Posted 11:39 AM by a
OpinionJournal:

"Whether there are temporary visas or not, foreign nationals will continue to enter and remain in this country illegally so long as they can expect minimal and sporadic punishment for either illegal entry or residence. If they receive temporary visas, they will overstay them. In the future they can rely on people such as Sen. McCain to advocate amnesties for those who have violated their visa requirements, or for all those who have entered illegally. And the continuing toleration of unfettered immigration from Mexico provides the Mexican government with few serious reasons to significantly reform its own economic and political culture; so long as the corrupt and the elite of Mexico can fob off their people on America, the longer Mexico will remain the undeveloped, unattractive economic backwater that it is."

Posted 3:11 PM by a
Justice Moore, Part 2

"Therefore, while I may be personally certain that some actions the courts declare unconstitutional (such as Judge Moore’s display) should be constitutional according to an honest reading of the Constitution, by definition they are not, because the Constitution, under our system, means what the Court says it means. This is not just semantics. It’s the way the system works. Judges are people – many of whom unfortunately don’t even believe in interpreting the Constitution according to its original intent. Or, they sometimes make mistakes. But under our system, the highest court’s rulings are the law whether they are mistaken or not. (Similarly, jury verdicts are binding whether or not they are correct)."

Posted 2:25 PM by a
Welcome to anncoulter.com!:

"The Clinton approach was working great, if you don't count the first bombing of the World Trade Center, the bombing of our Air Force housing complex in Saudi Arabia, the bombing of our embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the bombing of the USS Cole and, finally, the greatest terrorist attack in the history of the world right here on U.S. soil on Sept. 11, 2001.

We have seen how well the Democrats' surrender approach works for 50 years. We saw it again last week. The United Nations stood shoulder to shoulder with American liberals, France, Germany and Saddam Hussein in opposing war with Iraq. And then last week in Iraq, the little darlings bombed the U.N. embassy in Baghdad. But that's Bush's fault, too. Perhaps Bush is also responsible for J-Lo and Ben Affleck's bomb of a movie. The only people whom liberals absolutely refuse to hold accountable for anything are their friends, the Islamofascists."

Posted 11:40 AM by a
The need for patience - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED

"Those who say we should turn over responsibilities to an international set (who are already mentally committed to appeasing the terrorist culture) are impatient not for success, but for a nightmare world of biologically- and nuclear- armed jihadists. The United Nations, France and the rest will never support going after the terrorists in Syria, Iran or Saudi Arabia — although one way or the other, it will take that to be successful. If others want to help, good. But we must keep our fate in our own hands. That will take an untypical American patience. We had best start teaching it to our children — because success will take that long."

Posted 11:19 AM by a
OpinionJournal - Wonder Land: "BY DANIEL HENNINGER
Friday, August 29, 2003 12:01 a.m. EDT


"The most significant voting bloc in California's famous recall election isn't Hispanics or angry male Democrats but the people who were so eager to weigh in that they've already voted--with their feet. According to a report out this month from the U.S. Census Bureau, an astounding 2,204,500 Californians threw in the towel from 1995 to 2000 and highballed it out of the 'Golden State.' The state's net migration figure for the period is minus-755,536, and would be worse if Latin American immigrants didn't still drop in for a look. This is the first time the net migration number for California has ever gone negative."

Posted 6:33 PM by a
Q&A with Victor Davis Hanson on Mexifornia on National Review Online

"Yet no one really knows due to the large number of illegal aliens who reside here. Immigration from Mexico was once as measured and legal as it is now uncontrolled and unlawful. And instead of meeting the challenge of turning illegal immigrants into Americans, our teachers, politicians, and government officials for some time have taken the easier route of allowing a separatist culture, from bilingualism and historical revisionism in the schools, to non-enforcement of legal statutes and a general self-imposed censorship about honest discussion of the problem."

Posted 5:36 PM by a
New York Post Online Edition: postopinion:

"Is there a salvation for our democracy? Yes. It will come through the Internet. Just as word of the Dean campaign spread virally through the 'Net without the aid of huge expenditures and anti-globalism demonstrators mass together without publicity from any establishment news organs, the free communication of the Internet will create an alternative to top-down manipulation by opinion leaders. The flow of information on the Internet is opening the door to grass-roots activism. The lack of money for postage, phone calls or ads need not deter average people from mobilizing. "

Posted 5:07 PM by a
Q&A with Victor Davis Hanson on Mexifornia on National Review Online:

"Hanson: Seek the truth, and shed the old fears of being called a 'protectionist' by the free-market Right and a 'racist' by the manipulative Left. Hand-in-glove, the two have conspired to create an alternative society of illegal aliens who are used by both groups, remain in the shadows of the law, and are fed the half-truths and excuses of 'at least it is better than in Mexico' by the former, and 'the borders crossed you, not you the borders' by the latter."

Posted 5:03 PM by a
Q&A with Victor Davis Hanson on Mexifornia on National Review Online

"The result is that we are seeing in the area the emergence of truly apartheid communities — like nearby Orange Cove, Parlier, Mendota, and Calwa — that resemble Mexican rather than American societies, and that are plagued by dismal schools, scant capital, many of the same social problems as Mexico, and a general neglect by the larger culture, including prosperous and successful second- and third-generation Mexican Americans who would never live there."

Posted 11:56 AM by a
Welcome to anncoulter.com!


"It turns out that Schwarzenegger's after-school programs would be paid for out of the state's general fund – unless the fund dried up. The Parasite Lobby opposed the after-school programs on the grounds that it would reduce flexibility in government spending and divert money away from other needed programs – such as even bigger pensions for the parasites. Schwarzenegger's initiative basically required that some taxpayer money be spent on taxpayers. It's not as good as a tax cut, but at least Schwarzenegger is not Gray Davis."

Posted 11:51 AM by a
Welcome to anncoulter.com!

"Thanks to Davis' fiscal wizardry, California is fast becoming a Third World country. Taxpayers are leaving the state in droves, sick of paying for government workers' Riviera retirement plans. In California, the fabulously rich support the poor with government jobs, paid for by the middle class – which is now living in Arizona."

Posted 8:01 PM by a
HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE :: Bring Back Proposition 187 by Staff

"California’s special October 7 election on whether to recall Democratic Gov. Gray Davis ought to resurrect an issue that fainthearted Republicans have too long avoided: Should taxpayers be forced to fund education, non-emergency health care and welfare benefits for foreign nationals living illegally in the United States?"

Posted 7:15 PM by a
The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler:

"I hate collectivism in all of its hideous incarnations, hate it with a rage burning white hot. It is not 'just another ideology' to be listened to, debated, given due consideration etc.
It is a lethal virus and it must be eradicated because it, and it alone, has the power to destroy everything that we are and ever will be.

Yes, I'm serious as a heart attack here:
IT...MUST...BE...DESTROYED!
If it isn't, it'll destroy us, destroy us by making us commit suicide."

Posted 11:43 AM by a
OpinionJournal - Political Diary Responses:

"Arnold Schwarzenegger had my backing fully, recognizing him as a fiscal conservative while a more social liberal. However, when his economic guru Warren Buffett came out against Prop. 13, I had a very sinking feeling, very sinking! I expected Arnold to rebuke the statement vehemently, but, so far, a weak rebuttal from his troops and nothing from his own mouth. If Arnold doesn't fire Mr. Buffett my support will probably fade away."

Posted 11:32 AM by a
OpinionJournal - John Fund's Political Diary:

"Mr. Laffer also explained to Mr. Schwarzenegger why he thought California is in such a mess: the state's boom-and-bust tax structure offers only short-term surpluses during economic booms and plenty of red ink during busts; onerous regulations and very high marginal tax rates drive businesses and citizens out of the state (including Mr. Laffer's son); and the sheer number of different state taxes make compliance difficult and offer an unfriendly climate for new businesses.

California needs bold reforms, starting with a flat tax similar to what even liberal Massachusetts has, as well as a tax amnesty program to bring in short-term revenue, Mr. Laffer had said. "

Posted 5:50 PM by a
[Think About It]

"But he needs to find the old Bush. Don’t apologize for 16 words in the State of Union address. Don’t sit idly by as the Democrats pick you apart. Take the offensive. Early. Pre-emptively. The American people will pick the right side, if they hear both sides."

Posted 5:23 PM by a
The perils of 'multiculturalism':

"There's an interesting debate occurring in the US, accelerated by a Washington Times commentary by Cal Thomas, who posits that 'When Muslims gain political power, the historical and contemporary record is not encouraging for people who hold democratic values and are of the 'Judeo-Christian' persuasion. If politicians succumb to pressure from Muslim activist groups and equate Islam with the religious and political heritage of this country, we will know that an important beachhead has been attained by our enemies. From their behavior in other parts of the world, one can safely predict they will use this beachhead to advance their cause.'"

Posted 11:54 AM by a
OpinionJournal - Thinking Things Over Responses:

"Excellent article! Why can't the Democrat duplicity be given more coverage? Sadly, this is further evidence that George Bush's domestic policies could use a dose of 'conservatism.' On most domestic policies--other than the tax cuts--he is no different from the average Democrat. Why he continues to 'work with' Teddy Kennedy is a mystery, especially after Teddy stated anything by way of new entitlements is just the beginning, and will grow in the future. "

Posted 11:39 AM by a
OpinionJournal - Thinking Things Over:

"For the biggest thing Congressfolk will face back in Washington is the proposal for prescription drug benefits under Medicare, and it's galling that none of them rely on Medicare. Instead they've given themselves, their employees and the bureaucrats an entirely different system, now and in retirement. It's called the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Lo and behold, it looks a lot like the Medicare proposals Sen. Edward Kennedy and other Democratic millionaires say would destroy Medicare."

Posted 7:09 PM by a
Thomas Sowell:

"Environmentalists are against crowding -- at least crowding where they live. Of course, this means that other places where they don't live will be more crowded than otherwise. But, somehow, that doesn't count. Nor do the people who die on a highway that the greenies don't want fixed.

And we mustn't forget the rioters, for whom San Francisco is the place to be. First of all, nobody who is anybody calls them rioters, no matter how much vandalism and violence they commit, including violence against the police. The politically correct word is 'demonstrators' -- and this is the place to be politically correct. "

Posted 7:06 PM by a
Thomas Sowell:

"One reason is that California's politicians are following a strategy which has worked well politically in New York City -- milking the productive people in order to support the unproductive, whose votes count just as much and are easier to get.

This may be killing the goose that lays the golden egg, but that is all right politically, so long as the goose doesn't die before the next election."

Posted 6:58 PM by a
Cruising to California on a heavenly breeze - The Washington Times: Pruden on Politics

"Republican pandering to the Schwarzenegger phenomenon will become more transparent each day. The Terminator would be the target of conservative contempt and partisan bile if he were running as a Democrat — a candidate who proposes homosexual rights far beyond anything the gay blades or the Episcopal Church have dreamed up, expansion of abortion rights and restrictions on the citizen's right to own a gun. Here's the man who proclaimed himself "ashamed" of his party for impeaching Bill Clinton for mocking the law and the courts."

Posted 6:34 PM by a
Richard Lowry on California Recall on National Review Online:

"It would be a mistake, however, to overpersonalize his failings. The populist upheaval in California is the result of a chapter in state government that will be compared to the robber-baron era. It is a tale of how unions and trial lawyers can ruin a state's economy with assistance from a very willing governor."

Posted 6:23 PM by a
Targeting Campus Speech Codes

"In reality, speech codes are merely an excuse to justify censorship of certain disfavored student speech. The Times' Archibald quotes Wendy McElroy, a research fellow for the Independent Institute of Oakland, Calif., as saying, "University campuses are strongholds of left-liberalism where constitutionally protected rights, such as freedom of speech and religion, are routinely violated." Most victims, McElroy points out, are "students who are male, white, conservative, openly Christian or from affluent families."

Posted 6:03 PM by a
Liberals in Denial

"In addition, to liberals, conservatives are not only close-minded, reactionary and regressive. They're hateful. You heard me right. Conservatives are no longer just uncompassionate. They're hateful and intolerant – merely for opposing socialism and defending traditional values."

Posted 5:52 PM by a
Anti-Christian Litmus Test:

"The judicial appointment process has become a disgrace. Democrats have used every trick to thwart the president's appointment power. If President Bush is one-fourth as savvy at communicating this to voters as he has been at raising campaign funds and handling his duties as commander in chief, Republicans just might end up with the veto-proof majority they need to stop this foolishness and begin to restore some sanity to the federal bench."

Posted 5:39 PM by a
The Truth About Daniel Pipes (washingtonpost.com):

"The attack on Pipes for stating this obvious truth is just another symptom of the absurd political correctness surrounding Islamic radicalism. It is the same political correctness that prohibits ethnic profiling on airplanes. We are all supposed to pretend that we have equal suspicions of terrorist intent and thus must give equal scrutiny to a 70-year-old Irish nun, a 50-year-old Jewish seminarian, and a 30-year-old man from Saudi Arabia. Your daughter is on that plane: To whom do you want the security guards to give their attention? "

Posted 5:20 PM by a
WorldNetDaily: Yes, Virginia, there is a religious war

"But it does reveal a painful truth. America is again a house divided. The "don't ask, don't tell" moral community in which we grew up has dissolved irrevocably. Christianity, dying in Europe, is under siege in America. A paganism that holds homosexual unions to be "sacramental" – the Rev. Robinson's term – is ascending."

Posted 4:50 PM by a
Wishing California well - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED:

"Most curious of all Mr. Will's belittling observations was his charge that California's Republican Party is frivolous and opportunistic. That is a cruel and unfair charge coming from a principled conservative such as Mr. Will. The plight of that party is precisely that they are not opportunistic. As the state has moved steadily to the left over the last two decades (due in part to massive illegal immigration), the state Republican Party has stood heroically by its values and convictions. It has seen its numbers in state and local government diminish, precisely because it would not endorse abortion on demand, liberal social welfare programs, radical environmental provisions, nanny state hectoring, higher taxes and bountiful welfare for illegal immigrants."

Posted 12:12 PM by a
OpinionJournal - Extra:

"In a campaign so far lacking in policy proposals, Mr. Schwarzenegger has said that his approach to California's budget crisis will be to stimulate growth by making the state a friendlier place for business. That's just the ticket, but will Mr. Buffett advise him how to achieve that by using taxation to 'distribute the prosperity'? Been there, done that.

California is already taxed to death. And Mr. Buffett's well known opposition to every major tax cut proposed by the Bush administration suggests that Mr. Schwarzenegger will be advised to just keep on taxing."

Posted 8:01 PM by a
Victor Davis Hanson on War on National Review Online

"What is the United Nations? It cannot stop slaughter in Liberia, as it did not in Rwanda or Serbia. It asks the United States to preempt in Liberia to prevent chaos — but not in Iraq, when our security and the world's stability were in far greater danger. The only time many of its members ever approve of the idea of democracy is when voting in the General Assembly; horrific regimes like Libya, Syria, and Iran sometimes chair committees on humane causes. France claims it is a powerful nation worthy of a veto on the Security Council, but it is also a mere one state in a new European Union that as yet has no collective voice at the U.N. A better definition for the current body is something like the following: an international organization where Western liberal states seek to ingratiate themselves with tyrannies, theocracies, and tribes — appeasement winning accolades of justice, while principles earn slanders of racism, colonialism, and imperialism."

Posted 7:57 PM by a
Victor Davis Hanson on War on National Review Online

"What is an ally? Were NATO brothers like France and Germany allies — whose U.N. performances made China's seem friendly? Is Greece an ally — whose mass anti-American demonstrations were larger than those in Cairo or Damascus? Perhap it's Mexico, which opposed our efforts in Iraq and exports 1-2 million of its own people illegally across the border as a means to prevent much-needed radical reform at home. In this context, the current meaning of "ally" too often reads as a state benefiting from American friendship that in turn expresses its thanks by gratuitous expressions of hostility in times of crisis."

Posted 6:06 PM by a
New York Post Online Edition: postopinion:

"The Bolsheviks never preached liberty. Their credo was the nanny state, a 'fair share' for the workers and the promise that decisions would be made 'for the good of all.

We elevate the individual; Europeans worship the group. We dream. Europeans fear. Indeed, the only belief that has been pronounced dead more often than religion is the American dream. Professors write its obituary almost daily. The rest of us live it.

Life isn't fair, of course. But too much enforced 'fairness' robs life of its vitality. We Americans live in the one country where each of us, regardless of race or religion, has the chance to realize our potential. Reaching that potential is up to us. But our laws and our culture don't stand in our way."

Posted 5:35 PM by a
USS Clueless:

"After the US and UK gave up screwing around with the UN, and occupied Iraq, there was much disgruntlement especially in Paris and Berlin and Moscow. They had spent most of a year trying to wrap the US in chains, and had totally failed.

They've been disappointed a lot lately. They didn't manage to prevent us from attacking. There was no blood bath. It didn't turn into a quagmire.

They weren't able to force us after the war to give primary control over Iraqi reconstruction to the UN. (The public face of that disagreement had to do with statements about how 'important' and 'central' the UN role would be.' Answer: not very damned central or important.

Specifically, the UN was not granted any ability whatever to veto the actions of the American-led occupation force.)"

Posted 7:22 PM by a

HEADS UP AMERICA. WE HAVE A PROBLEM. OR MAYBE A THOUSAND. HOW ABOUT TEN THOUSAND? THE UNITED STATES APPEARS TO BE IMPLODING. AND DAY BY DAY, IT BECOMES CLEARER AND CLEARER THAT ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS, OR THE PROBLEMS OF OTHER FRIENDLY NATIONS CAN'T BE SOLVED NOW THAT WE HAVE BECOME NANNY TO THE WORLD.

The idiocy of the notion that the entire world can live large on the dime that comes from United States taxpayers has once again reared its ugly head. Turn on the T.V. and look at the chaos in New York City. This for the one simple reason that responsible political leaders have not ensured a functional backup system in the event of a major power outage. There is only one way to say it; THE UNFIXED OUTAGE IS AN OUTRAGE. NOT ONLY IN NEW YORK, BUT EVERY OTHER STATE IN THE NATION.

Loudly and clearly, the people of the United States of America should rise up and demand that governments, local, state and federal get cracking and provide and pay for a first class civilization for the American People. Charity for the rest of the world should wait until that job is done.

And maybe politicians could suspend the pocket lining exercise until the work is done.

Posted 5:44 PM by a

If anyone on the planet is stupid enough to believe that Arnold Swarzenegger believes in a single republican principle or has a conservative bone in his body, he or she should be required to move to Disneyland and spend the rest of their life there. Let's face it. Darrell Issa came up with an idea that was hijacked by some people with unpure motives. That idea then made a u-turn and came back to bite him where it hurts. Based on what? How about the teary-eyed announcement of his withdrawl from the recall election. Appeared to me he didn't voluntarily lay his neck on that chopping block. Blackmail? Welcome to high stakes politics Darrell.

You can bet your bottom dollar that the political backroom power brokers gathered like a pack of starving hyenas pouncing on a dead carcass, and wrote a script about how the election would be conducted, who the winners and losers would be, and how it could in the long run be made to work to the advantage of a long settled game plan, which is to promote the cause of socialism in the United States and also the world. United Nations, International Criminal Court anyone?

Ahnuld, after twenty years of hanging with the Kennedy clan, is the perfect foil. Big name recognition, big ego, mucho financial clout, and many friends in high places. But what he failed to bring was a program and new ideas about how to improve the state of Kalifornia or the lives of its people. What he did say was, "We have to have all the programs for the people." "Programs for the people." "Power to the people." Where have we heard that rhyme before?

On the left; first try try to defeat the recall. Failing that, ensure that no substantial democrat other than the hispanic, Cruz Bustamante, would appear on the ballot. Note the abrupt withdrawl of John Garamendi, California's Insurance Commissioner. That almost surely required some heavy duty pressure to get him out of the way.

At this point, even though the recall is bound to succeed, the socialist one worlders are the drivers seat. It's obviously a contest between Bustamante and Ahnuld. And no matter which man emerges as the victor, the real winner will be the looney-leftists. And the United States propels right along toward the beautiful utopian paradise. One more mission accomplished by our faithful leaders..

Had there been any desire on the part of the republicans to win this election, they would have offered up Bill Simon as their sole candidate, and supported him to the max. He would have won in a breeze based simply on how narrowly he lost in the last general election. From then until now, Gray Davis has become a wounded turkey looking for a place to die. But Mr. Simon was offered up as a human sacrifice to the system. George Bush, where were you when you could have helped?

Peter Uberoff and Tom McClintock splitting the vote on the right with Issa out of the way, seals the deal for the one worlders. Either Bustamante or Ahnuld will mean victory for the cause and there can be no other outcome.

More illegal immigrants, more people on welfare, more food stamps, more taxpayer supported medical care, more schools and the teachers to run them, more subsidized housing, more crime and all of the social problems that will be created by more low income ghettos and barrios.

This rush to socialism is starting to get scary. I still wonder, why the death wish on the part of so many people? For a clue, they should have studied the impending implosion of France and Germany.

Posted 12:38 PM by a
OpinionJournal - Political Diary Responses:

"Why is it still permissible for the Democratic Party to promote racial profiling by classifying candidates such as Mr. Bustamante as 'Hispanic' or 'Latino'?

Mr. Bustamante is an American. Whether Mr. Bustamante's family is from Spain or Latin America or Mexico or any other Spanish speaking country is not relevant.

Mr. Bustamante's problem is that a vote for him is a vote for Gray Davis. Mr. Bustamante simply should not have entered the race. The question is now whether he has the courage to step aside and support his partner--Gov. Davis. "

Posted 12:36 PM by a
OpinionJournal - Political Diary Responses:

"I would rather see Gray Davis remain. This would be a better scenario for the Republican Party at election time. It seems that all states that are Democratically controlled are states that are in debt and depend on 'Republican' states to bail them out, mostly the Midwestern states. Democrats stay in power by buying votes with taxpayers money and by creating victim classes of people, that they can offer entitlements to in an effort to make them 'equal' to the so called 'rich' people. "

Posted 12:27 PM by a
OpinionJournal - Political Diary Responses:

"Editor's Comment:

The lieutenant governor in California would become governor if Gray Davis stepped down. But the recall election would proceed and whoever won that election would then become governor. The reason, other than standard governing responsibilities, California has a lieutenant governor is to replace the governor in the event of death or should the governor step down while not facing a recall."

Posted 6:23 PM by a
USS Clueless:

"And so with the International Criminal Court (ICC). In the end, even the Clinton team correctly understood the underlying thrust of the ICC. Claiming the right to pass judgment on military interventions by prosecuting malfeasants ex post facto, the Court might deter and thus constrain America's forays abroad. All the Liliputians would gain a kind of droit de regard over American actions.

Europe and others cherished this expansion of multilateral oversight precisely for the reason why the United States opposed it. Great powers loathe international institutions they cannot dominate; lesser nations like them the way the Lilliputians liked their ropes on Gulliver. The name of the game was balancing-on-the-sly, and both sides knew it, though it was conducted in the name international law, not of raw power."

Posted 4:12 PM by a
Victor Davis Hanson on National Review Online

"After a long shootout precipitated by American troops who tried to approach a private residence in Mosul, the sons of Saddam were killed in a deadly firefight. Several of our own troops were wounded. Almost immediately, columnists and congressmen — Mr. Rangel was especially visible in this regard — implied that we had engaged in targeted assassinations. Indeed, we had apparently not even made an attempt to provide due process!"

Posted 7:54 PM by a
Grouchy Old Cripple: "Here is a list of the California members of the House of Representatives who are also members of the Democratic Socialists of America:

Rep Lynn C Woolsey (CA-06)
Rep George Miller (CA-07)
Rep Nancy Pelosi (CA-08)
Rep Fortney 'Pete' Stark (CA-13)
Rep Henry A. Waxman (CA-29)
Rep Xavier Becerra (CA-30)
Rep Julian C. Dixon (CA-32)
Rep Esteban Edward Torres (CA-34)
Rep Maxine Waters (CA-35)
Rep George E. Brown (CA-42)
Rep Bob Filner (CA-50)

That's eleven menbers of the California delegation to the House. I think California has 45 House members. That means 1/4 of the California delegation are avowed socialists. 1/4! 25%! Is it any wonder that California is going down the drain?"

Grouchy old cripple made a bad guess. Kalifornia in fact has 52 idioticians in the house.

Posted 5:32 PM by a
OpinionJournal - Featured Article Responses:

"When one fans away the blue smoke of the leftist mainstream media--when one embraces mental clarity and sees the liberal Democrats' pathological hatred of President Bush--when one awakens the senses to finally become aware of the two joined hand in hand in the grand scheme to reacquire, at any cost and by any means, the power that they once held--even the presence of bin Laden and his merry maniacs armed to the teeth on a ship in Boston Harbor would not be an imminent threat to them if a Republican commander in chief gains popularity from repelling them. "

Posted 3:53 PM by a
OpinionJournal - Wonder Land: "In the weeks to come, as you hear a lot about Recall Madness in California, listen or read closely for how often you're also told that state spending went up from $39 billion in 1994 to a truly insane $78 billion in 2001. It's a wonder even Bob Hope isn't trying to run for governor; maybe he is. "

Posted 7:40 PM by a
OpinionJournal - Taste:

"The new gospel subordinates thinking to 'feelings.' As a result, its adherents show little concern that approval of homosexual acts renders the church's doctrine on marriage and sexuality largely incoherent. (The Rev. Kendall Harmon of South Carolina has described same-sex unions as 'relationships in search of a theology.') Inclusion's disciples have little interest in doctrinal consistency. They are content to proclaim vaguely that 'God is doing something new,' and to urge other Christians to have faith, because the Holy Spirit is leading the charge."

Posted 7:22 PM by a
OpinionJournal - Taste:

"To be sure, the new gospel's disciples do not generally jettison Scripture outright. Instead, they radically reinterpret it, using techniques imported from America's postmodern universities. Walter Brueggemann, a theologian quoted in a pro-same-sex-union Episcopal publication, put it like this: Scripture is 'the chief authority when imaginatively construed in a certain interpretive trajectory.' Approached this way, inconvenient passages can be dismissed as inconsistent with 'Jesus' self-giving love.'"

Posted 12:34 PM by a
Dean's World: Comment on Please Retain Gray Davis:

"Rampant leftists regulating everything and squeezing the life-blood out of the State. Hordes of illegal immigrants positively encouraged by State action to come in. Cops put on trial whenever they make the slightest mistake. Public school unions allowed to dictate down to the last iota how public schools shall be run. Insane environmental fanaticism allowed to essentially call a halt to any activity they deem inappropriate. Jobs moving out of the State in droves as businesses find it harder and harder to make a profit. State taxes always getting higher while services always get worse."

Posted 12:30 PM by a
OpinionJournal - Featured Article Responses:

"You are missing the Freddie Mac fiasco which has reached the $4.5 billion mark of fraudulent mortgages. I think you are missing something the rest of the investors are not missing, a ton of 'over priced' mortgage paper that has been dumped on the market. People will have to discount this incredible increase in risk."

Posted 12:03 PM by a
OpinionJournal - Leisure & Arts:

"Nevertheless, in an attempt to appease Messrs. Cochran, Jackson and Mehri, and to avoid any distasteful protests, the NFL has attacked one of its top advertisers and stained Mr. Millen--from all accounts an honorable professional--as a racist.

Ultimately, it seems, the NFL would rather set up black candidates as token interviews for the sake of a failed 'race-conscious' hiring process than allow deserving black candidates, of whom there are plenty, to find work based on merit."