The movie “300” just came out on DVD and we watched it over the weekend. It was good. It definitely lived up to the hype I had been hearing about it. The way the battle was was depicted seemed very mythological to me though. Seeing these men defend their country with honor, courage, resolve and…

They might release them on Monday: Two ailing South Korean hostages held by the Taliban are to be freed by Monday morning, the governor of the Afghan province where they were abducted said on Sunday. “The Taliban are releasing two sick female hostages as a gesture of good faith. They’ll be here by tomorrow morning…

Only if he’s able to translate his second place status into successful fund raising: Mike Huckabee said Sunday he’s vaulted into the top tier of Republican presidential hopefuls with his second-place finish in the Iowa Straw Poll. The former Arkansas governor grabbed 18 percent of the 14,000 non-binding votes cast Saturday, well behind first-place finisher…

Of corruption that is: Republicans returning to the House floor on Friday morning Aug. 3 after their walkout the night before were surprised to find as presiding officer the Democrat they call “King Corruption”: Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, master of earmarks and backroom deals. Rep. Ed Pastor, a 64-year-old eight-term Democrat from Phoenix, Ariz.,…

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