Dr. Andrew Newberg, neuroscientist and author of "Why We Believe What We Believe," wants to change all that. He's working on ways to track how the human brain processes religion and spirituality. It's all part of new field called neurotheology."
Atheism, like any other belief, deserves Americans' respect - ""As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." This quotation, taken from a U.S. treaty with Tripoli in 1797, was drafted under George Washington and signed by John Adams. Unlike what the majority of the American public and the politicians in Washington believe, the United States was indeed founded on a tradition of secularism."
Overwhelming majority of Americans believe in God - "More than 90 percent of U.S. adults say they believe in God and 82 percent identify themselves as Christians, a Newsweek poll finds. ... While one in 10 said they have "no religion," only 6 percent reject belief in God and 3 percent are self-described atheists." -- Nothing like being in the 3 percent category. Don't just about all major revelations in thought begin with such a low percentage of people accepting the new way of thinking?
We Still Have a Long Way to Go - "But perhaps more importantly, Newsweek also asked poll respondents about modern biology. Nearly half (48 percent) of the public rejects the scientific theory of evolution; one-third (34 percent) of college graduates say they accept the Biblical account of creation as fact. Seventy-three percent of Evangelical Protestants say they believe that God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years; 39 percent of non-Evangelical Protestants and 41 percent of Catholics agree with that view. This is not at all encouraging. These poll results come just a few months after an international study was conducted to measure which countries were the most accepting on evolutionary biology. Of the 34 countries involved, the United States ranked 33rd. Only Turkey ranked lower." -- How embarrassing.
Texas Lawmaker Wants Bible to Be Used as Textbook in State's Public Schools - "A Texas legislator wants to require the state's nearly 1,700 public school districts to teach the Bible as a textbook, "not a worship document.""
Proposed Bill on Bible Classes Could Endanger Religious Freedom, Put Schools in Legal Jeopardy - "Proposed legislation mandating that every Texas public high school offer courses on the Bible could threaten the religious freedom of students and put school districts in legal jeopardy, academics and advocates of religious liberty said today."
'Porn & Pancakes' fights X-rated addictions - ""A lot of people think Christians sure don't struggle with this," Gross said. "The stats don't lie: Christians are consuming pornography. And to me, it's not a surprise.""
Study: Red planet heating up - "Earth's dusty neighbor Mars is grappling with its own form of climate change as fluctuating solar radiation is kicking up dust and winds that may be melting the planet's southern polar ice cap, scientists said Wednesday."
Software's Benefits On Tests In Doubt - "Educational software, a $2 billion-a-year industry that has become the darling of school systems across the country, has no significant impact on student performance, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Education."
Study: No benefit going high-tech for math and science - "Going high-tech doesn't lead to higher math and reading scores, according to a federal study."
Vista Expert: Why I Don't Like Vista - "For more than a year, I poked and prodded my way through hundreds of Windows Vista menus and dialog boxes. But after I finished writing “Windows Vista For Dummies” and “Upgrading and Fixing PCs For Dummies,” I turned off my Vista PC. On the rare occasion I fire it up to double-check a few settings, Vista constantly reminds me why I’ve never installed it on my main PC. Let me count just a few of the ways:"
Kaspersky claims to find first iPod virus - "Not that you don't have enough to worry about already."
Neglectful dog owners could face prosection - "Owners of fat dogs or cats could face prosecution under the Animal Welfare Act which comes into force tomorrow."
Quote of the Day
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction."
~ Blaise Pascal
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