The Dish

Ted Haggard explains why the born-again have better sex lives. Does he include those who pay for male prostitutes and crystal meth?

Did Richard Perle just tell the Israelis that the president is preparing to attack?

(Hat tip: TPM.)

Glenn Reynolds unpacks his position on "Plus Up." His main point is that the number of troops is less important than what we do with them; and he is "disappointed" in the Bush administration’s strategy so far in this respect.

Virginia Postrel notices an alliance between Lou Sheldon and Dinesh D’Souza. Can’t say I’m surprised. When some have used the word "ayatollah" to describe figures on the Christianist right, they’ve been criticized for hyperbole. In fact, they were just too ahead of their time. Soon, the Christianists will be recruiting ayatollahs to give them back-up in their war on Western freedom.

Norm Geras sees some hopeful signs.

A reader writes:

So torturing prisoners makes us evil. Fair enough. How much do you want to bet this guy also believes it was wrong to call Iran, Saddam’s Iraq and North Korea an "axis of evil"?

The people I know who are so eager to accuse us of being evil will castigate anyone who uses the word to describe Saddam, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Ahmedinejad, Assad, Sadr or any of the other thugs and fascists we are in conflict with.

Somehow, among the left, calling us evil is a mark of moral sensitivity while calling Hezbollah evil is a mark of insensitivity and simplemindedness. Self-criticism is fine, but I have seen far too much sanctimonious posturing and moral blindness to take it very seriously.

On this blog, the word evil does apply to al Qaeda, Saddam, Hezbollah and North Korea. It also applies to torture. Whoever does it.

The pro-life forces are gunning for the Massachusetts governor. Check out the material being distributed at the March for life in Washington today.

A YouTube on the man Alberto Gonzales won’t discuss: Maher Arar, deported by the US for torture in Syria.

Art Buchwald talks about his own death.