Spies for Al Qaida. Big Lizard. The bad guys seem to slink away right before an assault.
Teaching teachers not to teach. h/t, Minding the Campus
The real meaning of academic letters of recommendation.
The LAT's phony propaganda
John McCain: Enemy of free speech
Krugman just can't stop America-bashing...but he will stop, once there's a Dem in the White House. Also, at Am. Thinker: Krugman sees Europe thru the looking-glass.
NYT begins a vet-bashing series
Strong stuff from the Pope: Trivialized sex=trivialized women
Global warming has doubtless caused the beautiful snow in Baghdad. Locals feel it's a signal from God - a signal of peace.
What about America's "international standing"? Donald Douglas
With a lower dollar, American products - and American stocks - are cheaper for the world. Why is that a bad thing?
More strong stuff from Vanderleun on New Orleans:
"You've got a mouth full of gimme, a hand full of much obliged." -- Bessie Smith, Gulf Coast Blues
I don't know about you but I have had it with the legions of hustlers, grifters, drunks, junkies, pathics and drooling layabouts that keep waddling and teetering up to the public trough from that swamp of puke called New Orleans. The latest of an endless line of calls upon the kindness of strangers by these public-purse pimps is this little bit of chicanery: Katrina victim sues U.S. for $3 quadrillion.
A good wholesome rant. Read the whole thing.