WHEN GENERALS DENOUNCE THE PRESS, the press doesn’t report it. “It’s quite a luxury to be able to decide whether criticisms of your own conduct ever see the light of day–a luxury the mainstream media not only enjoy, but abuse.”

UPDATE: Some other things that were missed.

THOUGHTS ON INTELLECTUALS AND MARKETS, from Gary Becker.

JESSE WALKER OFFERS ADVICE ON how to win a Nobel peace prize.

AMORY LOVINS ON why global warming and peak oil are irrelevant. Expanding on what I mentioned the other day.

FROM JOHN TIERNEY, an inconvenient question:

I don’t want to dampen the celebration over Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize, but I wonder if this is, as they say, a “teachable moment.” Should he skip the trip to Oslo, Norway, on a fuel-burning jet and instead accept the award by teleconference? . . . Should Mr. Gore follow his own advice here? You could argue that the publicity generated by his presence in Oslo would do more to combat global warming than the reduced emissions from trip. But you could also argue that the symbolism of staying home would send an even more powerful message about the need for everyone to conserve energy. He could generate plenty of publicity by delivering the Nobel lecture through a video link and letting the prize be sent to him on an energy-efficient ship.

Plus, an exercise for the reader!

HEH.

MEGAN MCARDLE: “This self-flagellating column by Jonathan Rauch about what he got wrong on Iraq made me go looking at the Iraq Index from Brookings to see just how guilty I should feel this month. (Who doesn’t enjoy a spot of self-flagellation?) Instead, I got a happy surprise.”

UPDATE: Some interesting stuff on water, sewer, and electric utilities in Iraq in the comments, as you scroll down.

I, FOR ONE, WELCOME OUR NEW ROBOTIC SPOUSES: “Researcher: Humans will wed robots.”

I’ve already got a bionic wife, and I’m cool on that.

UPDATE: An educational clip from Futurama explaining why you shouldn’t date robots.

BAINBRIDGE ON fixing SSRN.

UPDATE: Hey, it occurs to me that no sooner do I crack the SSRN’s Top Ten U.S. Law Professors list than people start talking about “fixing” it. Coincidence? . . . .

IT SEEMS THAT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ARE questioning the timing of the Armenian genocide resolution.

UPDATE: Including Dr. Melissa Clouthier.

DEROY MURDOCK LOOKS AT “RUDYPHOBIA” ON THE RIGHT: “What do Giuliani’s Religious Right detractors really fear he will do about abortion?”

HATE SPEECH AND DOUBLE STANDARDS: Parsing Lee Bollinger.

NOT YOUR FATHER’S JACK-O-LANTERN: Extreme pumpkin-carving.

HOW THE “FAIRNESS DOCTRINE” WORKED — some history.

BEST. SPIN. EVER.

Bush Ties Peace Prize Record

With the selection of the International Committee on Climate Change and Al Gore, Jr., for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, President Bush has moved into the record book for most Peace Prizes awarded to Americans during their presidency.

His Presidency is tied with three others for most Americans winning the Award!

Previous American Presidents to share multiple peace prizes during their Presidency were Ronald Reagan, Richard M. Nixon and…Herbert Hoover.

Heh.

UPDATE: Related comments here.

MADE IT HOME IN ONE PIECE: Today Delta got us everywhere on time, with no hassle.

ARNOLD KLING: The road to McMedicine.

PROGRESS: We’re in Atlanta.

THE TURKS ARE UNHAPPY ABOUT THE ARMENIA VOTE: I don’t have a problem with the resolution as such, but who decided that now is a good time to upset the Turks?

UPDATE: Some thoughts on the subject from Max Boot.

ANOTHER UPDATE: I’ve gotten a lot of comments like this one from reader Dave Schneider:

Who thought this would be a good time to upset the Turks? The Democrats, who see the possibility that we might NOT lose in Iraq slipping.

So, if you can’t cut off funds for the war, be more subtle: provoke the Turks into cutting our supply lines and make success much more difficult.

I don’t think the Democrats are quite that Machiavellian, but clearly quite a few other people feel differently.

DOES HOWARD DEAN want Gore in the race?

HOUSE JUDICIARY VOTES TO extend the ban on taxing Internet access, “though the Senate’s taking its sweet time.”

LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS, and now it’s time for The Daring Book for Girls.

DUE TO A SERVER GLITCH AT XM RADIO, the Pajamas Media show will air tonight, instead of its normal timeslot of last night. It’ll be on at 6 pm Eastern, XM Channel 130. But you can listen online now here.

IBN WARRAQ VS. TARIQ RAMADAN: A debate on the superiority of Western culture.

GETTING READY TO BOARD THE FLIGHT: Wish us luck.