Cuban Blogger Kidnapped, Beaten By Castro Thugs
Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sánchez as well as three others were kidnapped off the street today on the way to a anti-violence protest in Havana and threatened and beaten by Communist government thugs, then tossed out on the street. Val Prieto brought us this news, which pretty clearly shows that it's still busi

A time to lead
There were a number of opinion pieces today that walked both sides of the same issue. One cannot avoid the question that yesterday's shooting at Fort Hood raised. Ann Althouse discussed that exact point in a post about the questions seeking answers. Her ending is the strongest part of the piece. The president pledged "to get answers to every single question about this horrible incident." I'm going to remember that pledge. And it is long past time for the President to step up and commit to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Enough with the demo

Knock Knock Knocking on ACORN's Door
Who's there? Investigators from the office of Louisiana's Attorney General. BREAKING: ACORN's New Orleans Office Raided by Louisiana Attorney General by Capitol Confidential BigGoverment.com In a fast-breaking development comes word that agents of the Attorney's General office in Louisiana have raided ACORN's offices in New Orleans. ACORN's New Orleans was, for decades, the headquarters of the national community organizing association. News of the raid comes from Marcel Reid and her colleagues at ACORN 8, an association of former ACORN leaders and board membe

Ignorance or Intentional Deception?
Yesterday I attended the "House Call" rally on Capitol Hill organized by Michelle Bachmann to protest the health care bill. I saw men, women and children of all ages organized peacefully, singing patriotic songs like "God Bless America" and "The Star Spangled Banner," and shouting chants like "USA, USA, USA," "Kill the Bill," and "Can you hear us now?" Shocking, I know. The people I saw were smiling, laughing, sharing personal stories, and exchanging contact information with new friends. They were expressing concern for their country over what they see as excessive government control and spending. And yes, some of them carried signs like this one, which I photographed:

Acting Stupidly
In July, before he knew "all the facts", President Obama saw fit to opine on the arrest of his good friend, Henry Louis Gates (emphasis mine): "I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that," Mr. Obama continued. "But I think it's fair to say . . . that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home" As it turned out, there was nothing at all stupid in the way the Cambridge Police department acted.