Wonderful:

Nearly a third of the nation’s traffic deaths happened in states such as Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Kentucky, Florida and Tennessee. About 64 percent of those accidents happened on rural roads from 1996 to 2000.

Glad I don’t do that much driving on “rural” roads.
This isn’t much of a surprise:

Most of the accidents involved late-night drivers who were either tired or drunk. The accidents happened mainly on weekends and involved young males between 16 and 25.
The study also found that drivers rarely wore seatbelts or in some cases, such as for pickup drivers in Georgia, were exempt from wearing seatbelts.

Georgia pickup drivers are exempt from wearing seatbelts? Why? I’m doubting they’re any less accident prone than automobile drivers. That makes almost as much sense as motorcycle riders not wearing helmets.

We all have our niche causes, but in the grand scheme of things this really does seem like a trivial matter.
I’m growing weary of people who try to portray Christians as a persecuted American minority because some people object to having prayers, or ten commandments, or religious-based phrases dominating every conceivable public forum.
I dare say that some of these people would make a greater mark for Christianity if they pursued causes of social justice rather than monitoring the holiday dialogue of sales clerks at the local department store.

Another Alabama judge strikes:

A judge refused to delay a trial Tuesday when an attorney objected to his wearing a judicial robe with the Ten Commandments embroidered on the front in gold.
Circuit Judge Ashley McKathan showed up Monday at his Covington County courtroom in southern Alabama wearing the robe. Attorneys who try cases at the courthouse said they had not seen him wearing it before. The commandments were described as being big enough to read by anyone near the judge.
. . .
McKathan told The Associated Press that he believes the Ten Commandments represent the truth “and you can’t divorce the law from the truth. . . . The Ten Commandments can help a judge know the difference between right and wrong.”

Yes, I can see it now: “Hold on, counsel–let me check my robe before I make this evidentiary ruling.”
I think Judge McKathan is in the wrong line of work if he needs special clothing to remind him of the difference between right and wrong.

Retiring U.S. Senator Zell Miller is joining Fox News as a contributor.
I’d pay to see Miller and Bill O’Reilly duel.

This Kerik nomination gone bust would be really funny, except that it reminds us of the incompetents running the executive branch. Many in the media have been pointing out Kerik’s, uh, problems. But here’s an angle on the nomination that hasn’t undergone much scrutiny:

[Michael] ISIKOFF: And my colleague Mark Hosenball uncovered that arrest warrant sitting at his computer working for a few minutes. But one question on the loyalty issue. It’s certainly true that Kerik and Rudy Giuliani worked together when Rudy was mayor and Kerik was the police commissioner and that they’re close personal friends. But it’s also worth remembering that they’re also business partners, have been business partners for the last few years. And that–you know, that’s a factor in considering why Giuliani pushed so hard to get Kerik the job.
MATTHEWS: You mean having him on the inside might have meant some contracts flowing in his direction?
ISIKOFF: Well, we certainly do know enough about Giuliani & Associates to know that they make their business in the security world and offering security assessments and security advice to governments and private contractors.
So I’m sure, if you’re in that line of work, having your business partner as the secretary of homeland security is not unhelpful.

Heh. “Not unhelpful.” That’s quite the understatement. The financial fallout also explains why Senators Schumer and Clinton hopped aboard the Kerik wagon; they saw money in it for New York.