I disagree with Roger Simon that there are too many Pres. candidates. The more the merrier. And, speaking of merrier, Ralph Nader will probably run again. Ralph is always a cheerful, optimistic presence. Did you know that he is from the lovely Litchfield Hills town of Norfolk, CT?
Rick Moran is gloomy about Iraq:
Iraq really has become the stickiest of tar babies; we can’t withdraw too precipitously, if at all and yet our military cannot do much of anything to help solve Iraq’s massive political, sectarian, and security problems. We are well and truly stuck. We can’t move forward and we can’t go back.
But Bill Kristol is optimistic.
Are you old enough to remember Green Stamps? Do you know what the Green Stamp Syndrome is? Most people don't bother collecting their rebates.
Church and Community. Patrick Deneen doesn't care for suburbia, either as a place to worship or to live in.
Sand sculpting at Revere Beach. SISU. Yes, it isn't ordinary sand.
USMC officers get the M4. Never Yet Melted
Free range chickens aren't happier chickens. Synthstuff
Expensive study shows "Kids who are taught how to behave, behave better."
Only 49% of teens have summer jobs these days. NE Repub. I consider that very bad news.
Another scatological Hillary collection. She is a serious potty mouth.
Re Africa, quoted by Glenn:
The relationship between the West and Africa is no longer based on openly racist beliefs, but such articles are reminiscent of reports from the heyday of European colonialism, when missionaries were sent to Africa to introduce us to education, Jesus Christ and "civilization."
Now it's hypersensitive Sikhs. What next? h/t, Education Wonks
Chavez: His polls don't look good. That's why socialism requires dictators.
The Fairness Doctrine: its history, going back to JFK
Citizens pay tuition. Illegals go to school free. Rhymes with Right
Fear of Fred. Dems taking no chances. Blue Crab. Is he really all that scary?
