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As I was reading through the sports headlines on Yahoo news yesterday, I ran across these 4 headlines, which I've shortened, (out of the 5 headlines I was looking at): Rape charges dropped in Duke case Football player suspended for substance abuse… more »

Jeanne Kirkpatrick, possibly the best US Ambassador to the UN we've ever had (and one of the best Ambassadors from the US to anywhere for generations, has died at her home in Bethesda, MD, at the age of 80. I had the opportunity to meet Ambassador Kir… more »

The little black Givenchy dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 classic film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" has sold in London for 410,000 pounds before fees, and 467,200 pounds after all costs, or about $920,000. Pre-auction esimates for the dress were ro… more »

One of the greatest supporters of liberty ever to live, the Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman, has passed away, at the age of 94. For those of you who don't know about Milton Friedman, I strongly suggest you buy and read "Free to Choose".… more »

Only in Hollywood: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=2573773 more »

see "Farrakhan tells followers he is seriously ill" (AP via CTV, 9/22/06) http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060922/Louis_Farrakhan_060922/20060922?hub=World I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this because Farrakhan isn't wort… more »

The death of The Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, still weighs heavily here in Australia and, judging from these cartoons, in America as well. Thanks to Christopher for sending this link along. Please pass it along to your friends: http://cagle.com/… more »

On Sunday, here in Australia, the "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin died in a freak accident after being stung through the heart by a sting ray barb near Port Douglas...about 20 miles from where I was celebrating a friend's wedding. As a fan of Australia… more »

Here's a good letter to the editor by Sue Boyer discussing Katrina and the perils of relying on government: I guess it was to be expected that the MSM would report only doom-and-gloom stories in post-Katrina New Orleans. Things are still a mess, and o… more »

Yesterday, police captured Warren Jeffs, one of the FBI's ten most wanted fugitives, after a routine traffic stop. A Koresh-like cult leader of a splinter Mormon sect, Jeffs leads an estimated 10,000 polygamist followers. According to the FBI web site… more »