Why legal immigrants come to America. Anchoress.
George Bush's excellent year. Kudlow
The Peace march in Baghdad. Gateway
Reintroducing beavers to Scotland. h/t, Englishman. Next on the agenda: snakes to ireland?
Is it really all about Bill? Maureen Dowd, via Lucianne. I am sick of these people.
In 2008, the US will become the world's largest consumer of wine.
Speaking of which, The Art of Drinking Well.
A Jew responds to "Merry Christmas." h/t, neoeneoneoneo
How to read the newspaper. Sippican
Al Quaeda's quagmire. Small Dead Little Cuddly Animals
Virtual Science. We have frequently noted that no meaningful "climate change" has occurred yet other than random variation. An ex-Greenpeace guy discusses the hysteria. As we remind our readers frequently, the real threat to civilization will be the next Ice Age, about which we will be able to do little other than to drive our SUVs as much as possible, hoping it will make a difference.
"Mr. Bush has bought into some of the Beltway's most useless climate superstitions." Sisu
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The Star, at American Digest, which begins:
Theirs was the Age of Myth; a world where night was not clad in the web of lights that now obscures the stars. It was a world lit by flaring torches, dim oil lamps, guttering candles, the phases of the moon and the broad shimmering river of the Milky Way. When the sun went down and night ascended, life withdrew into homes. Only the very rich or the very poor were abroad.
Read the whole thing.
A holy and merry Christmas to our readers. God bless you all. Your NJ will be back on duty after Christmas.
The old ways make heaven and nature sing. Only the steel part remains of a totally awesome wood-and-steel chopper (above center) from Great Aunt Helen's [Goomp's father's sister] turn-of-the-century pantry on Mill Creek in Riverdale, Cape Ann, Gloucester, MA, the
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