Maggie's Farm

Two views of the miner story - we goofed vs. we were perfect: Pressthink

Moslems sacked Rome in 846. Did not know that. Jihad has a long history.

Dems and leftists reveal their contempt for democracy, according to Hitchins.

Gaza seeks to encourage tourism. Think again. Travelwire.

Academic physicians complain of focus on income instead of research. Chronicle of H.E.

Schwartzenegger bends to the will of the people. No-one could have made a better or more earnest effort to bring Calif. into reality, but even he was not strong enough. Too bad for Calif. Only a bit of psychiatric medication in the drinking water, and a double-dose of American Spirit, could solve their insane mess.

You will not believe what this Vermont liberal judge did. Ex-Donk. I guess with the years of the Supreme Court making things up, other judges think they are above the laws too.

Oh, there really is a relationship between demand and price? Booze at Cafe Hayek

Is a war between Israel and Iran getting closer? Very possibly. Front Page.  Not a pleasant thought when one considers all of the innocent Iranians.

Crime in Nice Canada. Worse than the US. Go figure. Small dead animals.

A look at the Florida Constitution at their court's decision yesterday to reject Charter Schools. Crescat Sententia

More on Lynn Swann at the PA gov. race. Plus the interview with Hannity. Pol Teen

"Feelings." NE Repub has the money quote from the Letterman thing.

The story of Shanahan and the new NHL rules. CSM

Too much good stuff on Radioblogger with HH: Tancredo, Steyn, and Matthew Dowd, here. (Scroll down)

Height and birth order: Boys later in the birth order do tend to be taller than the first. Same holds for girls, but only through the first couple of girls. The cause for the tendency is unknown. Which would you prefer? Taller, or short but inherit the kingdom?

Am I the last person on the planet to know about Engadget?

The growing mess in the Worker's Paradise of Venezuela. Publius

Jobless claims at a 5 year low.

Curiouser and curiouser. The Tice story. RWNH

A thoughful response, or rebuttal, to the Steyn piece, at YARGB

Did Castro have JFK killed? Is it paranoid to wonder? Irish Pennants

World Economic Forum at Davos coming up: Their agenda here.

Are Saddam and John Murtha talking? Gateway

First, Canada blames the US for their gun violence. Now MA blames NH for theirs. Grow up. NH Insider

Risen seems to prefer "experts" to elected leaders: Pline

Blogs: Is their time past? Hope not - we are just getting warmed up.

A Scottish blog we have found. It's about time for a blog with kilts. Right for Scotland

Taxes and growth in local and state economies: from the Willism files.

Are birds dinosaurs?  It is quite an interesting debate. And it's funny, because birds don't taste like dinosaurs.

Providence Journal claims New Englanders and Pacific Northwesterners better than other Americans. Anchor Rising questions their "reasoning."

A Citizenship Test: ex-donk

Chess, Appellate Briefs, Newton, and Creation. Pejman

Althouse on Dion

Lynn Swann to run for PA Gov.

I did have the same idea but Dymphna did it first: the two ladies marketing their sons' deaths: Gates of Vienna

Kuala Lumpur is closed today.  Travelwire. You want a reason?

The death of Spain. Tangled Web.  Brits, Danes and Dutch are next in line. The French... Who cares?

Holocaust was pure propaganda. So says Iran. Protein

A Democratic dictatorship in LA? Lonely Centrist. Gee, maybe afraid of an "election"?

A prediction: Alito is in like Flynn. He isn't even a conservative. He's an Italian from NJ.

A therapeutic rant against the press re the miner story. Ex-donk

An excellent WW 2 time-line. Very useful.

Do you want Canadian medical treatment, aka "health care" ? From the Conspiracy.

People think Hilary is a conservative...Good strategy - fool the people some of the time. Pol. Teen

Ham at HH addresses Castro: HH

New-wave feminism: Let's become men. Am Spectator

Larry Summers was right: Squaring the Globe

Neo does our wonderful Robert Frost: Neo

Michelle does the dumb Letterman story.

France (properly) tries to defend their constructive colonial heritage. CSM

2005 sucked blew: Wilma, Rita, and Katrina. Miami Herald

California Wines: The Prof's picks

Best photos of the year from the WaPo

View from the Left: We lost the war. Ash. We did???

The always-composed Hinderaker is provoked into a true blogger rant by Dean.

China ratchets up controls of the press. CSM

IQ vs. Self-Discipline. Cognitive Daily

Death cult celebrity: LGF

Is abortion necessary "health care" ? Am Spectator

Newspeak at the NYT: Scott

How men and women use the internet differently

Big Oil becoming Small Oil: Opinion Journal

Bird flu - Sim Science, esp epidemiology. Very cool.

From Captain Ed: " I, for one, would rather have the NSA checking on valid leads on al-Qaeda terrorists here in the US than to have my granddaughter vaporized by Islamofascists at the Mall of America."  No doubt.

The most important news of 2005. Productivity. TCS

An alcohol-related visual-brain problem: measuring alcohol. We thoughtfully saved this one for after New Year's Eve.

Geothermal energy. It's a growing thing, and seems good. Still, we need nuclear.

Finally, the truth about poor Sacco and Vanzetti. Norm covers it.

Has anyone missed Patterico's summary of the LAT's bias in 2005? If not, read with despair. Or can he have an impact? If so, we need a Patterico for the NYT. Preferably a sharp legal mind with time on their hands, and yet willing to read the damn thing.

African literature update: Chronicle of Higher Ed

2 views of Palestine: Belmont

Russia, and nuke power: Samizdata

Steyn predicts the death of Europe: New Crit, via LGF

Useful idiots, at Am. Thinker

Is Walmart evil? Pejman

Events of the Year: No Oil

Farrahkan wins a prize. Unbelievable. Michelle

Bush elected President of Iraq. Onion

Mars rovers still on the move. Heard about it lately? Ca. Yank

That map again, via NRO, H/T Instap.

Most ancient canals in the world: Peru

$ effects of Title 9 - Willisms

Why legal pro bono work is inefficient: Cafe Hayek

The Ferret looks handy, and other Brit military hardware that you can buy. Khaki Corps

And on a related topic, a website featuring the ruins of the Third Reich.

Coming out of the closet as a neocon - tough thing to do if you live in the wrong neighborhood. Neo

2005 quotes from the news of 2005. Althouse

Where Bush went wrong: where they always go wrong, by over-reading an election as a mandate.  RCP

Yes, Monday is a federal holiday and a bank holiday. But we will have at least one post you won't want to miss - a note from the Yankee Farmer, for whom holidays do not exist.

Better living in the USA: CSM

Orianna Fallaci: Front Page

What happened to the tsunami money? Wash. Times

Thoughts about hard times: Right Equals Might

Thoughts about Kwanzaa: Gay and Right

Bloom on Limbo: NYT

The press and the leakers: Captain Ed. And the other possible transgressions of the spooks: MSNBC

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