Acknowledging the Obvious/ Is the mainstream media coming around?

Stephen Hayes "One key source is former CIA Inspector General John Helgerson, who acknowledged that two of the CIA’s “most powerful” enhanced interrogation techniques “elicited a lot of information." "Certain of the techniques seemed to have little effect, whereas waterboarding and sleep deprivation were the two most powerful techniques and elicited a lot of information," he said in an interview with the Post. "

Politically correct mumbo-jumbo in our schools

Las Vegas Review Journal "Young was discussing what she thought were the qualifications most important in a good teacher, and was asked where she would rank a teacher's knowledge of subject matter among those qualifications. Young said that actually knowing what you're supposed to teach ranked somewhere between fifth and eighth, far behind making kids comfortable in class, being able to understand their feelings, and being able to tell whether they're eating properly."

Cheney Urged for Military Strike On Iran

Atlas Shrugs "Former Vice President Dick Cheney hinted that, in the waning days of the Bush administration, he had pushed for a military strike to destroy Iran's nuclear-weapons program."....""I thought that negotiations could not possibly succeed unless the Iranians really believed we were prepared to use military force," Mr. Cheney said. "And to date, of course, they are still proceeding with their nuclear program and the matter has not yet been resolved.""

How a Detainee Became An Asset/ Sept. 11 Plotter Cooperated After Waterboarding

Washington Post "Speaking in English, Mohammed "seemed to relish the opportunity, sometimes for hours on end, to discuss the inner workings of al-Qaeda and the group's plans, ideology and operatives," said one of two sources who described the sessions, speaking on the condition of anonymity because much information about detainee confinement remains classified. "He'd even use a chalkboard at times." "

Cheney Slams Obama's 'Politicized' Probe of CIA Interrogations

Fox News "In blunt, unsparing language, former Vice President Dick Cheney accuses President Obama of setting a "terrible precedent" by launching an "intensely partisan, politicized look back at the prior administration," seeming to question Obama's fitness as commander-in-chief."

Lockerbie Lessons/ True Versus Misplaced Compassion

Mark Earley, Breakpoint "Should dying prisoners be released early on grounds of compassion? In some cases, absolutely. In the case of the Lockerbie bomber, that is a wholly different matter." Audio and text.

Glenn Foden cartoon

Townhall

The Age of the American Lust Child

By Armstrong Williams ( Mr. Williams will guest-host for Rush Limbaugh one day this week) "Some would question why it matters. What does society care whether or not children are born to wedded mothers at all? After all if the parents are together but not married, or single but wealthy enough to support the child, then no big deal right? Wrong..."

Privacy and Obamacare (Remember Joe the Plumber?)

By Rick Moran "The Joe the Plumber example is instructive. Anyone who speaks out against the government - Republican or Democrat - could find their personal information plastered all over the news. Just the fact that such a possibility exists chills free speech. "

The Science of Islamic Terror

by Moorthy Muthuswamy "By understanding the roots and motivations of jihad, we can begin crafting strategies to defeat it."

Fake hate crime in Denver: Dems stand by smear, vandal’s story gets weirder

Michelle Malkin "Republican Chairman Dick Wadhams has condemned the act and said he doesn’t believe the Democratic Party had anything to do with it. But he said Waak’s suggestion that the vandalism was somehow connected to the health care debate was appalling. “It’s impugning anybody who is exercising their free speech and opposing the president’s proposal,” he said."

Race-baiter Democrat Rep. Diane Watson praises Cuban health system, Castro & Guevara who “kicked out the wealthy”

Michelle Malkin "She attacked Ward Connerly for marrying a white woman. She bragged about Washington, D.C. being a “chocolate city.” She polluted the Hurricane Katrina aftermath with race card-playing nonsense."

Ezra Klein's Confusion Over "Rationing"

Reason "But through the usual lack leftwing lack of imagination and a truly touching and naive faith in the efficacy of top/down government "solutions," Klein ends up advocating for government rationing and for imposing a government monopoly on health care, instead of for more competition and choice."

Lockerbie bomber 'set free for oil'

UK Timesonline "Gordon Brown’s government made the decision after discussions between Libya and BP over a multi-million-pound oil exploration deal had hit difficulties. These were resolved soon afterwards."