The major American TV networks are saying they have refused to air the video of Saddam Hussein's hanging, claiming it would be "in bad taste." Considering the entertainment shows these networks vomit forth every season, that is ironically ludicrous.
Next year will likely bring a second annual decline in existing home sales, the National Association of Realtors predicted recently. But as usual, they see no reason to worry our pretty heads.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh held talks in Doha, Qatar on Friday. After which they spewed forth some of their usual, almost ritualistic blather.
It was Machiavelli who suggested that an early task for would-be dictators is to seize control of the newspapers (which at his time were the sole source of public information.)
Doug Giles, writing at Townhall.com points out that there is no negotiating out of the war with militant Islamists, because we have nothing to offer them.