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Reason says the era of big government never ended. Duh!

It hasn’t quite turned out that way. No, classical liberalism doesn’t face the grand theoretical challenges posed by a rival ideology like Marxism. Rather, the threat to personal freedom and property rights—in the United States, at least—advances under several banners: public health, the environment, national security, and plain old pork-barrel politics.

Kenya closes border with Somalia to halt Islamists' escape.

Monthly Iraqi civilian deaths at all time high. That's because we protect al Sadr, his Mahdi army, and other militias. Our policy of protecting the bad guys is getting Americans and Iraqis killed, and it has to change.

Bush to change commanders in Iraq. It's about damn time. He needs to get somebody in there to provide security. Let's hope it works as well for Bush as when FDR promoted Eisenhower. This is a great article detailing the failures of Casey's, and therefore Bush's, plan.

Christopher Hitchens rails against Saddam's execution and al Sadr's role in it.

Every Kurd I know was eager to see this episode properly aired in court and placed on the record for all time, with its chief perpetrator on hand to be confronted with his deeds. Instead, the said chief perpetrator [Saddam Hussein] was snatched from the dock—in the very middle of his trial—and thrown as a morsel to one of the militias.

Tragic U.S. casualty count in Iraq is by far the lowest ever or a war.

Ahmadinejad vows to humiliate U.S. This guy has no end of threats. Day after day, threat after threat. It's getting boring. But he means every one of them.

Democrats to cut Republicans out of legislative process at start of session. I guess this is the Democrat's way to stop partisanship, as they promised. This is why we keep electing the same two parties - not because they work so hard to do the right thing for us. Because we're stupid. Boortz has more.

The all seeing eye solves it's first case - Philly police solve crime using 50 surveillance cameras. People are going to love living in the surveillance society. Our grandkids won't know any other way of living.

Ban Ki-moon takes over as head of the U.N. Good luck to him. I sure hope he can make the U.N. a better organization.

Kids migrate to websites with no rules. Duh! This will be used as evidence that government needs to control the web.

Starbucks stops use of transfats. That's how it's supposed to work - let the free market work. Vote with your dollars.

Not so well known cool Google aps.

Pat Buchanon blasts American interventionism.

Thomas Sowell says Duke prosecutor Nifong's actions make sense - they were about getting elected, not justice.

Verdicts in Saddam trial.