“Those views reflect the degree to which many residents of Longmont, a fast-growing but still conservative community of 71,000 outside of Boulder, are galvanized over Mr. Walker, the 20-year-old man from Northern California who was captured with 79 other Taliban soldiers last week in Afghanistan.” – New York Times today. Is the Times aware that some of the fastest growing regions in the country are precisely some of the most conservative leaning? Or did it even occur to them?
THE ARGUMENT ABOUT MILITARY TRIBUNALS IS NOW OVER: Jimmy Carter just came out against them. Of course they’re a good idea.