A LOOK AT TERRORISTS, THE LAWS OF WAR, AND voluntary human shields.

IN THE SLUMS OF FALLUJAH: Another report from Michael Totten.

WORSHIPPERS OF DEATH: “Zahra Maladan is an educated woman who edits a women’s magazine in Lebanon. She is also a mother, who undoubtedly loves her son. She has ambitions for him, but they are different from those of most mothers in the West. She wants her son to become a suicide bomber.”

INDEED: Troop Surge Belies Deeper Success of New Tactics in Iraq, Ex-Marine Turned Filmmaker Says.

SKI-JUMPING WOMEN IN VANCOUVER. Including my cousin Karla Keck. Taking on the International Olympic Committee for banning women.

SARAH PULLMAN: “I have to say that the so-called ‘privacy’ situation over at Facebook has me utterly enraged right now.”

REVIEWING THE REVIEWERS: A roundup of book reviews from all over.

Plus, what Barack Obama’s book sales tell you about his base of support. And this: “Jodi Picoult and Valerie Bertinelli are popular in the East; Jonah Goldberg is not.”

ASK OBAMA TOUGH QUESTIONS? YES THEY CAN!

Obama responded with the classic phrases of a politician in trouble. “That was the information that I had at the time. . . . Those charges are completely unrelated to me. . . . I have said that that was a mistake. . . . The fact pattern remains unchanged.”

When those failed, Obama tried another approach. “We’re running late,” the candidate said, and then he disappeared behind a curtain.

Of course, they waited until the night before the Texas and Ohio primaries.

UPDATE: Is Obama lying about NAFTAGate? “He certainly doesn’t seem to be telling the whole truth. . . . Obama appears to be in a difficult position. At first, his campaign denied that there was any contact with the Canadian government. Then, when it was forced to concede that there had been contact, it insisted that it had nothing to do with softening Obama’s position on NAFTA. And then, when the newly-released memo suggested that it had been about just that, Team Obama simply stuck with its story.”

PHOTOS: Avalanches on Mars.

HERE’S THE FINAL Nebula Award ballot.

Plus, science fiction thoughts from Bill Quick.

PROTECTING the powerful.

SO I WATCHED THE FINAL EPISODE of The Sarah Connor Chronicles and I have to say that the first season was excellent. Reportedly, it will be back in the Fall. That’s a good thing.

DAN RIEHL: Hillary, The Netroots, Florida And Michigan.

RIGOBERTA MENCHU LIVES! Another fake autobiography.

ANGELINA JOLIE ON IRAQ: I think Dave Weigel just posted this so he could use the picture.

JIM DUNNIGAN ON IRAN:

Meanwhile, police continue to expend a lot of effort on terrorizing the middle and upper class neighborhoods in the cities. Merchants, professionals and corrupt government officials still live pretty well, and their kids like to dress up. The Islamic lifestyle police are running into public resistance while enforcing conservative dress codes. Women, in particular, are getting more vocal in protesting the chador clad female police trying to haul them away for some clothing infraction [VIDEO] [PHOTO]. Now the police find themselves facing instant mobs of angry people intent on freeing well dressed, but religiously incorrect, prisoners. Soon enough, one of these incidents will escalate to rock throwing, tear gas and gunfire. Blood in the streets over a naked ankle.

Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch. And Iran may try to shut down Internet access before the elections. Were those cable-cuts practice? Or a threat?

MORE ASUS-BLOGGING from Professor Bainbridge.

UPDATE: Still more here. Any blogging from people who hate it? I haven’t seen anything yet.

“LET’S ALL APOLOGIZE TO OBAMA FOR MISUNDERSTANDING HIM.”

I.M.F. CHIEF: The Euro is overvalued.

REZKO UPDATE: Obama’s hostile press conference. The first, but probably not the last. (Via NewsAlert).

UPDATE: NAFTA, Obama, and The Politics of Disingenuousness.

ANOTHER UPDATE: A press relations nightmare.

THOUGHTS ON teaching social justice.

SOUTH AMERICA on the brink of war? Much more background from Fausta.

WELL, IT’S BEEN A WEIRD ELECTION ALL AROUND, SO FAR: “To recap: Ron Paul might be re-elected to Congress because Republican voters are voting for Hillary Clinton to increase the chance of John McCain being elected president. Here, have some aspirin.”

UPDATE: John Scalzi: “Does anyone really think Hillary Clinton is going to leave the race if she blows it in both Ohio and Texas tomorrow? Really? How can she possibly usurp at the convention if she’s not still in the race? That would be madness!”

MORE: Reader Darryl Miyahira emails:

If John McCain were to end up running against Obama, he should run a Dwight Eisenhower 1952 style campaign. Washington outsider/insider maverick, military background, the older wiser man, the symbol of sacrifice, patriotism, common sense, and morality, against the young, inexperienced, selfish yuppie narcissist.

The intellectual main stream media elites did not like Eisenhower in 1952, and the MSM and academics derided Ike for the next 40 years or more. McCain cannot try to be as cool or hip as Obama, but he could go with his strengths, and like Eisenhower be the anti-cool candidate, the candidate of the silent majority.

Hmm.

READER SPENCER OGDEN EMAILS: “Loading up on the Morcheeba references today?” Yeah, I was waiting to see if anyone would comment.

I got their new album, Dive Deep, today. I’ll let you know what I think after — unlike some reviewers — I listen to all the tracks. Meanwhile, you can follow the link for customer reviews and samples.

FRAGMENTS OF FREEDOM: IF YOU HAVEN’T CHECKED IT OUT BEFORE, check out Bureaucrash TV, from the folks at Bureaucrash.

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