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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin implored Georgia Republicans to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his hotly contested Senate runoff, telling a cheering crowd Monday that the first step in rebuilding the GOP begins with the Southern state.... more

Palin rallies crowd at first of four rallies Sarah Palin is on a barnstorming tour of the state of Georgia today, campaigning for fellow Republican Saxby Chambliss. The incumbant senator faces a runoff election tomorrow against challenger Jim Martin, his Democrat challenger. With votes still being recounted in the Minnesota senate contest between Al Franken and Norm Coleman, the outcome of Tuesday’s Georgia runoff could determine the size of the Democrats’ majority in... more

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin urged Georgia voters to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in Tuesday’s runoff in an election eve appeal that underscored her popularity within the Republican Party and the GOP’s efforts to stave off erosion of its shrinking Senate numbers.... more

This is startling. And inspiring. Matt Drudge — who actually seems to have tilted to Senator Obama so far in this Presidential race — is reporting on some presumably forthcoming remarks from Senator John McCain. I’m reproducing them in their entirety. Senator McCain’s reported remarks are in boldface; my own interspersed remarks in normal typeface. * * * MCCAIN: THE LEXINGTON PROJECT Wed June 25, 2008 12:50:11 ET In recent days I have set before the America... more

I’ve discussed planned parenthood in the past. Some have noted its disturbing antecedents; founder Margaret Sanger was a major proponent of eugenics. Some readers have pointed out that it delivers useful health services to young women. According to Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King, Jr., a demonstration is planned for tomorrow in Washington DC : “We are very concerned that Planned Parenthood is targeting African American communities and African American babies,â€� said Alve... more

Matt Sutter, of Philidelphia, has some interesting art for sale. Rather than attempt to describe it in words (my attempt is the title, above, “Women in Print”, which might more accurately be “Women in Type”) I’ll show a sample. Ms. Helvetica Neue. Credit: Matt Sutter. I quite like her hair. The use of the “6″ for the elbow is inspired. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph , Mr. Sutter notes that while the characters are resized... more

Word in Washington is that President Bush is going to request the delisting of North Korea as a terrorist state. Assuming that this is based on sound judgment — Vice President Cheney reportedly strongly opposes this move — it would be a triumph for Mr. Bush’s foreign policy. We all know that US Presidents can make very stupid mistakes where North Korea is concerned. If we look back at the malign spectre of the A.Q. Khan nuclear network , spreading nuclear technology t... more