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The Dept. of Education plans a power grab to start providing, instead of just guaranteeing, student loans. This will soak the taxpayers, drive up the cost of education, and take us one step closer to a Soviet-style collapse. Cato exposes the waste of government education subsidies.

Pakistan surrenders northwest territory to terrorists. That's not how you extend the rule of law to the land. The Taliban and al Qaeda will love this for launching attacks in Afghanistan.

Hezbollah wins a huge political victory in Lebanon, getting veto power over any cabinet members in new government. Hezbollah's promise not to use its weapons internally is a farce.

Israel and Syria are in peace talks.

Myanmar (Burma) continues to refuse US Navy access for aid. Reason explains that Myanmar's poverty is self-inflicted.

Oil hits $132.

Clinton supporters continue to accuse their fellow Democrats of sexism because Hillary won't win. Her fundamental dishonesty had nothing to do with it. This is going to get 10 times worse when Democrats start accusing the entire nation of racism any time Obama is criticized. And if Obama loses, they're going to accuse the entire nation of racism for 4 years.

Highlighting just how divisive the Democrat primary is, Obama wins Oregon by 16 points, but gets crushed in Kentucky by 35. Obama claims majority of pledged delegates. Clinton tries to remain relevant. List of the Obama campaign's lobbyist connections.

Obama changes his tune. Yesterday, Iran was a tiny threat. Today it's a grave threat. I really don't think Obama is very smart.

Obama has $37 million in the bank compared to McCain's $22 million. Ouch.

McCain thinks that Ahmadinejad is the leader of Iran, not the Mullahs. Oops. Reason doesn't trust McCain to appoint justices who acknowledge that the Constitution means what it says, and neither do I.

McCain makes the standard argument for low taxes, small government and free trade Republicans always make before they get in office and expand the size and scope of government.

Kenyan mob burned 11 women alive for witchcraft.

Bush Derangement Syndrome continues as View host uses Bush's grandfather's corporate ties to Nazis to attack Bush. Liberals say Obama can't be criticized for his decision to stay in Rev. Wright's church for 20 years and to meet with a Weather Underground terrorist, but Bush can be criticized for the actions of his grandfather before Bush was even born.

Women in the UK no longer need men to reproduce. Children don't need fathers. Men are now obsolete.

California company offering cloned dogs and cats. Brittany, Paris and the rest of the Hollywood crowd can clone their pets forever.

Positive review for new Indiana Jones movie.

Google rejects Lieberman's request to remove all al Qaeda related videos from YouTube. Too bad they didn't show that same spine with China. Google should show some national consciousness and take down al Qaeda videos.

Cato thinks Obama appeals to libertarians. I disagree. Anybody who votes for Obama and his nearly $300 billion of new social program spending is not a libertarian, imo. What in the world is Boaz thinking? I know the Cato folks spend lots of time drinking lattes with latte liberals, but Obama is the most overt socialist we've ever had run for president. Maybe that appeals to Boaz, but not libertarians in general.

Cato calls the Cuban embargo a failure. I disagree. That embargo kept communism in the west bottled up in Cuba, and that's a huge success. I support Bush's move to allow cell phones to be sent to Cubans. That will improve communication with the outside world and help Cubans overthrow their dictator.

Scientists accidentally spot supernova right as it happens.

Liberal claims the reason McCain didn't attack his fellow Vietnam veterans is because he missed all of their misdeeds while being a prisoner of war. To this guy, it's not possible for a Vietnam veteran to be proud of the military in Vietnam.

If the Sec. of the Interior didn't want the courts to set CO2 standards via the Endangered Species Act, then why did he list the polar bears as threatened even though they are thriving in historically high numbers? There's so many polar bears, Inuits are calling for them to be culled. I think Bush attempted to compromise on this issue, and we're all going to pay the price for this appeasement of fanatics. Check out the bald-faced lie at the start of the first article.

UN Sec. General tries to restrict corruption investigations and keep the results from the public. For anybody naive enough to think Ban Ki Moon would really be different, hopefully this will put that to bed.

The "solution" is always another tax. Greenpeace wants developed nations (meaning the US) to pony up $30 billion to fight deforestation.

This article explains how New Jersey's health insurance regulations and mandates drive up the cost, making them unaffordable. The same applies to every government mandate and regulation.

Somebody is scared of the Large Hadron Collider.

RFID passports aren't secure, they're a gift to terrorists because anybody with a reader can extract all your passport information. The passports turn international airports into target-rich environments for identity theft.

Study shows gays don't know laws regarding being gay.