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The longstanding leftist orthodoxy of the Los Angeles Times has improved noticably under Editor-in-Chief John Carroll, a respected newsman who moved here from the Baltimore Sun four years ago. Carroll has made a real effort to rein in the paper's liberal bias, at least in straight news stories; earlier this year he wrote a famous (in media circles) in-house memo scolding a reporter for a story about a Texas abortion law; the piece had implied anyone against abortion is obviously nuts. I should note though, that this improvement at the Times was underway even before Carroll's arrival, with the departure...

It was a murder spree that shocked Luzerne County and the nation. On Tuesday the case of George Banks goes before the U.S. Supreme Court. Banks killed 13 people 20 years ago. Now the country's highest court will decide if he will be put to death. In 2001, a federal appeals court overturned the Luzerne County jury's decision that Banks be put to death for his killing spree. It decided Banks should not be put to death. District Attorney David Lupas wasn't even a lawyer when Banks was convicted. Now he is the prosecutor dealing with the case. On Tuesday...

<p>MAO ZEDONG, alone among 20th-century dictators, enjoys a largely benign life after death. Taxi drivers in China hang a Mao photo on the steering wheel to ward off accidents. Department stores use a pink plastic model of Mao to display silk pajamas. Farmers clutch a Mao image as they fend off flood waters.</p>

The graduate student arrested in yesterday’s hostage stand-off at a Cleveland university, after killing one student and injuring two other people, Halder was a very active and outspoken member of the loony left anti-war crowd. Charles Johnson, on his weblog, is on top of this story with the linked posting and more.

Saddam Hussein is going to soon be gone. Of that there is little doubt. What will happen to him? He will either be dead or sneak away in a disguise and a White Ford Bronco like another murderer. We may kill him with a MOAB, in which case nothing may be left, or his own citizens might feed him to dogs or put him through an industrial shredder (two of Saddam's favorite ways to kill his perceived enemies.) Do we have the ability to definitively determine whether he has been killed? Is there DNA that can be compared to a...

London (CNSNews.com) - The British rumor mill is swirling with suggestions that the last U.S. president may become the next chancellor of the one of the world's most prestigious universities. Opinions are mixed, however, on whether Bill Clinton would make a suitable ceremonial leader for Oxford University. Speculation began after Oxford's last chancellor, influential British politician Roy Jenkins, died earlier this month. Clinton's name was mentioned as a possible candidate for the post in a story two days later in The Times newspaper, which quoted one Oxford don as saying the idea would be "tremendously good fun." Although Clinton attended...

SATURDAY JANUARY 11, 2003 MASS MARCH AND RALLY IN DOWNTOWN LA TO STOP THE WAR ON IRAQ! ASSEMBLE - 11AM AT OLYMPIC AND BROADWAY MARCH TO DOWNTOWN FEDERAL BUILDING Speakers include: * Martin Sheen * Ron Kovic * Ed Asner * Jerry Quickley Co-sponsored by Coalition for World Peace(CFWP), Act Now to Stop War and End Racism( ANSWER), Not in Our Name(NION), Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP) mail to: info@CoalitionForWorldPeace.org