Norman Mailer: Roger Kimball and I are on the same page." Mailer is/was a greatly over-rated would-be hipster.
Evangelicals rethinking divorce? Yahoo News (h/t, News for Christians)
Rove: Pelosi's House is a mess. I prefer it that way.
Blogworld update, from Rick Moran in Vegas.
Liars on infant mortality. Dan Collins has it nailed.
Always gets caught cheating. Maybe it's because they cheat so often.
King of Spain tells Chavez to shut up.
Intolerance of tolerance. Koukl at Town Hall (h/t, MouseNaround). It's about "tolerance traps." A quote:
Most of what passes for tolerance today is nothing more than intellectual cowardice, a fear of intelligent engagement. Those who brandish the word "intolerant" are unwilling to be challenged by other views or grapple with contrary opinions, or even to consider them. It's easier to hurl an insult—"you intolerant bigot"—than to confront an idea and either refute it or be changed by it. In the modern era, "tolerance" has become intolerance.
Whenever you're charged with intolerance, always ask for a definition. When tolerance means neutrality, that all views are equally valid and true, then no one is ever tolerant because no one is ever neutral about his own views. Point out the contradiction built into the new definition. Point out that this kind of tolerance is a myth.
He recommends:
Be egalitarian regarding people.
Be elitist regarding ideas.
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