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Putin plans to become Russia's prime minister and run the country from that office. Sneaky dictator.

Iraqi civilian death rate plunges along with US and Iraqi forces casualties in Iraq because of the success of Gen. Petraeus' counterinsurgency strategy. Military deaths lowest in 14 months. This is bad news for Democrats and the defeat America left.

Report claims Burma has killed 1,000s of protesting monks.

EU considers shutting down terrorist websites. I don't know if this would be effective or not. I do know that once implemented, legitimate websites will get shut down too.

Mugabe's socialism has destroyed Zimbabwe, and it is now running out of bread. Mass starvation will follow soon. This was a thriving country a couple decades ago.

Just to show how dumb he is, Michael Moore claims health care profits are immoral. I guess doctors, nurses, technicians, etc. should all work for free. What an idiot. Profit is how you draw the best and brightest to a field of endeavor. We want the best health care, so health care providers better earn an excellent profit. Maybe Michael Moore would prefer they all starved to death.

Reason scoffs at hate crimes laws that make some people more equal than others.

School bans hugging. Couldn't they have just told students to get out of the way?

New book explores the surprising similarities between Roosevelt, Hitler, and Mussolini.

Clarence Thomas interview.

Newt nixes presidential run because McCain-Feingold would force him to resign as head of American Solutions. That law is an abomination and both McCain and Feingold should be impeached for such an egregious violation of the constitution. But Congress voted for it instead. Let's hope both are voted out of office, but I won't hold my breath.

The religious right is considering running a third party candidate if Rudy Giuliani is the Republican nominee.

Fred Thompson raised $8 million from 70,000 donors, making him a serious candidate. He has to get over the vague generalities and platitudes quick.

Talk about literally buying votes. Hillary wants to steal even more money from taxpayers at the point of the government's gun so she can give $5,000 to every baby born in America. On the plus side, it would reduce abortions and raise our birth rates. Can you imagine the welfare crisis this would create?

Reason has some questions for the candidates.

How stupid were the GOP front runners to skip this debate on black issues?

Human languages going extinct at an accelerating rate.

Archbishop closes convent because of fighting nuns.

This is the third time Bruce Bartlett has misrepresented the FairTax. It can't be an accident. I'm sure by now he's been fully informed.

Boortz explains that the cigarette tax, real as it is, to fund SCHIP is a con because Democrats know it won't be able to fund it for long. More taxes will be required later.

Fairfax county taxes subsidizing housing for high income families.

Taxpayers pay for tuition for millionaire's son.

Government seizes $59,000 from illegal immigrant who was headed home. We shouldn't punish illegals for going home.

Mark Steyn blasts self-absorbed westerners more interested in they twisted version of academic freedom and risk-free dissent than the crimes of Iran under Ahmadinejad.

Liberal think tank in Britain recognizes that many immigrants from developing countries are a drain on Britain's economy. Duh.

The Japanese government orders the editing of textbooks to remove the information that Japanese soldiers forced the mass suicide of Okinawan civilians during the U.S. invasion of the island, sparking mass protests. At least some Japanese citizens don't want to white-wash the Japanese atrocities of WWII.

Pigeons are pooping on Bengals fans. Just like the Bengals themselves.

Victor Davis Hanson shows we are winning the war on terror ugly. What we aren't doing is changing the radical Islamic schools in the Middle East, all over the world, or even in the US. That's nuts.