VT Incident Threatens Second Amendment

Jim Moran Politicizes Virginia Tech Shooting

Gun lobby prepares for battle over rights

Democrats signal wariness on gun laws

Virginia Tech rampage renews gun-law debate

Global warming may spur wind shear, sap hurricanes

EU Official Criticizes U.S.-Mexico Wall

EU aims to criminalize Holocaust denial

Judge Upholds Illinois School’s Ban on ‘Be Happy, Not Gay’ Shirt

N.J. Gov.’s SUV Went 91 Mph Before Crash

Bob Barr, Unlikely Leader But Possible Third Party Warrior

Taxpayers elect not to pay for campaigns

 

 

WSJ:  Cho’s Madness

NR:  Blue Ridge Evil

Lemieux:  Virginia Tech

Sollum:  Virginia Tech’s Gun-Free Zone Left Cho Seung-Hui’s Victims Defenseless

Malkin:  Wanted:  A culture of self-defense

Blankley:  A Post-Imus Republic Of Virtue

Connerly:  An Affair at the Heart of Speech

Stossel:  Springtime for Taxes

I apologize to any of you who tuned in to the second hour of the show today. My duties as Mercer Radio's Station Manager required that I be elsewhere during that hour. We will return tomorrow.

Condolences to Virginia Tech

News updates from Roanoke.com

Latest Dispatches on the Virginia Tech Massacre from FoxNews.com

Parents Demand Firing of Virginia Tech President, Police Chief Over Poor Handling of Mass Shooting

Questions remain after worst U.S. shooting rampage

State quashed bill allowing handguns on campuses

Blaming Charlton Heston

McCain Backs Gun Rights After Shootings

U.S. Gun Control Laws Criticized Abroad

Threats Rattle 3 Universities, 2 Schools

I.R.S. Audits Middle Class More Often, More Quickly

Super-rich population surges in 2006:  survey

Congressional junkets picking up steam

McCain promises halt to profligate spending

Guards Go on Strike at Nuclear Weapons Plant

Behind high gas prices:  The refinery crunch

 

 

Greenberg:  Kill this monster

Riedl:  Taxing Myths

Riedl:  After the File

Murdock:  The Flat Truth

Barone:  Of victims and virtues

Weyrich:  Free Speech at Risk:  A Free Congress Forum on the Fairness Doctrine

Imus and Duke Lacrosse Team

SGA Senate:  YAF a hate group
YAF reacts to campus chalkings
Blair blames spate of murders on black culture
Duke lacrosse players ‘innocent’
Crystal Gail Mangum:  Profile of the Duke Rape Accuser
The Imus Fallout:  Who Can Say What?
Officials:  Algerian Bombing Is First Wave of New Al Qaeda ‘Spring Offensive’
U.S. Man Accused of Plot to Bomb Resorts
How snow can you go?
Bismarck sees record snowfall
Heavy crop losses reported in Southeast
Dash for green fuel pushes up price of meat in US


Podhoretz:  Let the Liar Be Named & Shamed
Whitlock:  Imus isn’t the real bad guy
Thomas:  Free Speech Double Standard
Coulter:  Ho Ho Ho, Merry Imus!
Will:  Fuzzy Climate Math
De Silva:  Our illegal-alien criminal class
De Borchgrave:  Multicultural boondoggle

More Fallout Over Imus Comments

Prosecutor Drops Charges in Duke Case
Giuliani off on price of milk, bread
New York Temperatures Rival Record for Coldest April
$2.2 trillion illegal alien taxpayer sticker shock
U.S. military buildup urged to counter China
U.S. reverses N. Korea policy
U.S. Military:  Iran Training Iraqi Insurgents in Using Roadside Bombs
Two Top Sponsors Pull Ads From Imus Show


Stossel:  The Edifice Complex
Meyers:  Let the Idiocy Be Heard
Washington Times:  Imus and sleaze
Malkin:  Top-40 Depravity
Dunphy:  The Truth About Who Suffers
Belien:  In bed with Islamists
Williams:  Phony science and public policy
Blankley:  Iran’s nuke program advances
Balko:  Time to Rethink the Drinking Age

Hayes Lecture Tonight

Imus Apologizes for Rutgers Remark
A shocker!  Jocks won’t zip it
Inside the Beltway:  Spreading sickness
Iran to announce installation of 3,000 centrifuges in Natanz plant
White House:  ‘We are very concerned’ about Iran’s nukes
Blindfolded Britons tell of the moment the guards’ guns clicked
Captives feared they would be executed
Hostage Release:  A Quid Pro Quo?
Extremists force women to hide under head scarves
Forecaster Blasts Gore on Global Warming
Sheryl Crow starts global warming tour
Global warming:  this course too hot to handle
Spring chill fades out with cherry blossoms
Cold snap damages fruit crops across Southeast
Growers fear major peach losses to cold
Arnold ‘pimp’ daddy of bio-fuel
EPA boosts use of ethanol, renewable fuels
The face of PeachCare


Krauthammer:  Britain’s Humiliation -- and Europe’s
Bolton:  How Iran Probed, Found Weakness and Won a Triumph
Bartlett:  Tax Facts
Cain:  America is Beautiful
Wooten:  Conservatives must cultivate self-reliance


Don’t forget tonight’s lecture by former Libertarian candidate for Governor Garrett Michael Hayes at 7:00 PM in the President’s Dining Room of the University Center!

No Show Today

Due to course registration, the Jeff Scott Show will not air today.  We will return tomorrow with a preview of tomorrow night’s lecture by Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Garrett Michael Hayes.

British Bought Hostages' Freedom

No more GWOT, House committee decrees
Terror group’s threat raises Dalai Lama alert
US Navy steps up vigilance after Britain-Iran standoff
Iran freed in bid to aid Britons
Iranian Leader Says He Will Free Britons
Solar Bursts May Threaten GPS
HOPE floats on pile of cash
Public housing kicks smoking habit
US Immigration officials arrest 62 at pork plant


Colon:  A CEO With A Spine
Newt, Bilingual Ed and the PC Police
Williams:  The Shame of Higher Education
Thomas:  Britain:  Then and now
Hazony:  Cold War II
Barr:  Why put fish above our civil liberties?
USAToday:  67,204-page code confounds taxpayers, yet Congress sits by
Goldberg:  Will the real conservative please stand up?

Underwood Interview Today!

Pelosi Rebuffs Criticism of Syria Visit
‘Very active’ hurricane season predicted
Gas prices on steady rise despite campaign promises
Franken getting familiarized
The botched US raid that led to the hostage crisis
Captive Iranian diplomat freed in Iraq
English test required for permanent residency (sorry, not here)
Yoko Ono’s Peaceful Message Takes Root


Gaffney:  Assault of the ‘Transies’
Hamid:  The Trouble With Islam
Grab:  Born in the USA
Lukas:  A Bargain At 77 Cents To a Dollar
O’Sullivan:  The British Shrug
Buckley:  Business of Global Warming Feels a Lot Like Inquisition

Politically Correct Suicide in Europe

IDF intelligence:  Iran, Hizbullah preparing for possible US strike
‘US ready to strike Iran on Good Friday’
Supreme Court rebukes EPA on greenhouse gas emissions
Teachers drop the Holocaust to avoid offending Muslims
EU guidebook:  Don’t link Islam with terror
White House objects Pelosi's Syria visit
Tsunami Devastates Western Solomons
Democrats To Widen Conflict With Bush
Katrina Fraud Stretches Far Beyond Gulf
Gingrich:  Bilingualism is ‘Ghetto’
Fighting on Two Fronts
Clinton Backs Public Funds for Campaigns


Hanke:  We must win in Iraq
Washington Times:  Protecting Tehran, knifing Tony Blair
Steyn:  One-way sovereignty
Chapman:  ‘Antitrust’ vs. consumers
    

Why Illegal Immigration is Out of Control

College Democrats:  ‘F-ck the troops’
$2.9 trillion budget clears House with 216-210 vote
Illegals released on ‘humanitarian’ grounds
Local police confront illegal immigrants
Fox News poll asks who voters are ‘scared’ of; Sen. Clinton tops list


Charen:  Permission to Celebrate Jamestown?
West:  Defending ourselves
Krauthammer:  Which Is ‘The Real War’?
Washington Times:  Iran and its enablers
Strassel:  Tax Talk
Prelutsky:  A Lot of Reasons I Won’t Vote for Obama
Sanders:  That Crazy College Game of “More Diverse Than Thou”
Feulner:  It’s time for a dose of reality in federal health-care spending
Hawkins:  10 Questions For Al Gore And The Global Warming Crowd

Cluster-Blank Editorial: Impeach Bush

NOW Demands Access to Program Geared to Fathers
Income Gap Is Widening, Data Shows
FLASHBACK:  Who Pays America’s Tax Burden, and Who Gets the Most Government Spending?
Gates:  Congress should find way to shut Guantanamo
Fence execs sentenced for illegal hiring
Social Security liability foreseen
One man’s campaign against federal debt
Democrats say McCain nearly abandoned GOP
Thompson Run Could Trigger ‘Equal Time’ Rule
Democrats Shut Down Agency That Keeps Score on Earmarks
Earmark monitor’s exit baffles, troubles GOP
Bush mocks pork in war funding
When can clerks refuse to serve, citing religion?
Arab Leaders Call for Israel to Accept Land-for-Peace Offer


Hanson:  Beyond Iraq
Novak:  Tax and Spend
Spruiell:  Tax and Spend, Again
Will:  The 51st State?
Warner:  The scandal that wasn’t
Goldberg:  Restricted treatment
Lyons:  Iran and America
WSJ:  Total Recall
May:  A Dangerous Woman
Mowbray:  How We Fund Hamas University    

Iraq Timetable Passes Senate

Obama Accuses Bush of ‘Social Darwinism’
Democrats’ timetable clears Senate
Democrats lay out Hill spring schedule
White House Withdraws Ambassador Nominee
The South has the sniffles from pollen
Ousted sorority sues DePauw University


Williams:  Global Warming Heresy
Gattuso:  Chilling Intolerance for Free Speech on Global Warming
Thomas:  Vote buying
Sen. Coburn:  Top 10 Most Egregious Earmarks Contained in War Supplemental
Carpenter:  Who Got Bought
Washington Times:  Senate theatrics
Washington Times:  Budget fantasy land
Du Pont:  Year of the Donkey
Goldberg:  Campaign Reform?  Try Campaign Inflation
Buckley:  John Edwards will give you Free Health

Iranian Terrorism; Clinton Socialism

McCain:  We Won’t Meet Fundraising Goals
Iran Partially Suspends U.N. Cooperation
PM warns Iran over Navy captives
U.S. Long Worried That Iran Supplied Arms in Iraq
L.A. Immigration Rallies Mark March Anniversary
Venezuela’s Chavez announces plans for ‘collective property’ under shift toward socialism
Who Pays America’s Tax Burden, and Who Gets the Most Government Spending?
Clinton touts universal health care plan
Fifty percent of adults would not vote for Clinton
Senate war bill features $20B in pork
Tenn. lawmakers push to restore civics in schools
Chinese Group Want to Make Paper From Panda Poop
Thai Zoo Hopes Porn Will Get Sluggish Pandas to Mate


Doherty:  Libertarians’ silver lining
Washington Times:  Six strikes and you’re out
Washington Times:  Pressure the hooligan mullahs
WSJ:  Tehran’s Hostages
NRO:  Nuclear Stakes
Barone:  Gore’s faith is bad science
Kersten:  Shariah in Minnesota?
Fund:  Earmark Cover-Up
Miller:  Banning Legos

Dems Set Iraq Timetable

British Forces Held By Iran
Final Draft Resolution Calling for Iran Sanctions Submitted
Iran:  U.S. Has Yet to Issue Visa to Ahmadinejad
House OKs Timetable for Troops in Iraq (Vote)
House passes bill giving troop withdrawal timeline
Bush Slams Democrats Over Iraq Timetable
Anti-war protesters arrested at Pelosi’s office
Chlorine cache found in Iraq
U.S. blasts Italy’s hostage exchange
Illegal immigrants allowed at least five strikes
Senate panel rips lending regulators
New Orleans Residents Arming Themselves
Some rethinking nuke opposition


Milloy:  Al Gore’s Congressional Lovefest
Goldberg:  Turning up the Heat on Gore
Loyola:  High-Stakes Poker in the Persian Gulf

'Political correctness is killing our freedoms'

639 arrestees flagged for immigration violations
Bill offers temporary legal status to undocumented immigrants
‘Political correctness is killing our freedoms’
Teen who wants to wear anti-gay T-shirt takes battle to court
Hoyer Won’t Rule Out Extending War Vote
CODEPINK plans takeover of Pelosi’s office
Coke vs. Bolivia in the ‘dignity’ stakes
Report:  All Charges Against Duke Lacrosse Players to Be Dropped Soon
North Korea Nuclear Talks Break Down
Report Details Problems Throughout Veterans Affairs’ Health Network
Hydrogen-bombing down the track


Coulter:  The coming ass age
Will:  Regulating Interior Designers
Washington Times:  A Democratic blueprint for defeat
Washington Times:  Hogs on the Hill
Lambro:  Pork and pullout prospects
Klinger:  What price denuclearization?

Gore on Hill Today

Cowards using baby bombers
Iraq insurgents used children in car bombing:  general
Czech leader Klaus fights global warming ‘religion’
Al Gore Urges Congressional Action on Climate Issues
University of Alabama Climatologist Roy Spencer’s Oral Testimony
Iran Threatens to Kidnap U.S. Soldiers
Bolton:  Only Force Will Deter Iran From Nuclear Program
Democrats 0 for 6 in Congress; agenda sidetracked by Iraq war
Aid to Palestinians Rose Despite an Embargo
Sensing Shift in Bush Policy, Another Hawk Leaves
‘Nanny’ Laws Are Added to the Books
McCain Warns Against Spread of Socialism
“Peace” Protesters Burn American Soldier in Effigy


Stossel:  The Media Likes Scaring Us, and We Like It
Washington Times:  Al Gore to preach to the choir
Dale:  Iraq’s future
Stearman:  Vietnam War lessons
Washington Times:  Hezbollah’s rearmament
Shapiro:  Is The Era Of Small Government Over?
Berlau:  Ted Kennedy Says Eliminate Private Sector From Student Loans
Goldberg:  Betraying their base – Democrats can do it too
Medved:  The Essence of Liberalism:  Embracing Life’s Losers    

Hummer Better for Environment than Prius?

G.O.P. Candidates Confront Immigration Politics
Patience for Iraq war waning, say leaders
Funding more than war
Democracy’s support sinks
Group braves snow to raise awareness for environment
Bush pitching alternatives to automakers


Demorro:  Prius Outdoes Hummer in Environmental Damage
NYT:  Students’ Right to Free Speech
Lynn:  Stealth filibusters need to go
Stephens:  Who Needs Nukes
Spencer:  Our First Muslim President?
Cain:  Presidential Baggage Check
Limbaugh:  Republicans Won’t Stand When Democrats Lie

Government-school success in DC

Gore faces grilling on ‘warming’; questions await former VP
Al Gore Challenged to International TV Debate on Global Warming
Crazy-Sounding Ideas May Help Combat Global Warming
Study Finds One-Third in D.C. Illiterate
U.S., N. Korea reach deal over frozen funds
Surge is ‘so far, so good’
McConnell eyes ‘bipartisan’ illegals bill
Democrats present veto opportunities
Mother Arrested After First-Grade Son Brings Crack Cocaine to Show-and-Tell
Sunday alcohol bill rubs rural Ga. wrong way


Clark:  Global Warming:  Moving Towards Metrosexuals
Fund:  Whose Ox Is Gored?
Novak:  Earmark Subterfuge
Fields:  Red meat, strong drink
Andres:  Power to the people
Rahn:  Global nag
Rosner:  The Iran Beauty Contest
Stephens:  Islamosocialism
Kengor:  America’s “Berlin Wall?”

VA Hospitals: A Study of Government Healthcare

Scientist Calls Global Warming Theories ‘Bunk,’ Cites Errors of Logic
End of road for McKinney?
Poll:  Bias ‘alive and well’ in press
Rep. Kennedy:  I Was Hooked on OxyContin
Ahmadinejad says Iran will stick to atomic work
Ahmadinejad wants to attend UN vote on new Iran sanctions
U.S. Will Give Visa to Iranian President
‘Three Little Pigs’ nixed in bow to Muslims
British School Puts Three Little Piggies Back in Play
GOP on offensive already for 2008
House leaders seeking options
GOP Bills Would Relax Test Requirements of ‘No Child’ Law
Senate panel pushes Confederate heritage month
Sponsor says HPV bill a dead issue at Capitol this year
Report:  VA nurse filed inaccurate records


Simmons:  Hog-slopping politics
Milloy:  Must-See Global Warming TV
Rosett:  More Questions about the U.N. in North Korea
Krieble:  Is the American Experiment Dead?
The Republican Study Committee’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights

Oil-for-Nukes Plan (v2.0) Created

Major powers agree on new nuclear sanctions on Iran
9/11 Mastermind Confesses in Guantanamo
Emanuel tells freshmen to avoid Stephen Colbert
World may get greener, then wilt, due warming
Calderon can’t say whether U.S. relatives are ‘legal’
Dozens in GOP Turn Against Bush’s Prized ‘No Child’ Act
Kentucky School Wants to Eliminate ‘C’ as Passing Grade
Confederate history month proposal clears Senate panel
Google Is Reviving Hopes for Ex-Furniture Makers


Tumulty:  How The Right Went Wrong
Stossel:  Hazardous Safety Regulation
Washington Times:  Calderon and illegals
Armey:  ‘Saving’ Social Security Won’t Secure Retirement
King:  Love affair with sales tax has to end
Kerpen:  The Maddest Side of March Madness
Sowell:  Global-Warming Swindle
Kazman:  A Milestone of a Mistake
Kilgannon:  Waste, Fraud, and UN Headquarters

Bush Panders to Mexicans

Democrats work to smooth Iraq tension
Senate Democrats’ budget leaves war funding intact
Senate Budget Would Expand Health Care
Gonzales:  ‘Mistakes Were Made’
Bush ‘not happy’ with Gonzales
Law on Appointment of US Attorneys
Mexican President Presses Bush on Border Fence
Answering Latin Left, Bush Pledges to Help Poor
‘No Child’ Target Is Called Out of Reach
Can Edwards win with an ‘us vs. them’ pitch?


Williams:  Economics and Smoking
Washington Times:  Bad spending habits
Belien:  Islamicization of Antwerp
Tucker:  Toast to Sunday sales?  Let people vote
Spruiell:  The Party of Limited Government Returns?

Ron Paul Officially In The Race!

Ron Paul announces White House bid
Paul Joins Race for 2008 GOP Nomination
Clinton:  Right-Wing Conspiracy Is Back
Frostbite ends Bancroft-Arnesen trek
From a Rapt Audience, a Call to Cool the Hype
Scientists Debate Sun’s Role in Global Warming
Tokyo Expects Cherry Blossoms This Week
Blooms scarce as Cherry Blossom Festival nears
New Macon panhandling law exacts change
Sights low for Bush’s Mexico trip
Mexico warns jobs key to halting illegals
Calderon Tells Bush Mexico Needs More
Bush stresses immigration
Ethanol Undergoes Evolution as Political Issue
Killer Meat-Eating Frogs Terrorize San Francisco


Cain:  It’s Not About Health Care
Washington Times:  Spending bipartisanship needed
Toomey:  The McCain Record
Bottum:  The Conservative Case Against Bush

Bush wasting money in Central America

Bush praises “good friend” Uribe and promises more aid
Chavez launches biting US attack
Mayans to ‘cleanse’ Bush site
Halliburton’s Dubai Move Makes Democrats Suspicious
Red tape drives firms overseas
Scientists threatened for ‘climate denial’
Germans challenge the EU on speed limit
‘Some Things You Never Forget’
Where Tobacco Ruled, Smoking Ban Gains Ground
At airports, booze causes headaches
Suicide squirrels driving utilities nuts


Charen:  It wasn’t about Libby
Barone:  Berger & Libby:  A Tale of Two Crimes
Parker:  Today’s NAACP symptom of black problems
Stott:  Global Warming Is Not a Crisis
Rahn:  Budget fictions
Rago:  Free Radical
NR Editors:  The “Let’s Lose Now” Caucus
Murdock:  Americanize America’s Immigrants

Unfortunately, Mercer University President William Underwood will not be appearing on the program tomorrow due to a scheduling conflict.  We will try to reschedule an appearance on the program in the coming weeks.

Gore Not So Green

Power:  Gore mansion uses 20x average household; consumption increase after ‘Truth’
Al Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’? --$30,000 utility bill
Gore’s High-Energy-Use Home Target of Critical Report
New York:  Targeted By Tehran?
Cheney OK After Afghan Blast; 23 Killed
Taliban ‘knew of Cheney visit’
Cheney presses Musharraf over border control
Demand for English Lessons Outstrips Supply
Libertarian candidate in ’88, Paul eyes GOP nomination
Political punch spurs blog brawl
Study:  Vanity on the rise among college students
Senate bill to require girls get cancer vaccine
Catch of day lands Mayfield in hot water


Johnson:  Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own “Inconvenient Truth”
Rahn:  Warming a cold fact?
Cars improved the air…that’s no bull
Peterson:  Legacy lost
Factor:  The Sanford Alternative
Washington Times:  Fences and neighbors
Applebaum:  The Gall To Speak Her Mind

Government Helping Illegals

Clinton Fights to Keep Impeachment Taboo
Mexican anger over U.S. ‘trespass’
Mexican wives seek ouster of husbands from U.S.
Report:  Fed program helps illegal immigrants send money home
Border Sewage Deal Hits the Rocks
Report:  Israel Asks U.S. for Iraqi Airspace Corridor for Iran Strike
U.S.:  Large Cache of Weapons Discovered in Iraq Traceable to Iran
Al-Qaida regrouping in Pakistan, Cheney says
Film’s View of Islam Stirs Anger on Campuses
Poll:  Big Majority Oppose Draft
Pregnant 14-Year-Old Says Having a Child Is the Newest Fashion Among Teens
Sharpton’s Ancestor Was Owned by Thurmond’s
Governors, critical of Bush, seeking more help from Congress for children’s health care



Sen. Lieberman:  The Choice on Iraq
Rep. Saxton:  Al Qaeda’s weapons of mass influence
Kohlmayer:  Radical Islam—Ideology, Not Religion
Steyn:  For in that sleep of death…
Jacob:  Celebrating our first term-limited politicians
Parker:  Vaccine mandate explains our out-of-control health system
Grabar:  A Voluptuous Rotting Corpse
Giles:  I’m not Homophobic; I’m Chick-O-Centric

Iran Conspiracy Theory

Immigrant Game at N.Y.U. Draws Protesters
More Americans killed by illegal aliens than Iraq war, study says
Janitorial Service Officials Charged in Sweep of Illegal Immigrants
Vilsack Drops Out of Presidential Race
Bachmann on Iran
Cheney hints at Iran strike


Washington Times:  Public doubts selling out Iraq
West:  Imposing Islamic law
Spruiell:  The Wasteland
Hawkins:  The top 9 reasons why a Democratic president can’t handle the war on terrorism

Schumer: Illegal Immigrant Hunt 'obnoxious'

Iran defies deadline to halt atom work:  U.N. watchdog
Report Says Nuclear Work Ongoing in Iran
Senate illegals bill near complete
‘Find the Illegal Immigrant’
Schumer:  College Repubs ‘obnoxious’
Bank of America Won’t Cancel Controversial Credit Card Program
GOP ‘darlings’ slow to sign tax-cut pledge
Grades Rise as Reading Skills Drop in H.S. Study
Bush Touts Energy Plan in North Carolina


Novak:  Death of the Chief
Sowell:  Obama’s Worn-Out Economic Ideas
Thomas:  Rise of the Anti-Hero
Elder:  Democrats’ Plan for Victory in Iraq
Fields:  The inconvenient truth
Rusher:  The global-warming hysterics strike again
Lambro:  Read their lips:  More new taxes for all
Strom:  Why is Capitalism a Dirty Word?
Lott:  Land of the Fake Free    

British to Withdraw from Iraq

Blair Announces Iraq Withdrawal Plan
Cheney Says British Troop Withdrawal Is Positive Sign
Hornets hit France and could reach Britain
US deficit is shrinking, for now
Flow of illegal immigrants to U.S. starts to slow
Of great import:  bilingual teachers
Nancy Pelosi Backs Tuition Breaks for Illegal Aliens
Health Care May Be 1/5 of What You Spend
Medicare Benefit Appears to Slow Spending Growth on Drugs
U.N. Readies Report on Iran Nuclear Program


Kondracke:  Will ’08 Democrats Follow Murtha, Vote to Cut Troop Funds?
Blankley:  One card Monte
Greenberg:  Funds to follow?
Stossel:  No Drug Price Controls
Williams:  Nonsense Ideas
Marr:  Taking offense
Du Pont:  Plus Climate Change
Goldberg:  The Beer Test
Spencer:  Covering Up Islam

Nashville Jihad

Romney joined NRA in August
Supreme Court’s new tilt could put Scalia on a roll
Humans’ beef with livestock:  a warmer planet
Iran is months away from enrichment – IAEA
Iran nears industrial N-fuel production
Iran cash lapse puts nuke plan in peril
US ‘Iran attack plans’ revealed
Muslim Cabbie Charged With Running Over Students After Religious Dispute
Prosecutors:  London Bombing Suspect Fled in Burka
Female Pakistani Minister Shot Dead for Refusing to Wear Veil
Obama Ranks as Most Traveled Senator
Australia to Ban Old-Style Light Bulbs
Mercer announces new executive vice president hire


Sowell:  Priceless Politics
Driessen:  Global warming pork and politics
Horner:  Top 10 ‘Global-Warming’ Myths
Ghadry:  Syria’s terror networks
Washington Times:  Pelosi’s pandering against Turkey
Balko:  Ron Paul, the Real Republican?
Kamdar:  ‘Muslim Americans are Americans, too’
Bartlett:  The Cheney Handicap
Blackwell:  Liberals Aren’t Very Good at Talk Radio    

Show Returns Today

As Clinton Runs, Some Old Foes Stay on Sideline
Clinton Woos Black Voters
Clinton offers contract to S.C. endorser
Some mull idea of Sen. Bill Clinton
Should Md. Sidestep Electoral College? (Answer:  NO)
Al Qaeda Chiefs Are Seen to Regain Power
Globally, most see common ground
Democrats Consider New Ways to Limit Iraq War
Reid:  Iraq war ‘worst foreign policy mistake’ in U.S. history
Bill Takes Aim At Left-Lane Loiterers
Heavenly Deal
Slamming tax cuts seen as a risky move
Immigrants Struggle With Rising Fees
Va. Raps No Child Testing Rules
Russia:  Countries That Host U.S. Missile Shield Will Be Targets



Parker:  The perverse politics of Gardasil
Jacoby:  Irreconcilable positions:  support troops, oppose war
Pell:  Keeping a cool head amid warming hysteria
Rep. Linder:  Global-warming theory and the eugenics precedent
Sowell:  It’s the Science, Stupid
Washington Times:  Time to take Iran seriously
Fund:  Libertarians in America

Fundamentalist Muslims Riot Over Repairs

Williams can’t duck campaign pushes
’08 slate without standout for GOP
Senate works to wrap up unfinished budget work from GOP predecessors
Israeli Police Storm Islam Holy Site After Clashes
New York Declares Disasters in Some Counties After 100 Inches of Snow Dumped on Region


West:  Islamists’ female victims
Washington Times:  Repeal D.C.’s gun law
Strassel:  It’s a Tough Life
Goldberg:  Global Cooling Costs Too Much
Sajak:  Global Warming:  What Are You Willing to Do?
Kudlow:  When You Tax Profits, You Tax People

This is a reminder that the Jeff Scott Show will not air next week due to academic obligations and Homecoming.  We will return on Monday, February 19.  Expect the master global warming blog post this weekend.

Free Speech on Campus?

Edwards Takes Heat Over Lavish Estate
Democrat leaders back Edwards on taxes
Mistrial Called In Lieutenant’s Court-Martial
Sponsor says new Sunday alcohol bills on the way
Vaccines:  Mandate or choice?
Protecting children vs. parenting freely
Iran’s Supreme Leader Lashes Out Against U.S.
Skip the Showers:  Male Sweat Turns Women on, Study Says


Saunders:  S.F. State – Hecklers’ Paradise
Adams:  Morals Week Spreads to 20 College Campuses
Thomas:  A ‘Spartan and Skimpy’ Budget
Lambro:  Budget bloat and blather
Smith:  Cold War contacts
Washington Times:  Not-so-secret ballots
Franc:  End Government Policies That Hamstring Energy Security
Reynolds:  Inequality of What…and When?
Elder:  Global Warming Turns People Gay
Towery:  Twelve Billion Reasons To Not Want To Pay Your Taxes

Media Wrong on Cloture Vote

We do use books that call Jews ‘apes’ admits head of Islamic School
Air America Fire Sale
Pelosi’s push for jet remains up in air
Battle looms over right to unionize
Productivity, Labor Costs Climb in 2006
Many Voices, No Debate, as Senate Is Stifled on War
Federal Law Drains Resources for the Gifted
Good News for Apparel Retailers:  Women Would Give Up Sex for Clothes


Williams:  World poverty
Marr:  Thomas Jefferson’s Koran
Hertel:  State should tap into nuclear recycling
Murdock:  Stick Ethanol in the Museum of Unintended Consequences
Martin:  Seventy-two Virgins

Bush Budget: $2,900,000,000,000

Saudi Court Orders Lashing, Jail for 20 Foreigners for Drinking, Dancing at Mixed Party
U.S. military:  Iraqi lawmaker is U.S. Embassy bomber
Iraq allies dawdle on aid for rebuilding
Israeli Official:  Foreign Sources Arming Hezbollah, Hamas at Alarming Rate
FEMA Wants Over $300M in Katrina Aid Back
Bush submits ‘staggering’ $2.9 trillion budget
Bush Releases Budget Aimed to Erase Deficit
Democrats rip plan to curb Medicare, Medicaid
Bush officials push priorities in budget before Congress
Bernanke:  Protect Workers Against Effects of Free-Trade
Edwards Introduces Plan For Health-Care Coverage
Number of Unwed Births, C-Sections Hit Record Highs
Thousands of New Mollusks, Crustaceans Found in Philippine Waters


Will:  Inconvenient Kyoto Truths
Hanson:  Mexifornia, Five Years Later
Frum:  The Politics of Bulls and Bears
Thomas:  The Race to the Bottom
D’Souza:  9/11 and the Clinton Abdication
Barone:  Turning toward Iran
Washington Times:  The Bush budget plan
Faulkner:  Building a better budget
Rattner:  Fudging the Budget
Prager:  Liberals Don’t Ask “What Happens Next?”
Cain:  Entitlement is a Disease    

No Show Today

Due to continued illness, the Jeff Scott Show will not air today.  However, I am loading up on over-the-counter medication in an attempt to return tomorrow.

No Show Today

Due to illness (and subsequent loss of voice) the Jeff Scott Show will not air today.  We should return on Monday.

Probation for ASU RA Who Refused Indoctrination

Biden Unwraps ’08 Bid With an Oops!
Exxon Mobil Posts Record Annual Profit
ASU penalizes RA after diversity activity protest
Chirac retracts remarks on Iran threat
Democrats Want to Rise With the Middle Class
Bush assails ‘income inequality’
Personal Savings Rate Drops to Worst Level Since Great Depression
Iraq Restricts Air, Land Passages to Syria, Iran
Two Senior Iraqi Generals Eyed in Brazen Attack on U.S. Soldiers
U.S. doctors warn of poisoning from hand gels
New Fear:  Being ‘George Allen-ed’
Sanchez Accuses Democrat of Calling Her a ‘Whore,’ Resigns from Hispanic Group
Al Gore Is a Greenhouse Gasbag



Leo:  Free Inquiry?  Not on Campus
Will:  A Tide for School Choice
Novak:  The Pollster in Exile
Foster:  Where’s the Support?

Global Warming Alarmists Release Bogus Report

California may ban conventional lightbulbs by 2012
Trees take on greenhouse gases at Super Bowl
Advocates of troop surge about-face in Congress
GOP fears war could help Dems for years
Millions in Iraq reconstruction aid wasted, investigators say
Lawsuit accuses black officials of violating whites’ voting rights
GOP, Democrats Clash Over Spending Bill
Democrats Move Leftover Spending Measure
Immigration Application Fees to Rise By 80 Percent
Once a Dream Fuel, Palm Oil May Be an Eco-Nightmare
Venezuela’s Congress Grants Chavez Special Powers to Remake Country
Tie CEO pay to performance, Bush says in State of the Economy speech



Gingrich:  The Threat of a Nuclear Iran
Jeffrey:  Is Iran Winning in Iraq?
Milloy:  Beware the eco-industrial complex
Saunders:  See no dissent, call it science
Sanders:  Of nuts, Chicken Little and global warming
Thomas:  Aquarius sunset
Washington Times:  Missile defense and the Democrats
WSJ:  Executive Camp
Kesler:  After the Thumping
Stossel:  Big, Big Government
Williams:  Property Rights

Political Correctness Strikes Again!

Iranian President’s Setbacks Embolden His Domestic Critics
‘Global war curriculum’ seen in Iran’s schools
ASU student objects to sensitivity exercise
London Prison Changes Direction of Toilets in Respect to Islamic Law
‘Black-Face’ College Party Causes Controversy
Louisiana GOP Blasts Sen. Landrieu For Katrina Terror Remark
GOP Right Sees Lemons in White House Race
Republicans Block Congressional Pay Hike
Kennedy, GOP engage in war of words on tax cuts


Miniter:  Not So Big or Easy
Rubenstein:  Critic Behind the Curtain
Sowell:  A Deep Moral Rot
Prelutsky:  In praise of oil
Gaffney:  Driving While Defeatist
Cain:  Diversity Distraction

Kerry: US a 'pariah'

John Kerry Slams His Own Country At Davos
Protest Focuses on Iraq Troop Increase
Coin Shortage Means a Penny Could Be Worth 5 Cents Soon
A Culinary and Cultural Staple in Crisis
Huckabee Announces Presidential Bid
Iranian Reveals Plan to Expand Role in Iraq
Miami Plans Castro Death Party in Orange Bowl
Perdue to go to Washington to testify on Peach Care funding


Steyn:  Old U.S.S.R. made Old Europe look new
D’Souza:  Giving radical Islam its start
Washington Times:  Tehran’s useful idiots
Fields:  Prophesies of doom
Wisse:  Gliberalism
Hentoff:  Squashing the First Amendment
Greenberg:  The Truth About Clarence Thomas
WSJ:  Very, Very Big Corn
Shirley:  A Conservative Crackup?
Sen. Inhofe:  America Needs a Stable, Diverse and Affordable Energy Supply