This is the coolest toy in the history of the world! Seriously. Just watch the video.
NOTE: The link above was previously dead, but I found a working link. This thing is called the RC HydroFoam. (RC = radio controlled) made by Megatech.

Austin Bay wrote today:
Al Qaeda’s biggest recruiting tool was — and is — the political failure of the Arab Muslim world. In this dysfunctional world, tyranny and terror reinforce one another, with the people of the Middle East the inevitable victims.

I listened to Bush’s speech tonight on the radio while driving home from work. I thought it was a great speech. I must say that I am pretty much in 100% agreement (well, alright, 100% may be a little high) with the things that he had to say.
Like I said here, even Clinton is [...]

I talked about the CarterCopter here, and I said that this is the future of small aircraft aviation. The CarterCopter prototype broke the Mu-1 barrier last Friday. This proves that the craft could someday fly 500 mph by slowing the top rotor blade and relying on the wings for lift. That is the breakthrough [...]

It would be easy, on a daily basis, to catalog all of the harmful things that welfare states in various countries do. Here is one item for today (hat tip Dissecting Leftism). Melanie Phillips writes about the British welfare system:
“The second revelation, by the economist Professor Bob Rowthorn, was the absolutely staggering size of the [...]

The rise of out-of-wedlock births is a big concern. Single-parent families are the leading cause of poverty in the U.S. And do we really want a future where marriage is considered optional when having children?
To look for trends, the Scandinavian countries are always worth looking at. In the last 15 years, Sweden and Norway [...]

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The welfare reform of 1996 is one of the most important adjustments to social policies in U.S. history. So since the Democrats are so big on and expert on social policies - they must have provided the leadership on this, right? James Bartholomew, writing in the UK, recaps what happened leading up to the 1996 [...]

David Brooks writes in the NYT (hat tip John Henke):
There’s a reason George Washington didn’t take a poll at Valley Forge. There are times in the course of war when the outcome is simply unknowable. … …one thing is for sure: since we don’t have the evidence upon which to pass judgment on the overall [...]

From RedState.
Nancy Pelosi and Howard Dean are the Republicans best allies, that is, when it comes to helping Republicans win elections. Thanks Nancy and Howard, keep up the good work. Just let it fly!

Betsy Newmark at Betsy’s Page says here are some things that conservatives do not believe:

–We don’t want to destroy the environment and climate. Some of us have children and would like for them to be able to breathe and for their children to be able to enjoy nature.
–We don’t believe that every businessman is always [...]