Got Rope?

The NY Times doesn't like the idea of Saddam being executed. Hey, if you're against capital punishment, you have to be.  
 

Gov't Forces Retake Mogadishu

Islamists routed in Somalia. Thanks to the Ethopians.  
 

Arafat Ordered Murder of US Diplomat

Long known. Now the official report has been declassified.  
 

Barbra Streisand’s Husband a 911 Conspiracy Believer

Amidst the usual cheap shots at Republicans that James Brolin took during his appearance on The View earlier this month (and just rebroadcast), he directs the audience to a 911 conspiracy site. But he’s the reasonable one and his ideological opponents are the extremists. This is called Leftist logic 
 

Love Your Mess

Some people just like it that way. But most people who know people who like it that way don't like it that way. 
 

Who Gives More Charity? Liberals or Conservatives?

Dennis talks to Arthur Brooks, professor of public administration at Syracuse University, Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism. 
 

Japanese Woman Sent to Prison for Playing Loud Music

We could use a law like that here
 

Taylor: Duke Rape Case Tainted from Day One

Stuart Taylor, who appeared on our show, recounts the whole sick affair
 

Crazy College Courses

The 2006 list. It would be funny, if it wasn't so pathetic. Come on, it is funny.  
 

Pretensions to Empire?

Pretensions to Empire: Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush AdministrationDennis talks to Lewis Lapham, former editor of Harpers and author of Pretensions to Empire: Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush Administration. 
 

Orlando Patterson: What Matters Is Behavior

Not motives or "hidden" feelings. 
 

NYT Chastises Dennis

In an editorial on Saturday. Of course, they willfully misconstrue his arguments, but what did you expect? To be criticized by the NYT is a very high praise, indeed.  
 

Henninger on the Atheist Counter Offensive

Christmas is under assault this year in a different way. 
 

Ellison on Wolf Blitzer's Show

Here's a chunk of the transcript. He addresses the oath issue. 
 

11 Days in December, 1944

11 Days in December: Christmas at the Bulge, 1944Stanley Weintraub, Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities at Penn State University. His new book is 11 Days in December: Christmas at the Bulge, 1944.