ANN ALTHOUSE ON THE GROUND ZERO MOSQUE CONTROVERSY: “I almost feel sorry for Obama and the Democrats for their misfortune that this is the issue that has come to the fore at this time.”
Plus, a poll.
Archive for 2010
August 15, 2010
FASTER, PLEASE: Tiny eye implant might soon make a huge difference.
MARKDOWNS ON video games.
ARE THEY FUMIGATING OUT the bedbugs?
THE SIEGE OF GOOGLE.
CIVIL SERVANTS: The new “Fat Cats?”
HERE COME THE DEATH PANELS!
SO WHEN THE DEMOCRATS LOST IN 2004, LEFTIES WERE TALKING SECESSION. Now, after winning in 2008, lefties are talking secession. There’s no pleasing some people.
HMM: Harvard Dumps Israel, Buys Turkey. More here.
UPDATE: Thoughts from Professor Bainbridge on what’s going on.
ANOTHER UPDATE: No divestment.
IS BILL KRISTOL ENGAGING IN WISHFUL THINKING, or has the left collapsed? My take: Great polls kid. Don’t get cocky.
DISEASE IS A POINT OF VIEW: “But if I am a sex addict, I am enjoying it and don’t want to be cured.”
What would Caroline May say?
U.C. BERKELEY STUDENTS denied genetic test results.
FUN WITH Google AutoComplete.
COVERING the really important news.
WHEN BLOGGING ABOUT YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW goes bad.
NEW MOVIE TRAILERS: “Tron Legacy,” “Company Men,” “How Do You Know.”
AN AMUSING PICTURE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE FLICKR SITE? “What does it mean? It looks like a scene in a video game, doesn’t it? What will happen if he opens the door?”
RIDING AROUND ON A HUBLESS BICYCLE.
MEAT-EATING — WHAT MAKES US HUMAN! Lucy’s Kin Carved Up a Meaty Meal, Scientists Say.
Related: Meat-eating allowed evolution of intelligence.
UPDATE: Reader Adrian Reilly adds: “And the inventions of bacon and beer allowed for the furtherance of civilization.” Indubitably!
NEEDING THE TOAD: Philip Larkin On Jobs And The Fear Of Unemployment.
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CLAUDIA ROSETT: Seriously, Where Is Imam Feisal … and What’s with His Web Site?