Tom Brokaw: Drives a Prius, bemoans global warming, owns a charter jet company. Tim Blair/ Gas for me but not for thee.
What Londonistan is up against: Daniel Pipes, h/t, Smart Christian
Lebanon was just about to get its tourism business back. From a piece in Travelwire:
Tourism is one of the major economic drivers in Lebanon, generating a significant revenue for the national income. In 2004, around 1.3 million tourists arrived reflecting a 26% from 2003. The numbers grew higher above the average regional rate of 20.5% in the Middle East region. Visitors count was impressive for a country so small in size and population. Of the 2004 total, 545,150 were Arab nationals, 338,475 North and Latin Americans, and
152,075 Europeans and Asians. Up till end of July 2005, the statistics office said the country received 422,000. Tourism Minister H.E. Joseph Sarkis was bent on topping last year’s growth rate, if not, reaching at least the 1 million mark the country has traditionally enjoyed since 2000 until February 14 when the late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated.
Read the whole piece - a good update on the country in general.
Buying wine online: What's the future? Bainbridge at TCS
Is the ABA's Diversity Standard legal? volokh
An amusing advt (beach video) for Israel vacations (maybe not this week, tho)
When the govt tells doctors how to treat their patients. DB
What did the NYT really do when they published the SWIFT story? Villainous Company
Post-modernism, deconstructionism, another wacko professor, and Israel. Sigmund, Carl and Alfred
Obesity and political correctness. Can a doctor tell a patient that they are "fat"? Of course. Like it's not obvious anyway. Dr. Helen
