Tuesday's links and comments

Thomas Sowell is at his best when he pens his Random Thoughts columns.

As long as states like New Jersey exist, Democratic strategist should have known better than to have a campaign strategy geared around pointing out a Republican "Culture of Corruption." Here is the latest example of how politics are played in the Garden State.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Two Republican state lawmakers have filed a federal ethics complaint against Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez over $300,000 in rent he collected from a nonprofit agency for which he helped secure millions in federal dollars.

So the deal is pay me rent and I'll give you money taken from taxpayers. Wonderful.

Dennis Prager has a column today titled "Just a reminder about who and why we are fighting." Give it a read.

Just when you think news out of Iran can't get any weirder we get this headline:

Ahmadinejad challenges Bush to TV debate

President Bush most likely will ignore this challenge, but I almost thing something good could come of it. No, I don't think a conversation during a debate would convince Ahmadinejad not to be crazy. However, I do think people would get a much clearer picture of him than they got during his softball interview with Mike Wallace.