On this Saturday, celebrate reason at the Reason Rally in D.C.

Today, March 24th, is the Reason Rally being held at the Mall in Washington, D.C. It is a day to celebrate our nation, which was founded upon the usage of human reason. Yes, we are the first and still maybe the only nation founded upon this important principle. Reason is the...

Tap Water Gives Catholic Student Herpes

Last night, the local news ticker noted that Catholic University in Washington, D.C. is constructing the largest solar panel capability in the district. A short while later, I ran into three friends from Catholic whom had heard the news. None were enthused. "Yeah, I...

Miami is the city with the most attractive people

What a worldly bunch we are -- and so unfriendly. At least that's the assessment in Travel and Leisure's 2007 list of "America's favorite cities." Among America's top 25, Washington comes in at number one when it comes to being worldly and nurturing an international...

Questions Not Asked in Studio Not Answered on Street

"The reporter for The Washington Stakeout waited with his videographer outside news show studios in D.C. Sunday, ready to ask three national leaders some pointed questions that the TV hosts had not. "The politicians may dodge tough questions, but on this day at least...

Questions for the NY Times about the alleged spitting incident during anti-wa...

"On January 28, The New York Times reported, in an article by Ian Urbina, that, during the January 27 anti-war protest on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., an unnamed anti-war protester spat at the ground near Joshua Sparling, a wounded Iraq war veteran "who said he was...

Libby: White House sacrificed him for Rove

"WASHINGTON - Top White House officials tried to blame vice presidential aide "Scooter" Libby for the 2003 leak of a CIA operative's identity to protect President Bush's political strategist, Karl Rove, Libby's defense attorney said Tuesday as his perjury trial began and the...

Keep Saddam in U.S. Custody, Ramsey Clark Pleads

"(CNSNews.com) - Referring to his client as "calm, dignified [and] thoughtful," a member of Saddam Hussein's defense team urged President Bush Wednesday to keep the toppled Iraqi dictator in U.S. hands to prevent him from being mistreated in Iraqi custody. Former U.S....

Paper Owner Sues Journalist...Huh?

"A lawsuit filed by publishers of the Santa Barbara News-Press claiming that an American Journalism Review writer defamed the newspaper's owners in a recent article has drawn harsh criticism from newspaper industry leaders, who said such an approach is counter to journalistic...

Warrantless wiretaps unlikely to be OK'd

Senate Democrats, emboldened by Election Day wins that put them in control of Congress as of January, say they would rather wait until next year to look at the issue. "I can't say that we won't do it, but there's no guarantee that we're going spend a lot of time on...