911 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui's defense team saved the day despite the best efforts of their client: a jury has decided he should be spared the death penalty and given a life sentence for the bloodiest terrorist attack on the American homeland. And, according to the Washington Post, he was gloatingly jubilant:"America, you lost. I won!" Moussaoui yelled as he was escorted … [Read more...] about Moussaoui Escapes Death Penalty And Gets Life (UPDATED)

The DOJ is alleging that a Black Democratic leader in rural Mississippi is engaging in voter suppression and intimidation against Whites in his county. … [Read more...] about I’m Sure This Is The Single Largest Voting Rights Violation In Mississippi

TMV is already on the list, and I just signed my blog up for this petition in favor of online integrity. … [Read more...] about Online Integrity

It certainly isn't the food. Perhaps it's the easily accessible health care? Alan Stewart Carl has more. … [Read more...] about Why Are The Brits Healthier Than Us?

CNN reports:Tsunami warnings were issued for Fiji and New Zealand early Thursday (local time) after a massive earthquake measuring about 8.0 in magnitude shook the southern Pacific Ocean. The quake's epicenter was about 90 miles off the coast of Tonga, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck Wednesday 3:26 p.m. UTC, or 4:26 a.m. Thursday in Tonga. The … [Read more...] about Tsunami Warning For Fiji And New Zealand

Needless to say, I and almost every other sensible person in the world have been rather critical of Iranian President Mahmoud "Madman of Tehran" Ahmadinejad's incendiary rhetoric, both with respect to Iran's budding nuclear program and to Israel and the Holocaust. (For background, should you be so inclined, see my previous posts here, here, here, here, and here.) Now, I … [Read more...] about Iranian women can now attend sporting events

I noted last December that Bolivia had moved to the left with the election of Evo Morales, a Castro admirer and would-be Chavez, as president. Well, rightly or wrongly, Morales has seized control of his country's gas industry, according to The Washington Post: Bolivian President Evo Morales seized control of the country's natural gas industry Monday, sending soldiers to occupy … [Read more...] about Bolivia’s gas industry and economic self-determination

It has been several days now since his high-profile comedy gig at the White House Correspondent dinner but the hills are alive with the sound of talk about Stephen Colbert's performance. Did he step out of line and by implication is that a no-no in today's Washington D.C? Must satire to a certain degree now be deferential? Did his satirical target President George Bush just … [Read more...] about Praise And Criticism Of Colbert’s Satire Continue To Pour In

An update from The New York Times: The United States, Britain and France have drafted a binding Security Council resolution requiring Iran to stop key nuclear activities, but Russia and China are already resisting, officials involved in the negotiations said today. The draft resolution, which has not been made public, expresses "serious concern" that Iran has not complied with … [Read more...] about U.N. Security Council divided over Iran resolution

Ed Morrissey thinks so. He quotes a news article about backlash then writes:The real irony of this situation is that prior to the series of protests, with their demands and rejection of American sovereignty, the immigration hardliners did not have the momentum to get their program passed. President Bush had enough juice left to get a moderate reform program passed, one which … [Read more...] about Have The Immigrants’ Rallies Already Sparked A Backlash?

You can see it's part of a pattern: again a new low... … [Read more...] about Yet Another Poll Continues The Bad News For Bush/GOP Trend

We plan to use videos VERY SPARINGLY on TMV...but this is one we must share with readers. Since TMV himself is in entertainment and comedy he has his favorite "classic comedians" and at the top of the list is the great Lou Costello, part of the famous Abbott & Costello comedy team. Costello died at the age 52 in 1959 (he had the same heart disease that later took the young … [Read more...] about TMV SPECIAL: Lou Costello Outtakes

...but is it proving to be a bad influence on some of its actors? … [Read more...] about The Sopranos Is An Influential Show

The debate: is a wall needed at the U.S. Mexico border? The debaters: Josh Trevino (on the right) and Armando (on the left). The venue: the great new blog that offers issue-oriented debate, Swords Crossed. Trevino makes the case for a wall here. Armando makes the case against the wall here. Note that they also answer each other in comments -- and they're not into name … [Read more...] about Is A Wall Needed At The U.S.-Mexico Border?

Eugene Volokh has a legal hypothetical that destroys my childhood in the process. Was anyone reminded of that Family Guy sketch where "Sesame Street" was mixed with NYPD Blue? … [Read more...] about Sesame Street’s On The Bad Side Of Town

File this one in the Yet Another Political Prescription From Majority Leader Bill Frist that proved to be the wrong one. Can the Republicans sue him for political malpractice yet?Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's proposal last week to offer consumers $100 rebates for high gasoline prices is ``dead,'' according to several House and Senate leaders. House Majority Leader John … [Read more...] about Bill Frist’s Plan For $100 Gas Rebate Is Reportedly DOA In Congress (UPDATED)

What makes weeks special? They have no astronomical basis! What would the world be like if a "week" was 5 days, or 6, or ten? Ann Althouse provokes a mind-bender. … [Read more...] about “And On The Tenth Day…”

An Atheist Student Group is giving out porn in exchange for Bibles. I'm not a religious fundamentalist (nor an anti-porn crusader), but this has to be the epitome of substituting shock for wit. Ugh. H/T: Feminist Law Profs … [Read more...] about This Is Just Dumb

Some conservative commentators are saying that our real problem in Iraq is that we've been too gentle. We need to show some "ferocity," they say. Find out why this is a bad strategy. … [Read more...] about “Take The Gloves Off”

The latest USA Today/Gallup poll suggests last week's shake-up at the White House has had little impact — with President George Bush's and the GOP's poll numbers continuing to nosedive:Six months before Republicans try to hold on to control of Congress in the fall elections, a new poll shows President Bush has slid to the lowest approval rating of his presidency, and a … [Read more...] about Latest Gallup Poll Brings Even Worse News For Bush And GOP