How Democracies become Tyrannies. Am Thinker
Somebody will eat crow. But who? Dino
Men often view naked women as objects. How much did that study cost? (h/t, Theo)
Re Fairness:
Waxman is also interested, say sources, in looking at how the Internet is being used for content and free speech purposes. "It's all about diversity in media," says a House Energy staffer, familiar with the meetings. "Does one radio station or one station group control four of the five most powerful outlets in one community? Do four stations in one region carry Rush Limbaugh, and nothing else during the same time slot? Does one heavily trafficked Internet site present one side of an issue and not link to sites that present alternative views? These are some of the questions the chairman is thinking about right now, and we are going to have an FCC that will finally have the people in place to answer them."
Rowan Williams: "Everybody agrees" that some Sharia would be good
No goat jokes allowed in Europe.
Media needs to be more hysterical about warming, says IPCC official
Is Hannity right about Japan's recession?
Britain literally a police state now. Stumbling
Quagmire: Losing the war on drugs for 40 years
BDS: They just can't get over it. VDH. Related, from John Hawkins:
It's ... worth noting that it was Barack Obama who made unity and bipartisanship a core part of his campaign platform. Granted, Bush ran as a "uniter, not a divider, too" but he actually tried to make it work. He did institute a "new tone." He did partner with Ted Kennedy to write "No Child Left Behind." His payback for his effort to reach out to Democrats was a campaign of demonization unprecedented in the history of American politics. John McCain also promised bipartisanship, but John McCain would have actually made it work by moving his proposals to the left. That's why Republicans like me constantly want to strangle the guy.
