Publius has had enough, especially after Bill’s latest flim-flam on the Iraq war:
"So scarred they’re scared."
Nice line.
A Nine-Year-Old’s “Hate Crime”
Suspended from school after another kid’s parent puts words into his mouth.
Looking On The Bright Side Watch
The latest research:
"For Alcoholics Who Smoke, Extra Nicotine Shows Memory Benefits"
The Dirty Bomb Cometh
And what we’re doing in Iraq, Afghanistan and Gitmo seems completely irrelevant to it:
A total of 481.4 grams of uranium was found and investigators believe it contained 98.6 per cent uranium-235. Uranium is considered weapons-grade if it contains at least 85 per cent uranium-235.
“A Growing Menace”
David Horowitz unloads on Ron Paul and his supporters. It must be great to have a worldview like David’s that doesn’t have to respond in any way to, you know, actual events or facts.
It Makes You Feel Great Too
High testosterone levels – if they don’t cause you to precipitate an early death doing this kind of thing – actually extend life, a new, large study finds.
The Rape Of Burma
Chilling reports from the trampled country:
"What has happened to all the monks?" Shari Villarosa, charge d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Yangon, was quoted as asking. "It’s frightening. Something has happened. It’s not like they all willingly left town."
The junta has taken over some monasteries for combat training. Arrests continue. As does Western investment. Round-up of recent news here.
Clinton Watch
Self-parody on the Streisand endorsement:
"They polled it. Among Democratic primary voters, even in places like Iowa, they love Barbra."
The Ayatollahs Approve Of This One
Press his paw and he says:
"In the name of Allah, the most Merciful, the most Kind".
Meanwhile, the British teacher who allowed her pupils to name a class teddy bear Muhammed has just been found guilty of "insulting the prophet." But no lashes: just two weeks in jail and deportation. (Not far off what some HIV-positive tourists can legitimately fear if they visit the US.) But don’t criticize Islam or you’ll be tarred as "phobic." So if we don’t blame Sudanese Muslims, who else is responsible? And at what point do the obscene "exceptions" of Islamic fanatics become legitimately seen as the rule?
Libertarianism and the Iraq War
The debate continues. Megan sees complexity:
Libertarians should be inherently more suspicious of the American government’s ability to make things better than other groups–but by the same token, it seems to me that they should be inherently more suspicious of repulsive states such as the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.
Larison rejoinders:
Isn’t the principle of non-aggression supposed to be at the core of libertarianism? Or has that, too, now ceased to be trendy?
This strikes close to home:
The idea that Hussein’s regime plausibly posed a threat to this country was fantastical. The fact that a lot of people shared this fantasy did not make it any more reasonable.
Guilty as charged. I believed Colin Powell. More thoughts here.
