Sammenhold
by Thanks, Michelle. Update Per CNN, newspapers in Denmark, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands have reprinted this and other Mohammed cartoons today. Berlingske Tidende, was one …
Month: February 2008
Senate Votes for Telecom Amnesty
Glen Greenwald writes: The Senate today — led by Jay Rockefeller, enabled by Harry Reid, and with the active support of at least 12 (and …
Deciding to Die
From the NY Times: Modern medicine can keep people alive into their 9th and 10th decades, when in years past they would have succumbed to …
Obama at Risk?
Doris Lessing, the winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature, made what I consider an ill-advised statement today: If Barack Obama becomes the next …
Toledo Mayor Boots Marines
Here’s more evidence that democracy can yield piss-poor leaders. Happily, the process is self-correcting. Carty Finkbeiner, the mayor of Toledo, Ohio – you know, that …
A Feminist’s Regrets
Lori Gottlieb has written what can only be described as a soul-baring essay about her regrets over never having married. Highly recommended reading, though many …
The Myth of Biofuels
Two new studies clearly identify the major problem with biofuels, which is that they do more harm than good. Elizabeth Rosenthal wrote the following in …
Saudi Thought Police Bust Mom in Starbucks
The 7th century geniuses who brought us jihad are still hard at work, this time making the world safe for male Muslim coffee drinkers: A …
Sharia "Inevitable" in Britain
Hot on the heels of Britain’s Department for Work and Pensions allowing extra benefits for polygamists comes this pronouncement from the Archbishop of Canterbury: Dr …
No Stimulus From Senate
Senate Republicans held together, mostly, to stop the Democrats’ stimulus package from passing, according to the NY Times: The measure was opposed by Republican leaders …