Newt Gingrich has some interesting thoughts on reforming health care.

Looks like President Bush will be pushing for more fusion energy research and development.

Here's an interesting space related site. Notice the free ad (of which I was unaware until a few minutes before posting this) for Children of Apollo. My thanks to Ken Paul for the free plug.

So Iraqi agents are stirrinh up the so called "peace movement." And here I thought the peaceniks were just well meaning, patriotic people who just opposed war.

Some silly person from National Public Radio named Bruce Kluger is horrified that the Fox News Network even is allowed to exist. Kluger, who works for a government subsidized network which has been an epicenter of left wing bias likely longs for the day when alternative points of view, which Fox provides, were not allowed on the air.

Kluger destroys his credibility by claiming Bill O'Reilly is "staunchly right-wing" and that Phil Donahue is "genuine, affable, well mannered and well informed." In fact O'Reilly has an eclectic span of views and is just as likely to advocate-say-draconian fuel standards for SUVs as he is to oppose the activities of the ACLU. Donahue, on the other hand, has become a shrill, nasty, rude piece of work whose show is frankly unwatchable to anyone who is to the right of Karl Marx. And sure enough, no one is watching.

Left wingers like Kluger need to understand that their monopoly control of the media has been broken forever. They need to conduct a long and honest self examination as to why they are losing the battle of ideas. Unfortunately they will not like what they see and will likely continue to wallow in denial.

The battle against the luddites who would foreclose humankind's expansion beyond the Earth has been joined, Their dubious statements on the environmental risks of space based nuclear power have been exposed. Their opposition to the projection of military power in space is addressed.

Teddy Kennedy's latest proposal certainly lacks the grandeur of "pay any price, bear any burden."

Outside of the Axis of Weasels of France and Germany, there exist in Europe a group of nations which can best be described as the Alliance of Courage.

Here's an article about Captain George Fishley, hero of the American Revolution, with an accompaning photograph (yes, a photograph).

One of the first practical applications of the nuclear engine to be developed by Project Prometheus will be a mission to the moons of Jupiter in which several moons will be orbited and examined in detail one after the other.

On this date, in 1967 and then in 1986, the crews of Apollo 1 and the Challenger Space Shuttle respectively gave the last full measure of devotion in the quest to expand human civilization beyond the Earth. May they be remembered and honored for as long as human being explore, though it be to the farthest star.

Al Sharpton seems to be causing the Democrats fits. However, my dream Democratic ticket would include Howard Dean.

In a move which seems sure to offend PETA, Wisconson may be about to make hunting and fishing Constitutionally protected rights.

The doctors' revolt against high malpractice insurance rates has spread to Florida.

Will Prometheus spark a nuclear space race with China? The writer seems to hope so, for obvious reasons.

Even Hans Blix has sadly concluded that the Iraqis are liars and cheats and are playing the UN for fools. Yet Kofi Annan wants more time for the Iraqis to continue to lie, cheat, and make fools out of the UN. Fortunately it looks like that President Bush will save the UN from that dubious fate.

And speaking of making a fool of oneself, anti nuclear luddites are getting ready to wage total war against NASA's Project Prometheus, designed to develop nuclear power and propulsion. After waxing hysterical about safety, the author finally reveals the real reason for his opposition:

In the end hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars will be wasted on plans for the nuclearization and weaponization of space. In order to fund these missions Bush and Congress will have to cut programs like social security, education, health care, child care, public transit and environmental protection. In the name of progress and security the lives of future generations will become more insecure.

There you have it. The radical left intends to bring up the starving babies vrs space canard which was so potent in killing space exploration in the early 1970s. This, in my humble opinion, is as evil as it gets in politics, not just for the rank dishonesty, but for the potential of once again deferring the dreams of space exploration for another generation.

By the way, take note in the article about "indoctrinating" children. That is their word, not mine. Evil.

After making a fool of himself by playing the race card in his attempt to reinstitute the draft, Charlie Rangel tries the class warfare card instead.

Peggy Noonan. who has never been a discredit to any cause she has articulated, gives President Bush some needed advice,

Janeane Garofalo believes that the fact that the media is giving her air time to wax incoherent against war in Iraq is proof of a plot to discredit the "peace movement."

"They have actors on so they can marginalize the movement," the stand-up comic says. "It's much easier to toss it off as some bizarre, unintelligent special-interest group. If you're an actor who is pro-war, you're a hero. If you're an actor who's against the war, you're suspect. You must have a weird angle or you just hate George Bush."

Of course, Janeane, there are two ways to foil that evil plan. One way is to refuse to talk about Iraq in public. The other way is to talk about Iraq in public, but to have an informed opinion on the subject.