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UN peacekeepers help smuggle gold. The UN is the problem, not the solution.

Suicide bombers in Iraq are mostly foreigners, waging war against democracy in Iraq. We already knew that.

Saudi Arabia bans any non-Muslim religious symbols.

Risky US home loans rocked world markets. When America sneezes, the world catches a cold. The companies which made the loans were stupid, and the people who couldn't pay them were stupid. Simple analysis.

War Czar suggests draft is a possibility. It's ridiculous that our gigantic standing army can't fight a 5 year insurgency. I think the problem is how the military works rotations - apparently soldiers in Korea, Germany, and elsewhere are never rotated into Iraq. That makes no sense to me.

Animal rights murderers attempt to blow up researcher. This is criminal, not terrorism. This is attempted murder directed at a specific person, not politically motivated violence that has no regard for the identity of the victims.

Americans reject higher taxes to fix infrastructure. Cut spending instead.

Texas parents suing over moment of silence. This is idiotic, and should be summarily dismissed.

Kids strip-searched at day camp. Somebody probably got his rocks off. I find it hard to believe that strip-searching kids is the only way to get results. But maybe it was.

Telluride, Co. looses ski business after passing a resolution to impeach Bush and Cheney.

It seems pretty clear that Democrats have already abandoned the middle. They're each trying to out socialist the other.

Ron Paul distances himself from supporters claiming voter fraud.

Hillary panders to the labor unions. Naturally.

Space hotel targeted for 2012 opening. That sounds too soon. I don't know of any hotel that was planned to open before the method of traveling to it, and getting building materials and supplies, was in place.

Space Shuttle has minor damage to heat shield.

"Starve the beast" doesn't work because borrowed money feeds it just as well as revenues.

The world bank is helping to finance Iran.

States are doing the illegal immigration work that Washington won't do.

Newt recommends we adopt free market health care. That Newt's a smart guy.

Ethanol subsidies make corn our most subsidized crop, and translate into a tax on food.

Lawrence Kudlow explains that middle America is doing just fine despite the sub-prime lending mistakes driving down the market.

5 myths about a jittery stock market.

Bernanke's first test.

Australian PM Howard warns Maliki of a pull-out if Iraq doesn't quickly make political progress.

Washington Time commentary paints a bleak picture of the future of Iraq. The Iraqi government we raced to help install has no interest in being an ally to the US or in unifying the country. Unless we're willing to topple that government and start over by building democratic institutions from the ground up, assisting democratically elected mayors and councils, then governors and legislatures, then finally a national government, Iraq will almost certainly be a failure. In that case, our last mission in Iraq should be to wipe out al Qaeda.

When left-wing bloggers started discussing forming a labor union, where they planning to bargain with the government for benefits? Since this would increase government power, the goal of both parties, this just might work. I prefer they just stay out on strike.

Commentator explains that global warming skeptics don't work for free. Neither do they roll in dough like true believers. The US spends $4 billion on man-made global warming research. Skeptics are cut out of that money.

Dick Morris says that Newt's time to jump in Presidential race may come in fall. Funny, that's just what Newt's been saying.

The military acknowledges the very real differences between men and women, but backwards. Women don't have to meet as rigorous of standards to join, which is ridiculous. Then they are treated the same even though they have never been made to perform the same.

Excellent essay discussing how anti-American Americans get away with helping the enemy.

Open borders advocates will get their way one step at a time. Not if we crack down on employers and gate-crashers go home.

Romney wins Iowa straw poll. Huckabee comes in second. I'm happy for FairTax supporter Huckabee.

This doesn't look like a dolphin tail for divers to me.