I simply can’t comprehend how in the world the 9/11 memorial was hijacked by mraxists, but apparently it was. Here’s a brief summary by one of the projects opponents, lifted from an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal:
The organizers of its principal tenant, the International Freedom Center (IFC), have stated that they intend to take [...]

President Bush squeaked the Central America Free Trade Agreement through Congress this week, but not without some compromises. Shortly after the midnight CAFTA vote, Dennis Hastert directed the House to pass a $286.4 billion highway bill, reportedly in exchange for support for CAFTA. The bill is $2.4 billion more than the President’s 2005 veto limit, [...]

Things are looking up - the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis issued a press release today stating that the economy grew at an annual rate of 3.4 percent in the second quarter of 2005, marking the ninth straight quarter of growth exceeding 3 percent. However, the gross domestic product slowed from the first quarter’s rate [...]

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That’s an impressive production.

Liberal radio network Air America is the target of an investigation by the NYC Department of Investigation for allegedly diverting funds meant for inner-city kids’ programs to the station. Charles Rosen, founder of the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club based out of the Co-op City housing project in the Bronx, is said to have [...]

Pennsylvania’s Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll made an ass of herself by campaigning against the war in Iraq at a Marine’s funeral:
[Lieutenant Governor] Catherine Baker Knoll, who lives in nearby McKees Rocks, crashed the funeral, plopping herself down in the pew next to Linda Kubiak, Goodrich’s aunt. During the communion service, Knoll told Kubiak she [...]

Los Angeles Times has an article today on how American Muslims are working to combat terrorist supporters in their midst. An Akbar Ahmed, former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Great Britain, now a professor of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington, comes across as particularly sensible:
“Today in America we are at a very dangerous [...]

A Boston Herald article on Muslims dealing with Muslim terrorism quotes Kamal Nawash at some length. Nawash is the founder of Free Muslims Coalition, an organization that works mobilize American Muslims against Muslim terrorism. Nawash has taken the in my eyes intuitive route: He came to America as a Palestianian refugee in 1979, has taken [...]

It sounded a bit too good to be true that British police had been able to spot and kill a suicide bomber in the subway. It turns out is was. The victim of the shooting was Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, of Brazil, believed to be an illegal alien working as an electrician in London.
The [...]

Some interesting answers in a poll by Sky News/Communicate Research.
Almost all - 91% - were against the bombings of July 7, but 2% agreed with what the suicide bombers did.
Around 88% thought there was no justification in the Koran for the bombings, but 5% thought there was.
The interviewees were asked to respond to the statement: [...]