Archive for: July 2007

Michelle Malkin has been doing yeoman’s work covering covering the 22 Christian South Korean hostages held by the Taliban with  continuous updates. The Taliban is claiming to have executed one, leaving 21 in custody.

One of the latest updates:
Update: 1:54pm …

ID. Rep. Tom Trail (R-ID. 6) thinks Idaho may be more open to making dog fighting a felony in the wake of the Michael Vick incident:
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) _ An Idaho lawmaker who for three years has failed …

Perhaps an unfair generalization, but no more unfair than that of Tom Akren who writes in Today’s Letters:
Most folks that are Republicans are Republicans because their parents or some friend was a Republican. Their political decisions are strongly influenced …

A perceptive reader asks a perceptive question in the Statesman yesterday. Tim Zamperini writes:
Have you looked at your property tax lately? Where is the money from the lottery, and from the developers for the schools and property?
Where did it …

Seeing what large chunks of unearned wealth did to Paris Hilton has led her grandfather to make a decision:
“He was, and is, extremely embarrassed by how the Hilton name has been sullied by Paris,” says Jerry Oppenheimer, who wrote …

The Boise Hawks are just past the half way mark in their season in the Northwest League and the Rockies are nearly 2/3 through their Major League Season.

The Hawks now lead their divsion by 1 1/2 games after a 2-11 start, …

Well, there’s a great debate in the right side of the blogosphere over whether or not Republican Candidates should participate in the You Tube Debate. Though no one’s asked I’ll give my opinion.

First, let’s recap the news. A CNN/You Tube …

This post from Alan at Idablue about a man arrested with “Aryan Warrior” tattooed on his forehead is just too much. Alan writes that the man was arrested for “aggravated assault, assault, DUI driving, and accident involving damage to …

The following is a commentary from the Truth and Hope Report (http://www.truthandhope.2truth.com) Weekend update by Democratic Political Dave Screwtape in which Dave writes to his fellow political consultants across party lines.  

The 2008 election marks a time …

The Spokesman Review has a great profile of Bill Sali that I’d encourage everyone to read. He’s a common sense guy head to the whacky house of lawmaking called Congress. Here are a few snippets:
But he hasn’t made speeches …