According to the Monthly reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the US economy gained a net of almost half a million jobs in the third quarter of 2006. Then BLS issued its aggregate quarterly report earlier this month, titled "BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: THIRD QUARTER 2006."

More than 10 years ago a cell phone conversation between Congressman John Boehner (R-OH), the current House Minority Leader, and Newt Gingrich, along with various other GOP types, was released to the media. It showed Gingrich planning a public relations campaign to spin the recent House Ethics Committee decision to fine Gingrich $300,000. This month, the federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decided that Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) could be held liable to Boehner for invading his privacy by releasing that tape to the media, even though the contents were true and McDermott was not the one who had recorded Boehner's call.

Truthout and other sites are reporting that the official publication of the Robins Air Force Base describes an event called "Salute To The Troops, Memorial Day Celebration" as being "an official US Air Force 60th Anniversary event."

Anniversary event."

Adam Smith's famous "invisible hand" purportedly leads all individuals to follow their own self interest in a way that produces the greatest good for all. Just reading that idea leaves me amazed that such a counterintuitive idea has come to be so thoroughly accepted by really smart people, many of whom have really good educations.

Is it just me, or have the Democrats in power forgotten to stop taking their "stupid" pills?

It wasn't long ago that Fred Barnes, resident seer at The Weekly Standard was trumpeting the consolidation of the American shift from Democratic to Republican Party as, if not a permanent state, certainly a long lasting one.

Tired of the doom and gloom over Iraq? All you have to do is switch media. Try the American Family Network's OneNewsNow.com, where you can read about Senator James Inhofe's statements upon recently returning from Iraq.

From Thursday's Bureau of Economic Analysis reports on real earnings and on inflation:

Public debate is made increasingly muddy these days by the ever-increasing number of propaganda outlets funded by conservatives. Similarly, immediate claims of outrage over ordinary events and tactics, and hyperbolic comparisons to past outrages, tends to divert attention from the substance of what is said. Welcome to Vermont and the debate over the wisdom of its nuclear energy generator.

The Department of Defense is instituting a "global" ban on popular sites such as YouTube, MySpace, and others in order to reduce security risks and save bandwidth. Is this a good idea?

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