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My essay about Rumsfeld's firing. I'll post the full text on Monday.

Bush's daughter, Barbara, had her purse stolen in Argentina. She's still hot, though. In a related story, Blaire to send super-nannies to help problem kids.

Snow flakes fell in central Florida. I would make a joke about global warming, but freak storms like this are more likely as the climate heats up.

More on the poisoned ex-KGB agent. A Russian spy is caught in Canada.

Google hits 500. My blog must be responsible. I want my share.

Teen builds fusion experiment. Fortunately, this can't be turned into a bomb.

Nearly 4 out of 10 U.S. babies are born out of wedlock.

The never-ending crisis in Lebanon heats up. Financial Times says it's time for a united America and Europe to confront Iran and Syria. I've never understood the policy of not talking. It seems to me you should talk to your enemies as well as your friends. Until terrorists blow up something like the Eiffel Tower, Europe is going to continue to bury it's head in the sand. Neither the Madrid or London bombings woke them up.

Isreal continues to try to halt rocket attacks from Gaza.

Carlos Alberto Montaner writes that moderate Muslims must overcome the jihadists.

The health care business is fraught with fraud. Like we needed another good reason to keep the government out of the health care business.

NYPD installs watch towers in Harlem. The surveillance society is about to run into privacy advocates. You can't have expectations of privacy in public, but that doesn't mean government or corporations can track your every move.

Police fear lawsuits more than being killed. That's because the danger to police is exaggerated, and the damage police do to everyday citizens is never reported. Thank goodness for camcorders that have forced police to start respecting citizens and the law.

Walter E. Williams shows that we should learn what NOT to do from Europe.

We shouldn't ever get enough of Milton Friedman. While some say his positions defied classification, they sure sound libertarian to me.

Fox News prepares fake news show with a conservative bent. But I thought Jon Stewart was unbiased.

Charles Krauthammer thinks O.J. should have had his interview aired.