Chinese lion and dragon dances, fireworks, and street vendors selling paper parasols, lanterns, and balloons for the Year of the Rat. None of these things would be unusual rituals for traditional Chinese New Year celebrations throughout Asia, but yesterday I was thousands of miles away in London's Trafalgar Square.
The British newspaper The Independent reports that "Up to 17,000 women in Britain are being subjected to "honour" related violence, including murder, every year…The Association of Chief Police Officers …warns that the number of girls falling victim to forced marriages, kidnappings, sexual assaults, beatings and even murder by relatives intent on upholding the "honour" of their family is up to 35 times higher than official figures suggest."
"The U.S. military is seriously deficient in meeting "the threat of Islamist insurgencies," That's the opening line of the top story on CNN's website on Monday night.
On Sunday, hundreds of Israelis from the town of Sderot blocked the main road into Jerusalem. They demanded that the government protect them after forty rockets slammed into their town over the weekend. They were particularly upset because two brothers, 19 and 8 year old Rami and Osher Twito were hit during one of the attacks. Eight year old Osher lost one leg in the explosion and doctors are fighting for the other.
Harambee is the official motto of Kenya in Kiswahili. It means "let us all pull together."
My good friend and political partner in crime Robin Mazyck just returned from a Mike Huckabee event in Virginia Beach, Va., and reports that Huckabee told the crowd that Paul Weyrich is endorsing him.
If John McCain becomes President, will he deliver an Antonin Scalia or a David Souter to the Supreme Court? The Federalist Society crowd is taking comfort in this statement McCain sent them recently:
I've been communicating with top GOP strategist Ralph Reed this morning and I want to share with you some comments he gave me regarding John McCain. I should point out that Reed says he will support John McCain if he becomes the nominee.
Score one for John McCain. Evangelical leader Gary Bauer is supporting John McCain. Read Bauer's statement below:
So Hillary Clinton has a new campaign manager. Patti Solis Doyle is out. Maggie Williams is in. Read Doyle's outgoing memo to staff below and then we'll discuss: