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    I thought I'd report on an amusing article that began: "All in favor of some global warming, raise your frostbitten hands." Peter Bronson, of the Cincinnati Enquirer states that after taking his poll, the "ayes" have it, "In fact, it's the biggest landslide since Saddam was elected president of Iraq by 138 percent".     It should not be surprising that many Americans are convinced that  Producer Al Gore deserves to win an academy award for a non-fictional documentary, given the undue pressure of global warmests who are trying to silence nay-saying scientists. Take Timothy Ball for example. If anyone has...

If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, what do you call a Swede who's been kidnapped? Somebody you wouldn't want to cross, that's for sure. Ulf Hjertstrom has redefined the term Stockholm Syndrome, the bizarre attachment some hostages develop for their captors, first observed during a bank robbery in the Swedish capital more than 30 years ago. No such bonds were forged between Mr. Hjertstrom, a Swedish oil engineer, and the Shura Council of the Mujahedeen of Iraq, which held him captive for 67 days. "I have now put some people to work to find these bastards," Mr....

THE SAMURAI AND THE AINU Findings by American anthropologist C. Loring Brace, University of Michigan, will surely be controversial in race conscious Japan. The eye of the predicted storm will be the Ainu, a "racially different" group of some 18,000 people now living on the northern island of Hokkaido. Pure-blooded Ainu are easy to spot: they have lighter skin, more body hair, and higher-bridged noses than most Japanese. Most Japanese tend to look down on the Ainu. Brace has studied the skeletons of about 1,100 Japanese, Ainu, and other Asian ethnic groups and has concluded that the revered samurai of...

Two years after the anthrax letter attacks, senior administration officials say they have fresh concerns about the nation's vulnerability to terrorist attacks with the deadly germ. The officials said their fears had intensified in part because they now recognized that anthrax spores could be more widely dispersed than previously believed. In addition, they said, terror suspects with ties to Al Qaeda have told questioners that the group has been trying to obtain anthrax for use in attacks. One indication of concern was a secret cabinet-level "tabletop" exercise conducted last month that simulated the simultaneous release of anthrax in different types...

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Conservatives rare species on campus It includes every kind of group," said the spokeswoman for the Masturbation Celebration on the University of Cincinnati campus. "Bondage, porn, gay, straight." Absolutely. Campuses will tolerate anything - except conservatives. UC professors recently held a seminar on war against Iraq, then surveyed faculty and students. Their answer. No way. "College professors oppose war" is about as surprising as "Vampires Do Not Approve of Sunrise" or "Vegetarians Oppose Pot Roast." It's sooo predictable. But these results are truly bizarre: Nationally, 64 percent support President Bush on Iraq. On the UC campus, 70 percent oppose Mr....