It’s tough being an intellectual, journalist, or even pollster when you live in a place that’s run by a bunch of thugs. Dan Drezner has a round-up of how the Palestinian Authority and its compliant mobs keep free thinking at the end of a gun.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[P]eople should be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to enter into… [Marriage] is regulated by the states. I think different states are likely to come to different conclusions, and that’s appropriate. I don’t think there should necessarily be a federal policy in this area.” – vice president, Dick Cheney, in the 2000 Vice-Presidential debate. A pretty convincing stand against the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment, I’d say.
The Dish 