VITAL PERSPECTIVE has posted photos from the Danish Embassy march today. There are quite a few, but I thought that this one was the most emblematic.

We’re promised video later; I’ll let you know.

I hope that this event gets the attention it deserves; it would be a poor reflection on the press if the only way to get press coverage at an embassy involved setting fire to it.

We’ll see how that turns out.

UPDATE: Reader Brendan Murphy sends some more photographs. Still no video on Vital Perspectives, but I’ll post a note when they get it up.

THIS MILBLOG CONFERENCE LOOKS GOOD:

The 2006 Milblog Conference will take place in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, April 22, 2006. The conference is designed to bring milbloggers together for one full day of interesting discussion on topics associated with milblogging. We will explore the history of milblogs, as well as what the future may hold for this medium which the military community is using to tell their stories.

Austin Bay will emcee, and Andi of Andi’s World is the organizer.

LARRY SUMMERS: Faculty hated him, but students love him:

If Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers was worried about how the undergraduates would greet him Wednesday night at his first scheduled event since announcing his resignation, those fears quickly were put to rest.

He got a standing ovation after he walked in. He got a standing ovation before he left. A row of students with red letters painted on their chests spelled out “Larry.” . . .

The show of student loyalty has come as a surprise to many faculty members and administrators at Harvard, who grew to loathe Summers during a five-year tenure that brought a raw blast of politics to the 370-year-old institution.

It’s not surprising. Students have a much longer-term interest in Harvard’s reputational capital than do faculty. Thus they have more reason to support someone who wants to fix the place. But then there’s also this take:

“The Harvard student body looks more like America than the Harvard faculty,” he said. “That’s what’s happened.”

Obviously, Harvard needs to diversify its faculty.

ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS INFESTED with moles for the homeschooling movement? Sometimes it seems like it.

IN THE MAIL: Charles Jones’ Boys of ’67: From Vietnam to Iraq, the Extraordinary Story of a Few Good Men. I’ve got a couple of colleagues who served in the Marines during that period. Maybe I’ll ask one to do a review.

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG has a roundup on the attempted attack on Saudi oil facilities today.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON is back from Iraq with a report: “It is an odd war, because the side that I think is losing garners all the press, whether by blowing up the great golden dome of the Askariya shrine in Samarra, or blowing up an American each day. Yet we hear nothing of the other side that is ever so slowly, shrewdly undermining the enemy.”

A METHODIST Army of Davids?

NOBODY’S PERFECT: H&R Block gets its own taxes wrong.

DANISH EMBASSY REMINDER:

Please be outside the Embassy of Denmark, 3200 Whitehaven Street (off Massachusetts Avenue) between noon and 1 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 24. Quietness and calm are the necessities, plus cheerful conversation. Danish flags are good, or posters reading “Stand By Denmark” and any variation on this theme (such as “Buy Carlsberg/ Havarti/ Lego”) The response has been astonishing and I know that the Danes are appreciative. But they are an embassy and thus do not of course endorse or comment on any demonstration. Let us hope, however, to set a precedent for other cities and countries. Please pass on this message to friends and colleagues.

That’s from Christopher Hitchens. He’ll be there. If you’re in the DC area, consider joining him. And if you take pictures, send me some!

UPDATE: Reader Douglas Bass emails that there will be a similar demonstration in front of the Danish consulate in Minneapolis.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Via Lee Harris, another way to show support.

FIGHTING CANCER with exploding nanotubes.

It’s another triumph for an inanimate carbon rod!

GOOGLE, CISCO, YAHOO! MICROSOFT and Chinese Internet censorship: A video interview with Tom Lantos over at P.J. Media’s China Syndrome blog.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA VS. THE BLOGS: A close shave.

FREE SERVERS for bloggers.

MORE COUP RUMORS in the Philippines.

PATRIOT ACT MISSION CREEP:

If you thought al Qaeda or Iraqi insurgents were the major threats facing America, Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) says you’re wrong. According to Dent, “The growing availability of methamphetamine is a form of terrorism unto itself.” Many of Dent’s colleagues apparently agree, so they’ve attached surveillance, “smuggling”, and “money laundering” provisions to the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act. . . .

Ironically, some Democrats who objected to National Security Agency wiretaps in December actually championed provisions that step on privacy in the name of stopping meth. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, (D-Calif.), who voted for a filibuster after the revelation of the National Security Agency’s domestic spying program in December, co-sponsored the CMA and helped insert it into the PATRIOT Act conference report after failed attempts to pass it through other legislation. The new provisions were stalled with the filibuster and temporary PATRIOT extensions, but now appear to be poised for passage with the compromise bill.

Sigh. Well I told you so, a long time ago.

PUBLIUS looks at the politics of the Iraqi mosque bombings.

U.S. CARTOONISTS strike back.

STRATEGYPAGE: “Signs That the United States is About to Bomb Iran.”

CIVIL WAR IN IRAQ IN THE MUSLIM WORLD? Shia riots spread beyond Iraq. The Zarqawi strategy seems to be backfiring.

UPDATE: More here: “The one bright side of all this is that more Sunni Arab leaders will lose their illusions about Sunni Arab power, and move more vigorously in making peace with the government.”

MICHELLE MALKIN IS back at her own blog.

PATRICK FITZGERALD, unconstitutional?

MICKEY KAUS: “The New Road to Riches: Public radio!”

ADVICE FOR TECH ENTREPRENEURS from Michael Malone:

The Blogosphere is the biggest business opportunity out there. Just imagine: an estimated 20 million-plus blogs, and not one has yet figured out how to effectively monetize its product. A shakeout is coming. The blogs that succeed will be the ones that figure out how to generate revenues through some combination of advertising and subscriptions. Both of those revenue sources largely depend upon traffic. Traffic is driven by visibility, and visibility is largely the product of promotion. And bloggers are learning that sending today’s screed to Instapundit in hopes that he’ll mention it, or waiting around for CNN to call, won’t cut it.

I dunno, it still seems like a pretty popular approach.

FIFTH CALUMNY: Great title, interesting post.