What is Al Gore's price to sell out his nation? $250,000. for his speech. Jeez, I'll rant for an hour for free...but never like that. I guess Humility is still knockin' on his door. Still crazy, notes Powerline. Isn't he the permanent Garfunkel of Simon and Garfunkel? Lost in the ozone of Ego, disappointment, moral confusion, and too much good pot in Vietnam?
Shark attacks decline as people fight back - with their fists! Wash. Times. Punch that killer shark in the nose! Hey, European friends - there's a moral to that story.
Italy stands up to intimidation. Good for them. Gateway
Steichen photo goes for 2.9 million at auction. Well, it is a pretty picture.
Scalia terms ideological foes "idiots." C'mon, Scalia. Even if they are, how about a little dignified behavior.
Pictures of Mohammed in many art museums. Is this really true about Islam forbidding pictures?
The China-Internet debate. Not sure what the right side is on this one. Kesler considers the law and the issues at Democracy Project.
Wedded bliss lasts one year. Amazed those researchers have the balls to go home after announcing that one.
Art Therapy for the Middle East. From Dissident Frogman:
So everybody is going at it and having fun, from The Amazing Retecool to Draw Mohammad.com (hat tip: Blonde Sagacity) all the way to Iran's mullahcrats who launched a goat spanking worldwide "Draw me a Joo" contest:
Iran's biggest-selling newspaper has chosen to tackle the West's ideals of "freedom of expression" by launching a competition to find the 12 "best" cartoons about the Holocaust, (...)
See? No need to get all red faced under the turban and all sweaty-shaky in the burnoose, you can have a go at freedom of speech too.
Just put down the torches, grab a 2B pencil, and let your inner self roam free. We, in the West, will call it Free Speech while the rest of you in Tehran, Indonesia, Kabul and California will call it Art Therapy.
