Rabe Ramblings

Morbid obesity saves lives!

I saw the highly praised, Clint Eastwood-directed "Mystic River" this weekend. It's dark. I believe that Sean Penn will ...

According to observers on both sides of the issue, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore will likely be removed from office on Wedn...

What a Kroc The late Joan Kroc, widow of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, has left a record $200 million of her estate to...the governm...

Don't get me wrong--the more inept Terry McAuliffe is, the better it is for me and the country. But still, from an outsider's persp...

I watched a tape yesterday of ABC's "Da Vinci Code" special, and I have to say, I was suprised at how thin it was. Under Pete...

Of course, Sandra Day O'Connor is not the first U.S Supreme Court Justice to moronically and dangerously herald a deference to internati...

I somehow missed it the other day, but this is an absolutely mind-boggling story from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. According to the...

The United States Supreme Court has rejected Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's appeals in the Ten Commandments case. Thus, the rulin...

When I was at lunch today, Walter Williams (filling in for Rush Limbaugh) said something wonderful. He was discussing governmental redi...

CNBC has hired Dennis Miller to do a nightly political talk show , beginning in January. That's good news. Miller can be needlessly ...

This is my favorite story of the day. This week's edition of TIME magazine features an article about recent controversies in the Pent...

I haven't sent a bouquet Ann Coulter's way in a while, but today she's earned it . Always bombastic and usually entertaining,...

I'm still trying to figure out this recent column from Michael Mayo in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Roy Moore, the Chief Justice ...

This won't mean much to non-St. Louisans, but I received the sad news this morning of the untimely death of County Executive Buzz Westf...

For the first time ever, I had jury duty yesterday. Since the circuit court is, of course, a branch of the government, the day went just li...

Embarrassed to be an American: The United States has lost the international Rock, Paper, Scissors Championships--to a bunch of lousy Ca...

For what it's worth, I've discovered that an interview I conducted last month with Dr. Peter Lillback is being used as this week...

I see that an attempt was made on Paul Wolfowitz's life over the weekend in Baghdad. What I want to know is: where were the paleoconse...

As much as I enjoyed seeing the Florida Marlins win the World Series Saturday night, I enjoyed seeing the Yankees lose even more. The Yanke...