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Hillary Stumbles, Rudy And Fred Struggle

Hillary Clinton
’s status as clear Democratic frontrunner is beginning to fade, as she heads into a dead heat in Iowa and PJM prognosticator William Bradley looks ahead to a week where she’ll gamble on restoring her status in a Las Vegas debate. On the Republican side, the problem isn’t what Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson have done - but what their

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Ask Dr. Helen: Kissing Cousins

Is marrying your cousin acceptable behavior - and is it a health risk for your future children? Dr. Helen Smith answers the question, and offers advice to a young woman with a boyfriend who seems a little too eager to commit.

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Ask Dr. Helen: Kissing Cousins

Is marrying your cousin acceptable behavior - and is it a health risk for your future children? Dr. Helen Smith answers the question, and offers advice to a young woman with a boyfriend who seems a little too eager to commit.

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The Fine Art of Voter Fraud

The refusal of politicians to take measures that would reduce voter fraud - and reluctance on their part to acknowledge that it is even a problem - is in danger of making voters even more cynical and disgusted with politics than they already are. Rick Moran shows us that while cheating at the polls may be a tradition as American as apple pie — it i

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A strange alliance

The strange alliance between the left and reactionary Muslims has taken center stage in the campaign leading up to tomorrows national elections for a new parliament in Denmark.

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Are Blogs Still the Wild, Wild West of the Internet?

PJM Las Vegas: Attending the Blog World Expo and New Media Expo in Las Vegas, Rick Moran can
’t help but notice that that blogs have transcended their wild and wooly early existence. Blogging is a business and being a blogger no longer means being an outspoken rebel.

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Is It "UnAmerican" To Question Suspicious Airline Passengers? The New Racia

Six Arabs and a lawsuit. Sound like the title of a sitcom? Don
’t laugh. Racial profiling lawsuits could mean big money for plaintiffs and lawyers and scary flights for the rest of us, warns Annie Jacobsen, reporting on two recent troubling incidents.

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The New "New McCarthyism": Are Left-Wing Academics Being Persecuted?

The campus left is indignant that outsiders are daring to examine and criticize the work of up-and-coming university professors and prominent public school educators. A recent article in The Nation labeled the trend - “The New McCarthyism.” Martin Solomon, one of the ‘villagers with torches and pitchforks’ storming the Ivory Tower, doesn’t buy it.

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French Media Turn Up Their Nose As U.S. Embraces Sarkozy

PJM Paris: While newspapers in the U.S. laud President Nicolas Sarkozy with headlines like “French Fries Back On the White House Menu,” and American leaders greet him warmly, coverage of his U.S. visit back home is more sour than sweet, Nidra Poller reports.

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Make Every Word Count: The Ascent of Professor Abu El-Haj to a Lifetime Pos

Apparently, over the weekend, Barnard quietly (very quietly) granted tenure to Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj. There! Take that you Pushy Jews!

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