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I almost never write about inane pop culture, but I just have to comment about yesterday's American Idol results. The short version: That was an almost impossibly bad decision by "voters" and does great damage to the judges' claims that the show is,… more »

Fritz Henderson, the acting CEO of GM, spent 15 minutes talking to David Gregory on "Meet the Press" yesterday. (The link contains the show's transcript.) I was fairly impressed, particularly by answers to two questions. Before I get to those, I'd lik… more »

In a remarkable turn of events, but one which has seemed somewhat likely since the original conviction of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, the Justice Department has filed a motion to drop all charges against Stevens, citing prosecutorial misconduct.… more »

On Saturday, the "most listened-to man in radio", Paul Harvey, passed away. You can read my note about his life at HumanEvents.com: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30888 more »

OK, it was a very tiny slip, but I can't help mentioning it: President Obama is speaking at a press conference in Canada following his meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and began his remarks by saying "It's good to be here in Io...Ot… more »

A friend of mine who once worked as a Border Patrol agent was kind enough to offer the following opinion of President Bush's commutation of the unjust prison sentences given to Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos. As a long time immigration law enforcement… more »

Jim Pinkerton of Fox News has it exactly right: Better late than never. As one of his last official acts, President Bush commuted the unjust prison sentences of former Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos who were convicted essentially of… more »

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CNBC is reporting that Mark Cuban, the bad boy owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, has been charged with insider trading for a sale of shares in a company which was formerly called momma.com, a sale which apparently saved Mr. Cuban about $700,… more »

Eliot Spitzer, the disgraced former Governor and Attorney General of New York, will not be prosecuted for his involvement with a high-dollar prostitute, now known to be Ashley Alexandra Dupre. I think that's the right decision since I think prostituti… more »