A RESOLUTION TO THE CALABRESI BUSH-MUSSOLINI-HITLER AFFAIR: Seems about right to me.

Earlier posts here, here, and here.

MORE CAMPUS PHOTOBLOGGING from Ann Althouse. Meanwhile, Rick Lee is coffee-photoblogging from a Charleston coffee shop where the wi-fi was homebrewed — by Rick.

DON’T MISS THIS WEEK’S BLOG MELA, a selection of posts from the large and interesting Indian blogosphere.

AS I SAY, I haven’t been following the Tom Delay scandals. But Michelle Cottle writes in The New Republic that the latest story is much ado about nothing.

FIRST BLOGGER IN THE WHITE HOUSE? Eric Pfeiffer says it was him. Except for Rex Hammock.

JOANNE JACOBS has sent the manuscript for her book off to the publisher.

So will this produce more blogging? Or less?

SOME FIRST-RATE FRIDAY CATBLOGGING from Sissy Willis.

GOOD NEWS: Red-light cameras are dead in Virginia. They’ve also been voted down by wide margins in the New Hampshire and Indiana legislatures.

IT’S A HATEWATCH ROUNDUP over at Winds of Change.

TERM LIMITS FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES: I remain skeptical.

MY TASTE IN MUSIC is not all that close to Moby’s. Interestingly, except for the Kraftwerk, the main overlap is . . . Moby. Though I tend to listen to his work as Voodoo Child, which isn’t listed, more than his other albums.

THAT’S GOTTA HURT: Steve Sturm is comparing Tom Delay to Bill Clinton.

HEH.

IN RESPONSE TO WEDNESDAY’S DUSTUP about their Bellesiles coverage, the Chronicle of Higher Education sent me this link to a collection of their coverage so that people can decide for themselves.

FEW THINGS WOULD MAKE ME LESS ANXIOUS TO OPEN AN EMAIL than the subject heading “Another Terry Schiavo Case!” But if the facts recounted here are accurate, this Georgia case involves a non-comatose, non-vegetative woman being denied care in express contravention to her living will, which means that it’s not really another Terri Schiavo case at all. I hope it will get sufficient attention to get to the bottom of this.

UPDATE: Megan McArdle has more thoughts, but there’s some skepticism in her comments. We’ll see.

JIM DUNNIGAN REPORTS that Al Qaeda is now under siege at home.

UPDATE: Donald Sensing: “I was about to write that the Iraqi insurgents are fighting Pyrrhic battles, but then I remembered – Pyrrhus won the battles that ruined him. The insurgents are being destroyed and ruined in defeat.”

THOUGHTS ON GOING GREEN, over at GlennReynolds.com.

And here are some related thoughts from Rand Simberg.

UPDATE: More on hybrid cars, and inflated mileage claims therefor, here. That’s disappointing. Next they’ll tell me that robot lawn mowers don’t live up to the hype! Meanwhile, my former student Melissa Ashburn emails:

We recently purchased a turbo diesel jetta (TDI), slightly used, for about 1/2 the price of the hybrids, and we are getting better gas mileage than most hybrids. We average 50 mpg on the highway, and 38 in city. Plus, the new diesels are completely different than the old diesel engines – they are much cleaner and quieter. The turbo action really gives it pick up and quick responsiveness as well, unlike the old diesel engines which hesitate and seem to bog down when you try to accelerate quickly. We are extremely pleased with this Jetta and highly recommend that you check it out before buying a hybrid.

We test-drove one of those when the Insta-Wife was car-shopping several years ago, and I was quite impressed.

AUSTIN BAY is interviewed by Norm Geras.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL writes that Sandy Berger is more of a clown than a conspirator:

The confusion seems to stem from the mistaken idea that there were handwritten notes by various Clinton Administration officials in the margins of these documents, which Mr. Berger may have been able to destroy. But that’s simply an “urban myth,” prosecutor Hillman tells us, based on a leak last July that was “so inaccurate as to be laughable.” In fact, the five iterations of the anti-terror “after-action” report at issue in the case were printed out from a hard drive at the Archives and have no notations at all.

This raises the possibility that Berger’s latest story — that he accidentally removed them and was afraid to try to return them — might actually be true. That scenario is less culpable, and certainly consistent with the bumbling record that Berger compiled on antiterrorism while in office. I think, however, that even on these facts if Berger had been, say, a Chief Warrant Officer, he would have received considerably harsher treatment.

OR MAYBE GM SHOULD just buy blogads!

HEY, MAYBE THEY WILL shrink the government:

The Transportation Security Administration, once the flagship agency in the nation’s $20 billion effort to protect air travelers, is now slated for dismantling.

The TSA has been plagued by operational missteps, public relations blunders and criticism of its performance from both the public and legislators. Its “No Fly” list has mistakenly snared senators. Its security screeners have been arrested for stealing from luggage, and its passenger pat-downs have set off an outcry from women.

Well, it’s a start, anyway.

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT, from a historical perspective.

IS THE NEW YORK TIMES yielding to censorship?

LET FACTION COUNTER FACTION:

President Bush’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration is being blocked from Senate confirmation by two Democrats who said Wednesday that they would hold up a vote until the agency settled the long-delayed question of whether an emergency contraceptive could be sold over the counter.

I don’t think the FDA should politicize this issue; I think its decision should be based entirely on safety. Of course, as Kerry Howley notes, you don’t have to worry about pharmacists exercising “ethical vetoes” if you make it over-the-counter.

MORE MOWER-BLOGGING: I’ve gotten a lot of email on the subject of lawn mowers, but this one from Reid (no relation) Reynolds is especially interesting:

I tried one of those mowers. I should have warned you. They’re OK for touch ups in places you missed but, they’re pretty lousy overall. My lawn always looked like a kid who got hold of the scissors and cut their own hair.

If you want a quiet, environmentally conscious mower of the 21st century, this is the thing to get. I love mine and, I’ll never go back.

Mind you , mine’s the RL800 and was about half the price. Here’s the 850.

I’m not sure what the difference is that justifies several hundred bucks. One caveat: it cuts within an electronic fence you set up, which is fairly hard work. And, it cuts somewhat randomly so that, halfway through, your yard looks like the same kid with the scissors. But, it’s lightweight so it doesn’t leave tracks and, when it’s done, your yard looks smooth and beautiful. It takes a long time to finish because it goes over a lot of ground twice or thrice but, that’s time you’re not out there doing it yourself. It’s wonderful to be able to do other chores or go out and enjoy yourself and come back to a well mowed lawn. And, the neighbors sure do gawk and, it drives the dogs they are walking wild. They sit there barking at it and, it just ambles on its way, paying them no mind (which it doesn’t have, of course).

I love the idea, but after my unsatisfactory experience with the Roomba I’m skeptical. And I wonder how it would handle a slope. It’s also a bit pricey for my mowing budget. Still, if I can’t have a flying car, it does seem that I should at least have a robot to mow my lawn. This is the 21st century, after all.

UPDATE: Hey, here’s a whole list of robot servants! None look like Rosie, though.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Yeah, upsize these things to SUV-level, please.

MORE: A reader emails:

Some guy down the street from us has a robomower and it seems to work for him. His yard is fairly level, but slopes down at the sidewalk. It’s quiet and slow, but he does other things while it’s mowing.

It does seem like it would be easy to walk off with it, though…

Perhaps we need the self-defending Bolo Robomower!

STILL MORE: Another reader emails:

You might be interested in some of the lawn mowers’ military cousins — and one armed version.

Next thing, we are going to see the Terminator out there!

As I’ve said before — Bolos, please. No Terminators.