I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in.
A new service will allow observant Jews to tweet prayer requests to the Western Wall:
JERUSALEM – For centuries, people have stuffed prayers written on scraps of paper into the ancient cracks in the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. In recent years they could fax or e-mail their prayers — and now they [...]
Here’s a great public broadcasting show from the mid-80’s featuring economist Walter E. Williams discussing the negative impact that seemingly well-intentioned government programs have had over time:
Part I (Public Schools):
Part II (Minimum Wage, Mandatory Licensing, Mandatory Unionization)
Part III (Welfare)
Even after 25 years, the arguments still hold up today and they’re worth listening to.
Apparently, our Vice-President has an appreciation for Eastern European women:
“I cannot believe that a Frenchman visiting Kiev went back home and told his colleagues he discovered something and didn’t say he discovered the most beautiful women in the world. That’s my observation.”-Vice President Joe Biden
You know, just this one time, Biden may have a point:
I’m [...]
The White Sox’s Mark Buehrle has pitched the first perfect game in five years:
CHICAGO (AP) — Mark Buehrle pitched the first perfect game in the major leagues in five years, leading the Chicago White Sox over the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0 on Thursday.
Buehrle (11-3) got a great catch from center fielder DeWayne Wise leading off [...]
Once again, the Garden State makes the news, and not in a good way:
The mayors of Hoboken and Secaucus, two state assemblymen, five rabbis and dozens of others were rounded up early Thursday as the F.B.I. swept across New Jersey and Brooklyn as part of a two-year corruption and international money-laundering investigation, the authorities said.
The [...]
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