I am a freelance writer and an apprentice editor at The National Interest in Washington, D.C. I blog at http://robertsrationale.blogspot.com. I also write and record my own rock music; you can hear some at www.myspace.com/robertverbruggen.

• Does racism cause infant mortality?, 30 Sep 2007

• Sex news roundup!, 27 Sep 2007

• Fewer Americans identify selves as hunters, 04 Sep 2007

• Michelle Obama: Stop debating Barack’s blackness, 13 Aug 2007

• The truth about the sex decisions study, 01 Aug 2007

• On the Democratic debate, 23 Jul 2007

• Study: Men, women use similar number of words per day, 07 Jul 2007

• eHarmony competitor targets gays, rejected straights, 03 Jul 2007

• Attitudes about heterosexual marriage and the gay marriage debate, 02 Jul 2007

• Dennis Prager: Words, sadistic sexual abuse…same difference, 27 Jun 2007

• ‘Bong Hits’ case: Right ruling, wrong reasoning, 25 Jun 2007

• Strategery suggestions for Ron Paul, 14 Jun 2007

• Today’s immigration idiocies: Steven Landsburg and Linda Chavez, 12 Jun 2007

• On the Republican debate, 05 Jun 2007

• Finally, the facts on the NYPD wedding day shooting, 23 May 2007

• Ron Paul was (a little) right, 16 May 2007

• Fred Thompson vs. Michael Moore, 15 May 2007

• Tommy Thompson shoots self in foot (again), 10 May 2007

• The case for Guam reparations, 08 May 2007

• How the MSM could have saved itself, part II, 07 May 2007

• More analysis of the NBA referee discrimination study, 05 May 2007

• Study: Black and white referees make different calls, 04 May 2007

• Does Rudy even know where he stands on abortion?, 04 May 2007

• Ann Coulter misleads on Obama in debate, 04 May 2007

• Imus sues, 02 May 2007

• Public mall shooting in Missouri, with ‘AK-47′, 29 Apr 2007

• Sony slaughters goat, asks partiers to eat ‘intestines’?, 28 Apr 2007

• A closer look at Hillary Clinton’s accent, 25 Apr 2007

• The Virginia Tech shooting and immigration, 24 Apr 2007

• Background checks do poor job of screening for mental illness, 18 Apr 2007

• Why gun control could not have stopped yesterday’s shooting, 17 Apr 2007

• What a racist army video says about modern German nationalism, 15 Apr 2007

• Review of Dinesh D’Souza’s ‘The Enemy at Home’, 14 Apr 2007

• Barack Obama, rap and the Ludacris meeting, 14 Apr 2007

• Columnist: Not true that 50 percent of marriages end in divorce, 06 Feb 2007

• Panel 90 percent sure global warming is man-made, 02 Feb 2007

• Cancer expert: No evidence second-hand smoke kills, 01 Feb 2007

• Brent Bozell III weighs in on Obama’s past, 31 Jan 2007

• The Duke lacrosse scandal, the media and rape allegations, 31 Jan 2007

• Media converges on past Obama comments, 30 Jan 2007

• Amazon ads promote David Duke, David Irving, 26 Jan 2007

• Serious gun crime up in the UK, 25 Jan 2007

• Suburban Atlanta wants a separate county, 23 Jan 2007

• Soldier insulted by mattress company; employee fired, 23 Jan 2007

• Anti-AIDS group sues Viagra manufacturer, 22 Jan 2007

• MySpace faces lawsuits over child predators, 18 Jan 2007

• Duke faculty refuses to back down from response to lacrosse case, 17 Jan 2007

• WSJ op-ed: Because of IQ, US schools can’t improve, 16 Jan 2007

• Trump bashes Condi, praises Hillary, 15 Jan 2007

• The Duke case and interracial rape, 15 Jan 2007

• New pro-gun control study out, 13 Jan 2007

• Police officer draws gun on student, 12 Jan 2007

• Judge lets Lott-Levitt dispute proceed, 12 Jan 2007

• Pelosi shuts down House smoker’s haven, 11 Jan 2007

• House moves on minimum wage, 10 Jan 2007

• Media: Woman bought Xbox, got dirty socks, 10 Jan 2007

• Maine municipality makes it illegal to smoke in cars with kids present, 09 Jan 2007

• Naked parties common at Ivy League schools, 08 Jan 2007

• Analysts challenge Israel-to-attack-Iran story, 07 Jan 2007

• Israel has plans to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, 06 Jan 2007

• Krauthammer: Saddam hanging a ‘travesty’, 05 Jan 2007

• Parents give child treatments to stunt growth, 04 Jan 2007

• Toyota to develop anti-drunk driving car, 03 Jan 2007

• Pat Robertson: Terrorist attack will come in ’07, 02 Jan 2007

• Teens move from MySpace to no-rules sites, 02 Jan 2007

• Saddam execution: The fallout, 01 Jan 2007

• NRA’s attack brochure leaked, 29 Dec 2006

• Government to videotape Saddam execution, 28 Dec 2006

• NYT: Black nannies won’t work for other blacks, 27 Dec 2006

• Duke lacrosse defender seeks federal intervention, 26 Dec 2006

• UN imposes sanctions on Iran, 23 Dec 2006

• Immigration activists: Arresting illegals is Hitleresque, 22 Dec 2006

• Donald Trump to sue Rosie O’Donnell, 21 Dec 2006

• Study: 9 in 10 Americans have premarital sex, 20 Dec 2006

• Rock acts sue memorabilia seller, 19 Dec 2006

• Newsweek: Iraq’s economy booming, 18 Dec 2006

• NY police kill axe-wielding 62-year-old, 17 Dec 2006

• Professor suggests obesity warnings on clothes, 16 Dec 2006

• Study: Vegetarians have higher IQs, 15 Dec 2006

• Tim Johnson’s health problems may make Senate 50-50, 14 Dec 2006

• Media condescends on Holocaust denial, 13 Dec 2006

• Media condescends on Holocaust denial, 13 Dec 2006

• College students endorse cop killer, 12 Dec 2006

• NYT obtains police report on shooting, 11 Dec 2006

• U.S. leads world in incarceration rates, 10 Dec 2006

• Teacher who starred in porn film might get job back, 10 Dec 2006

• Three dead in Chicago office shooting, 09 Dec 2006

• Bush backs away from Iraq Study Group recommendations, 08 Dec 2006

• Challenge to DC handgun ban still in court system, 07 Dec 2006

• Wiccan plaque for military gravestone issued, 07 Dec 2006

• Iraq Study Group suggests working with Iran, Syria, 07 Dec 2006

• WaPo columnist: GOP is too Southern, 07 Dec 2006

• Some Mayans worried about Apocalypto, 07 Dec 2006

• New details in PlayStation3 police shooting, 06 Dec 2006

• Heather Mac Donald: NYPD shooting not ‘murder’, 06 Dec 2006

• MySpace to kick out sex offenders, 06 Dec 2006

• Dick Morris: President Rodham, not Clinton, 05 Dec 2006

• New York bans trans fats, 05 Dec 2006

• Paltrow: I didn’t say that, 05 Dec 2006

• Lawyers to re-file Borat lawsuit, 05 Dec 2006

• WSJ: Government Internet censorship easy, 05 Dec 2006

• College student killed in PlayStation3 theft-related arrest, 04 Dec 2006

• Oakland gun buyback nets 20 handguns, 04 Dec 2006

• Spencer’s Gifts sells porn-themed ornaments, 04 Dec 2006

• Still more NYPD shooting details, 03 Dec 2006

• Paltrow: I am awesome. Like the Europeans., 03 Dec 2006

• Rumsfeld war plan memo leaked, 03 Dec 2006

• Polonium-210 available online, 02 Dec 2006

• Fragmentary details emerge in NY shooting, 02 Dec 2006

• Oakland offers Guns N’ Roses tickets for guns, 01 Dec 2006

• Michael Richards to meet with hecklers, 01 Dec 2006

• Barack Obama meets with Ludacris, 30 Nov 2006

• Mel Gibson movie has weird marketing plan, 30 Nov 2006

• Mel Gibson movie has weird marketing plan, 30 Nov 2006

• Conservative pundit blames Iraqis for war problems, 29 Nov 2006

• Supreme Court debates global warming, 29 Nov 2006

• Judge: FEMA must continue Katrina assistance, 29 Nov 2006

• U.S. bans exports of some entertainment products to North Korea, 29 Nov 2006

• Michael Richards wills himself Jewish, 29 Nov 2006

• Judge: Make paper money blind-accessible, 28 Nov 2006

• Bloomberg criticizes police shooting, 28 Nov 2006

• Study: Slouching is good for you, 28 Nov 2006

• War on N-word commences; Jesse Jackson spearheads effort, 28 Nov 2006

• War on N-word commences; Jesse Jackson spearheads effort, 28 Nov 2006

• Q magazine picks top 20 pop songs of last 20 years, 27 Nov 2006

• Students sue over textbook prices, 27 Nov 2006

• Supreme Court declines to step in on ‘light’ cigarette case, 27 Nov 2006

• Scientists invent new male birth control pill, 27 Nov 2006

• Rangel: Bright people don’t join the military, 26 Nov 2006

• Sunnis burned alive in Iraq, 24 Nov 2006

• Michael Richards hires PR expert, 23 Nov 2006

• Court ruling holds Internet, print journalists to different standards, 22 Nov 2006

• Fairfax County seeks police station gun ban, 22 Nov 2006

• Conservatives claim anyone could make Richards’s mistake, 21 Nov 2006

• Kanye West: “Mutt” women make good rap video models, 21 Nov 2006

• US government drops ‘hunger’ label, 21 Nov 2006

• Comedian: ‘I kept expecting a punch line’ from Richards, 21 Nov 2006

• Michael Richards: ‘I lost my temper’, 20 Nov 2006

• ‘Cosmo Kramer’ actor uses racial epithet, 20 Nov 2006

• Fox anchors criticize Fox OJ interview, 20 Nov 2006

• Study: Young people in richer countries less happy, 20 Nov 2006

• Rangel to introduce draft legislation, 19 Nov 2006

• Americans buying organs from executed Chinese criminals, 19 Nov 2006

• UK’s Telegraph connects fates of Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, 19 Nov 2006

• Lizard massacre proves ‘Darwin was right’, 19 Nov 2006

• Kissinger: We should get Iraq’s neighbors to help, 19 Nov 2006

• FDA lifts ban on silicone gel breast implants, 18 Nov 2006

• MySpace sued for copyright infringement, 18 Nov 2006

• Judge supports homeowners association’s smoking ban, 17 Nov 2006

• Starbucks sued over hot hot chocolate, 17 Nov 2006

• Study: Conservatives more charitable than liberals, 17 Nov 2006

• Borat actor comes out of character, 17 Nov 2006

• College student gets Tasered, 16 Nov 2006

• Milton Friedman passes away, 16 Nov 2006

• Report: Decline in federal spending increased homelessness, 16 Nov 2006

• Lawyer: Animal necrophilia and bestiality are two different things, 16 Nov 2006

• Supreme Court reinstates death penalty for murderer, 16 Nov 2006

• German doctor held liable for contraceptive failure, must pay child support, 15 Nov 2006

• Asian student files complaint against affirmative action policy, 15 Nov 2006

• San Francisco bans JROTC over ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’, 15 Nov 2006

• Study: Best pornography filter misses 1 in 10 sites, 15 Nov 2006

• Survey: Women less likely to use vaccine if it also protects against STD, 14 Nov 2006

• CBS affiliate: Chicago police manipulating homicide statistics, 14 Nov 2006

• Report: Abortion causes illegal immigration, 14 Nov 2006

• Iran president: We’re near-nuclear, 14 Nov 2006

• Widows sue to get Wiccan symbols on military husbands’ gravestones, 13 Nov 2006

• Hillary Clinton: Health care coming back as an issue, 13 Nov 2006

• Violence continues in Afghanistan, 13 Nov 2006

• Newsweek analyzes Rove’s election predictions, 13 Nov 2006

• Expert supports LAPD in brutality allegations, 12 Nov 2006

• AP: Gates’s role in Iran-Contra scrutinized, 12 Nov 2006

• Mouth-shaped urinals sold on eBay, 12 Nov 2006

• Village residents to sue Borat, 11 Nov 2006

• YouTube video shows LAPD ‘brutality’, 11 Nov 2006

• NRA’s Allen endorsement blows up in organization’s face, 10 Nov 2006

• Space shuttle may have Y2K-style bug, 10 Nov 2006

• Landscaper refuses to work for homosexual couple, 09 Nov 2006

• Telephone polls were more accurate than exit polls, 09 Nov 2006

• UN: Norway the best country to live in, 09 Nov 2006

• Proportion of Jews in legislature rises, 09 Nov 2006

• Bush, Pelosi to meet, 09 Nov 2006

• AP: Ballot initiatives bolstered…liberalism, 09 Nov 2006

• Judge blocks anti-sex offender law in California, 08 Nov 2006

• Regional differences in Virginia weren’t that severe, 08 Nov 2006

• Britney filed for divorce on date crucial to prenup, 08 Nov 2006

• FCC: Profanity OK in news shows, 08 Nov 2006

• N.C. high school soccer game had Hitler playing on the PA, 07 Nov 2006

• Poll: Americans favor comprehensive sex ed, 07 Nov 2006

• Rove: Republicans will hold both houses, 07 Nov 2006

• Rumor: John Paul Stevens in poor health, 06 Nov 2006

• Study: All school buses should have seat belts, 06 Nov 2006

• Study: UK teens worst behaved in Europe, 06 Nov 2006

• The American Conservative magazine opposes Bush, 06 Nov 2006

• Study: Political opinions might be genetic, 05 Nov 2006

• MIT poll: Climate change top environmental concern, 05 Nov 2006

• Haggard: I’m guilty of sexual immorality, 05 Nov 2006

• Barack Obama glad Republicans ‘discovered black people’, 04 Nov 2006

• Richard Perle now opposes Iraq war, 04 Nov 2006

• Evangelical support for Republicans waning, 03 Nov 2006

• Some rapists use dating sites, 03 Nov 2006

• Evangelical allegedly gay, used escort, 03 Nov 2006

• Harris campaign spends almost $1,000 on Starbucks, 03 Nov 2006

• Government put nuclear secrets on the Internet, 02 Nov 2006

• Terrorist leaders urge people to vote Democrat, 02 Nov 2006

• WSJ piece: Gay marriage strengthens straight marriage, 02 Nov 2006

• Women sue over side effects of birth control patch, 02 Nov 2006

• Father guilty in female circumcision case, 01 Nov 2006

• Government encourages abstinence for singles in teens, 20s, 01 Nov 2006

• AP story: ‘No firm link’ between promiscuity, STDs, 01 Nov 2006

• Kerry: People who don’t study hard get ‘stuck in Iraq’, 31 Oct 2006

• Study: Pornography reduces rape, 31 Oct 2006

• Study finds campaign coverage favors Democrats, 31 Oct 2006

• Physicist ‘disproves’ existence of ghosts, 30 Oct 2006

• TV station owner declares no more global warming stories, 30 Oct 2006

• MySpace on the way out, some teens say, 30 Oct 2006

• Webb defends against Allen allegations, 29 Oct 2006

• NBC, CW decline ads for Dixie Chicks documentary, 27 Oct 2006

• South Park’s Steve Irwin gag criticized, 27 Oct 2006

• Movie depicts Jesus as black, racism possible reason for crucifixion, 27 Oct 2006

• Michael J. Fox admits he was over-medicated, 26 Oct 2006

• George Allen lashes out at Webb’s fictional portrayal of women, 26 Oct 2006

• Bush signs border fencing bill, 26 Oct 2006

• Florida school locked down after shooting; MSNBC gives 10 ‘myths’ about shooters, 26 Oct 2006

• Activists use Google-bombing to hurt Republicans, 26 Oct 2006

• Stores refuse to stock new Ice-T record, 25 Oct 2006

• Study: Invisible erotic images still command attention, 25 Oct 2006

• Harold Ford Jr. cops to attending Playboy party, 25 Oct 2006

• Rush Limbaugh produces evidence Michael J. Fox exaggerates illness, 25 Oct 2006

• Rush Limbaugh accuses Michael J. Fox of exaggerating Parkinson’s, 24 Oct 2006

• Study: Cell phones lower sperm count, 24 Oct 2006

• Republican denies insulting Hillary’s appearance, 24 Oct 2006

• Iraqis to control security in 12 to 18 months, 24 Oct 2006

• Reuters claims recent killings ‘re-ignited’ the gun control debate, 23 Oct 2006

• Six states to consider “pay or waive” laws, 23 Oct 2006

• Democrat called phone sex line by accident, taxpayers out $1.25, 23 Oct 2006

• Austrian business owner to remove offensive urinals, 23 Oct 2006

• Sex offender sentenced to Canada, 22 Oct 2006

• Melissa Etheridge’s partner has twins, 22 Oct 2006

• Barack Obama might run for president, 22 Oct 2006

• Hillary Clinton, John Edwards’ wife foreshadow President 2008 campaign sniping, 22 Oct 2006

• Expert: Earth has lots of oil, 21 Oct 2006

• Barron’s magazine: Republicans will keep both houses of Congress, 21 Oct 2006

• Study: Expectations affect male-female math gap, 21 Oct 2006

• O.J. Simpson writes book about murdering Nicole, Ron, 20 Oct 2006

• North Korean leader ‘apologizes’ for nuclear test, 20 Oct 2006

• YouTube pulls videos for copyright, 20 Oct 2006

• Brookings Institution weighs in on link between self-esteem, school performance, 19 Oct 2006

• Government arrests 125 for child porn, 19 Oct 2006

• Sting releases album of lute music, blasts modern rock, 19 Oct 2006

• NBC cuts 700 jobs, 19 Oct 2006

• Prominent conservative pundit links Hillary Clinton, fascism, 18 Oct 2006

• Gingrich to return to national spotlight?, 18 Oct 2006

• Chris Rock’s mother alleges discrimination, 18 Oct 2006

• FBI asks Internet providers to retain records for possible investigations, 18 Oct 2006

• Father of boy Madonna is adopting blasts media, 18 Oct 2006

• MSNBC releases privacy poll, 17 Oct 2006

• Wal-Mart to buy retail stores in China, 17 Oct 2006

• Music industry sues 8,000 alleged intellectual property pirates, 17 Oct 2006

• Wikipedia founder to launch rival site, 17 Oct 2006

• Tony Blair opposes Muslim veils, 17 Oct 2006

• Americans getting ‘asylum’ under British welfare laws, 16 Oct 2006

• Flip-flops on men going out of style, 16 Oct 2006

• George Will describes rooting against the Yankees as ‘the unlovely underside of the democratic ethos’, 16 Oct 2006

• Iraq Body Count site disputes high estimate of Iraqi dead, 16 Oct 2006

• Scalia makes public arguments about abortion, race in education, 15 Oct 2006

• Fox fires baseball commentator for ‘racially insensitive’ remarks, 15 Oct 2006

• Time magazine suggests Barack Obama could be next president, 15 Oct 2006

• Far-right opinion Web site to fight censorship-by-software, 14 Oct 2006

• Father of child Madonna is adopting comes forward, 14 Oct 2006

• Only openly gay Republican congressman under scrutiny, 14 Oct 2006

• ‘Child rights’ group sues to keep child in Africa, 14 Oct 2006

• Air America files bankruptcy, 13 Oct 2006

• YouTube to deal with copyright issues, 13 Oct 2006

• Poll: Christians breaking with Republican Party, 13 Oct 2006

• Bush imposes sanctions on Iran, 13 Oct 2006

• Study: Number of same-sex couples grew 30 percent between 2000 and 2005, 12 Oct 2006

• British courts liberalize libel law, 12 Oct 2006

• Chicago to step up camera surveillance, 12 Oct 2006

• Aid organizations blast Madonna for taking child out of Africa, 12 Oct 2006

• Homosexual in critical condition after four men lured, tried to rob him, 11 Oct 2006

• Japan tries economic sanctions against North Korea, 11 Oct 2006

• Defamation suit brings $11.3 million verdict, 11 Oct 2006

• Paper says America headed toward overpopulation, 11 Oct 2006

• New details on Missouri shooting released, 10 Oct 2006

• Ted Turner comes out against American flag backdrops, says he’s not sure what side he’s on in War on Terror, 10 Oct 2006

• Bush holds school shooting conference, 10 Oct 2006

• Washington Post debates euphemism ‘the N word’, 10 Oct 2006

• Polls indicate a widening Democrat lead for upcoming elections, 09 Oct 2006

• Missouri student enters middle school with gun, fires shot, 09 Oct 2006

• Kerry’s inner circle predicts second presidential run, 09 Oct 2006

• NYT shocked that evangelicals will still vote Republican, 09 Oct 2006

• New Orleans sees boom in prostitution, 08 Oct 2006

• Fox News identifies Laura Ingraham as “Dr. Laura”, 08 Oct 2006

• Illegal immigrants sue Wendy’s for firing them, 08 Oct 2006

• Venezuelans march against Chavez, 08 Oct 2006

• Amish community mourns…gunman?, 07 Oct 2006

• Bush gives speech on school violence, 07 Oct 2006

• South Korean soldiers fire toward North Koreans, 07 Oct 2006

• Castro may have cancer, 07 Oct 2006

• Slayer record pulled from shelves in India, 06 Oct 2006

• Wisconsin lawmaker suggests letting teachers carry guns, 06 Oct 2006

• Staff at government agency surfs Web for porn, gambling, 06 Oct 2006

• British House of Commons head suggests Muslims not wear veils, 06 Oct 2006

• Bill Clinton tries to keep junk snacks out of schools, 06 Oct 2006

• Ms. magazine lists 5,000 women who’ve had abortions, 05 Oct 2006

• Urban schools more protected than rural ones, CNN reports, 05 Oct 2006

• New study on prisoner sex abuse released, 05 Oct 2006

• Congressman still looking for WMD, 05 Oct 2006

• Mob of Columbia students disrupts speech, 05 Oct 2006

• Harvard committee suggests requiring religion courses, 04 Oct 2006

• Georgia woman vs. Harry Potter, 04 Oct 2006

• Entertainment media affects school performance, study finds, 04 Oct 2006

• CNN advertises for Foley victims, 04 Oct 2006

• Google may release instant fact-checking technology, 04 Oct 2006

• Military using MySpace as a recruitment tool, 04 Oct 2006

• About 40 percent of EU residents don’t practice safe sex, 04 Oct 2006

• Media knew of Foley allegations, didn’t publish, 04 Oct 2006

• Study finds men write for magazines more than women do, 04 Oct 2006

• MySpace user posts obscene descriptions of high school students, 04 Oct 2006

• Congress passes law banning firearm confiscation, 04 Oct 2006

• Science journals go online, 04 Oct 2006

• Supreme Court to consider abortion case, 04 Oct 2006

• Even more school violence, 04 Oct 2006

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