It appears as if evangelical Christians inside the military could be urging troops to give out bibles in Afghanistan…which is strictly forbidden by both the military’s code of conduct and Afghan law. Here’s the report… Now, the military denies that the bibles were ever distributed, but there’s no way to really prove if they were [...]

“I’ve had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn’t have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they’re people, and they’re going to do their thing.” – Joe Wurzelbacher sharing his views on friendship Now, does anybody here think [...]

Okay, that’s not really what they said, but it’s certainly the net effect. Because there will be no bailout money forthcoming for this industry. More from the AFP: The White House on Monday expressed “concern” and “sadness” over the state of the ailing US newspaper industry, but made clear that a government bailout was not [...]

The President called Senator Orrin Hatch today and filled him in on the timing and tenor of his new SCOTUS nominee. Here’s more from Politico: Hatch raised concerns initially that Obama was using “buzz words” for a liberal activist justice by suggesting he wanted someone who had “empathy” for the country’s problems. But Obama told [...]

From today through mid-week, I’m in Houston attending the Offshore Technology Conference. I’m here on the sponsorship of the American Petroleum Institute which has brought in a cadre of bloggers, presumably to help generate coverage and discussion of petroleum issues. Since I believe energy and climate change policy will be some of the most important [...]

It’s almost been two months since Geithner announced the details of how the stress tests would go down, and now the government is set to announce the results for a bunch of banks. Still, the focus is certainly on the top two. From Financial Times: Citigroup and Bank of America are working on plans to [...]

Sure, Bush & Company knew how to win, but look at the costs to the GOP as a whole. That’s why I seriously question if the following is really a smart strategy. From Politico: Republicans looking to recover from Bush-era defeats are turning to an unlikely source for advice: top aides to former President George [...]

A good discussion on today’s Meet The Press… Here’s the thing…Scarborough and Gillespie can think that conservative values still appeal to most Americans, but they need to remember what type of conservative values were fed to us over the past couple decades. Not necessarily the most positive, future forward thinking. Also, does anybody really think [...]

The daily Gallup tracking poll shows Obama at some of his highest levels ever in the first four months. I know you can’t see the numbers, but he has only gone over 68% approval once since his inauguration. My question: what prompted this? Did I miss some major event? Perhaps it’s the 100 days mark [...]

He was known for his dedication to supply-side economics and ushering in an entirely new era for the GOP. Here’s more from TIME: It is hard now to imagine the intramural fights that rent the Republicans in the late 1970s and early 1980s over tax policy. Following the economic troubles of the mid and late [...]

If he weren’t such a cult hero, I wouldn’t even bother, but the following is insane… Parents deserve educational choices; choice is what this country was founded upon. Government’s controlling and monopolizing education is just another avenue for usurping power and control on the slippery slope to socialism. And it’s unbecoming for our republic, whose [...]

It could be a political ploy, but one never knows with Arnold… From NY Times: If Republican candidates for governor of California are hoping for an automatic high five from the sitting governor, they ought not to get too comfortable. When asked Friday after giving a speech on health care in which he highly praised [...]

I saw this at Doug’s place and had to share it. From Bloomberg… Dutch researchers followed 1,373 men for more than four decades, noting their eating and drinking habits. Men who had about 20 grams of alcohol daily — equivalent to a half a glass of wine — had 2 1/2 years added to their [...]

I’ve heard people really laying into Biden lately, especially over his admission that he would advise his family to not travel on trains and planes, but I genuinely don’t think he’s doing such a bad job or that it’s a big deal. Here’s the recent gaffe fest that people are focusing on. Watch the whole [...]

As I inferred when I first heard about the budget cuts, it’s a good start. And that’s all it is. A start. Because ultimately $100M is not a lot of money, but when you keep trimming and finding savings, it all begins to add up. Still, it is a rather small number when compared the [...]

A couple nights ago, the original Post-Modern Conservative James Poulos, Scott Payne and I spent a few dozen minutes discussing torture – how our thoughts on the issue have evolved, why prosecutions and/or truth commissions aren’t such an easy call, and most importantly why the aspect of the torture program that is most troubling is [...]

Many American’s enjoying their Obama tax credit should not be spending every cent. Some of that money will have to be repaid to the IRS. In what can only be describe as poor planning/poor execution, it’s far too likely that Americans will accidentally receive more tax relief than they’re owed: –A single worker with two [...]