Every single man knows: Walking a dog in the park is a sure babe magnet. Saudi Arabia's Islamic religious police, in their zeal to keep the sexes apart, want to make sure the technique doesn't catch on here. ...more

August 1, 2008

Shades Of H.G. Wells Methinks Patrick Miketinac has to set the dial in his time machine to 2008 and come to visit us here in the real world. No matter how much you wring your hands or pull at your silver locks, we aren't anytime soon going back on the gold standard. Let's be realistic. I never said we could drill our way out of this, though I'm pretty sure we "not-drilled" our way into it. What would the Middle East look like today had we not been pouring our national wealth in their pockets for more than 30 years? Did you ever see "Lawrence of Arabia?" Now that's nostalgia! ...more

July 25, 2008

Despite a report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom that the Islamic Saudi Academy in Alexandria, Va., has continued to use textbooks that teach hatred of everyone not of their specific brand of faith, the U.S. State Department has yet to act to close the school. Officials of the academy, which has about 1,000 students in prekindergarten through grade 12, promised to excise passages in the textbooks that disparage Jews and Christians, but according to an examination by The Washington Post for the 2006-2007 school year, though "much of the controversial material had been removed, at least one book still contained passages that extolled jihad and martyrdom, called for victory over one's enemies and said the killing of adulterers and apostates was 'justified.'" ...more

July 19, 2008

'Big Oil' Is Overseas Regarding "Floridians Should Not Be Panicked Into Sacrificing Their Coast" (Our Opinion, July 10): ...more

July 18, 2008

Last week, the front pages of the world press blossomed with photos of four Iranian rockets, fired in salvo, heading skyward. ...more

July 16, 2008

The American people support more human aid than any other entity on the planet. We show up for every catastrophe worldwide, and we provide protection for many smaller countries at the cost of many American lives and limbs. Why is it that we have developed our assets and technology to such a level that we are ready and willing to do so much for the world? Certainly not by allowing anybody to push us around at will. ...more

July 10, 2008

Use Food As Oil Weapon OK, gas is costing the better part of $4 a gallon. We Americans are disturbed by this, but continue to pay what is necessary to get to where we need to go. We pay it because we either have to work, go to the store, visit sick or dying friends and relatives or have a relaxing day out of the house. ...more

July 2, 2008

Al Hamdan's car was found abandoned in the 4900 block of Nassau Street on July 11, 2002. It had fresh fire damage and old front-end body damage. His body was found four days later inside the Colonial Grand apartment complex on Temple Terrace Highway. Al Hamdan, a Saudi Arabia native, was 53. ...more

July 1, 2008

Crude oil reached record high prices again, thwarting any hopes from last week there would be a continued decline. ...more

June 30, 2008

Crude oil reached record high prices again, thwarting any hopes from last week there would be a continued decline. ...more

June 29, 2008