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"Because the future is uncertain and the past has disappeared, some thinkers have inferred that the present has no reality at all. It is said that Shankara, the teacher of Advaita Vedanta, who taught that the world is only an illusion, was present at a parade in India one day. As an elephant charged into a crowd, Shankara ran behind a tree. "Why do you run from the mere appearance of an elephant?" sarcastically asked a man. "I only appear to run," replied the philosopher." 

Andrew Tomas, Beyond The Time Barrier

Mel Brooks wants your money. I say, give it to him - he deserves it. A look at the Mel Brooks DVD collection, at The Shelf. "What hump?" Hahaha.

Yale at Horsefeathers "looks into" Mansfield's Manliness, and finds it wanting. That "Yale" can write - wonder what we'd have to pay him to get him to write for us?

Harry Reid wants illegal immigrant felons to become citizens (Powerline)...but look at what he said ten years ago - amazing the way folks "grow in office"- from piece in Instap.:

"We are a country founded upon fairness and justice," Reid said. "An individual in real threat of torture or long-term incarceration because of his or her political beliefs can still seek asylum. But this bill closes the door to those who want to abuse America's inherent generosity and legal system."

Reid's bill also cracks down on illegal immigration. The 1990 census reported 3.3 million illegal aliens in America. Recent estimates indicate about 2.5 million immigrants illegally entered the United States last year.

Feelin' too good today? Real Yankees should always be a bit cranky about something. Try this, at Protein - the latest schemes of the trial lawyers and obesity.  I always find it deeply moving to see how much those guys really care about people.

Who is Katie Couric? How would anyone know if they go to work in the mornings? I have never seen her. And who, unless they are over age 90 and in nursing homes, watches TV in the morning? People who can think of nothing better to do? I guess maybe Moms with a bunch of rug-rats crawling around the kitchen.

To win elections, Dems need to come out of the closet and proclaim socialism. So says Aronson in The Nation. Hey - it's a winning idea. Go for it. Works great in France.

Linda Chavez on illegal immigration: Hefty fines and rapid naturalization.

How birds change their tune.  Very similar to speech.

Stupidity Contest in Colorado. Who wins - the school principle who banned camo jeans because they show support for our troops, or this parent (at Gateway): Daniel Wenger, whose stepdaughter attends Shaw Heights, wants Shepherd out, saying "kids have the constitutional right to wear whatever they want to school" ?

Missing link between fish and amphibians found. Science Times. Turns out that it's humans!

What is up with Muzak these days? No more elevator music - it's the New Muzak. The New Yorker: the Music that makes you buy.

NYC welfare rolls are finally down to where they were pre-War on Poverty. We will never undo all the mess Lyndon Johnson created for us.

The Slippery Slope of speech laws, in Europe. Not to worry - the blogs will ignore every PC "rule" that exists. Had not known that the great Bernard Lewis had gotten caught up in this. Augean Stables.

I somehow missed this: Incompetent President slammed by former Navy Chief.

Quoted in full from Instapundit:

ARNOLD KLING ON fear of confrontation: "Unfortunately, large segments of American society no longer have the ability to confront real evil. People lack the confidence and moral clarity to stand up to intimidation. . . . One can view Islamic militants as armed versions of unruly teenagers. We should not feel guilty toward them. We should demand reasonable and decent behavior from them, rather than excuse their tantrums or their crimes."

That would require thinking of ourselves as adults, which is unacceptable to many.

The Communist, anti-Semitic charmers of International A.N.S.W.E.R. are back! Let's all welcome their latest efforts: supporting illegal immigration. They give us fine blog fodder.

The best cheap date I have ever heard of. Thanks, Kim.

A Tale of Two Immigrants.  PoliPundit looks at two immigrants to the US.

Good News for UK Burglars: Police requested to send them home with a warning. They will call it the "Your home is not your castle" memo.

The "Corporate Social Responsibility"  "movement" is nuts, and the sort of thing only academics, who have never functioned in the real world, would dream up. The Prof gently explains.

Money for nothin' and the chicks for free. No Pasaran notes the piece in the Guardian in which the President of the Sorbonne terms students "ignorant and stupid."  "Today's youth don't have dreams, they have illusions."  Read it.  He could have said "delusions of eternal childhood".

The DaVinci Code. Those with little knowledge of Christianity, and those of conspiratorial tendencies, have been hoodwinked by imagining that Brown's fictional novel has a basis in fact, and they will be hoodwinked again by Ron Howard's new movie. Is this a teaching opportunity? (h/t, News for Christians)  Or is it plain old casual entertainment? Don't ask me.

France: ongoing strikes, and the CPE seems to be dead

Zarquawi has been impeached.

Tom Bowler takes on the WaPo's campaign against the war, and concludes:

...is it worth the fight?  The answer yes, we have no choice but to fight.  We will fight the jihadists at a time of their choosing or at a time of ours, but we will fight them.  Unfortunately, the Post isn't thinking about them.  The Post's fight is with the Bush Administration. 

Powerline believes Karsch will be our next Bernard Lewis. High praise. Islam's Imperial Dreams.

We will never run out of oil. Cafe Hayek, on Venezuela's reserves.

Winchester. New Haven. A very sad day for CT, the home of fine military and personal firearms since the early 1700s.

Everybody's talkin' bout it. Will Justice Kennedy become the next O'Connor?

"Outside the realm of civil discourse."   In my opinion, that is a phrase which applies to manners, but should not apply to rules. Nor do I think those Danish cartoons were outside it - they seemed rather harmless to me. Anyway, Volokh has a couple of fine pieces about NYU and the cartoon spat, all occurring two weeks after the Pres. of NYU gave a stirring speech about academic freedom.

Maggie's Farm in the Vanguard Again. We may have been the first to suggest boycotting Borders to try to bring them to reason, but now there is a movement.  Bookstores aren't supposed to behave like that. They can sell whatever they want to sell, but they should not offer voluntary dhimmitude in the USA.

Captain Marvel 1955 image stolen from Chris's Invincible Super Blog

If St. Patrick could control the snakes, and if the Isle of Skye can control its rats, why can't the USA control illegal immigration?

Yale and the Taliban - the inside story from an ex-admissions officer. Read it.

Merlot fights back, at The Prof. It's about time. It was turning into a one-dimensional, watery thing.

Excellent summary of a Colin Powell speech by Ankle Biting

Obama goes to CT to support Joe Lieberman, who is being challenged by a very fine guy, Ned Lamont, who (wrongly) opposes the war and has no chance of unseating Lieberman.

Amazing juggling finale. You have to see this, with the Beatles music. It will make your Monday morning a delight. I saw it at NE Repub first.

Baseball Glovology. And who was AG Spaulding? Embarassed to say that I did not know.

How the Administration lost control of the illegal immigration debate. Very good piece in Reason

Hamas' "I have a dream" speech. In short, Kill the Jews. These folks are not worthy of our attention, but they get it, by killing. Over time, the manipulative claim of victimhood will lose its luster as a pretext for murder and mayhem.

The Newt Man is Back! Gingrich critiques the Repubs harshly, and rightfully. Newt-Man is the Repub's Moses: they need to follow him.

The sustainable seafood movement picks up steam, with Walmart on board. CSM

Observant. When Mrs. Clinton says "You know," she is lying. It is one of those revealing verbal tics. Sensible Mom

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the noted drug addict, son of a once-famous left-wing politician, and amateur climatologist, predicts occasional bad weather until the next election, caused by Bush.

"We can expect hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, rain, and cloudy days, and hot, humid days this summer - all due to Bush's oil-friendly, anti-humanity, capitalist policies," he predicted. "Maybe even some windy days," he added.

"How many of our summer weekends in Hyannisport will be ruined by Bush?" Kennedy, who has no employment but reports his status as "personal investor" on his tax form, pointed out that bad weather is a growing concern among Americans, who are entitled to nice weekends in the Constitution and in Federalist Paper 73, in which Madison wrote "Do not let Bush ruin your weekends." 

"Bush is the greatest threat to the environment since God in Noah's time," Kennedy said. "Just you watch. It will be getting warmer every day now. Soon everyone will be wearing shorts and bathing suits instead of skiing in Vail. The snow is melting, and every citizen in America is fleeing Vail. Where will all of those skiers of color go? Will they all end up in the New Orleans Superdome, starving and dying by the millions because of Bush, without their Valium and Prozac?"

"It is all Bush's fault, but the reporting on bad weather will end if we win the next elections", he asserted, as he returned from Vail and stepped off his water and solar-powered private jet at the Westchester, NY airport and climbed into his solar-powered limousine to return to his gated Westchester estate. An assembly of illegal Mexican and Ethiopian slaves were seen loading skis and bags into the trunk of his solar stretch-limo, as a number of menacing-looking bodyguards stood around morosely smoking unfiltered Camels, with their other hand resting ominously inside their jackets.

Image: Land's End global-warming swimwear, being modeled at the North Pole Four Seasons Resort and Spa.

Al Quaida insiders have reportedly told CNN that Osama Bin Ladin has decided to convert to Christianity.

"Only Christ has the power to forgive all of my past sins," he told fellow terrorists yesterday. "From today forth, I will lay down my arms and take up the cross."

A terrorist who was present at this dramatic meeting reports that Osama attempted to lead the group in "A Mighty Fortress is our God," but that they did not know all of the words.

Pundits last night speculated about how this surprising change might have come about. John Fund of the WSJ speculated that former Taliban spokesman and now-Yale student "Wasabi" Hashimi (who had been a sushi chef in the West Village prior to joining the Taliban), who has found Christ at Yale along with a new faith in secular democracy, may have been evangelizing to his friends via telephone.

Chris Matthews opined thus: "The Dems announced that they will "eliminate" Osama on Tuesday, and he converts on Thursday. No coincidence there. He's just scared, because the Dems are way scary when it comes to national defense."

Said Pat Robertson on FOX news last night: "The Lord told me he was watching the 700 Club by satellite, so I knew this was coming. Halleluiah!" Robertson added "Brother Osama, if you are watching now, how about a generous check to the 700 Club? Your brother in Christ Pat is running out of cashmere socks."

Further details as they emerge.

Image: Bin Ladin taping a press conference for Al Jazeera twelve hours ago. The tape has not yet been aired, but an anonymous Al Jazeera cameraman told CNN that Osama vows to abandon his promiscuous bisexual life style, on the tape, and that he will start wearing normal clothes instead of dresses and skirts as soon as he can get to the J.C. Penney's at the mall in Dubai. "These schmatas don't fit me anyways," he supposedly said. "The tailor said he could take them in, but they are still too loose and do not do my lean, Lincolnesque shape justice." Translation of sign behind him: "Jesus Saves."

The Prof considers billable hours and pay for associates at law firms. Do they work like slaves? Yes, but so do associates in investment banking, and interns and residents in medical training. It's an apprenticeship - you pay your dues. Want things easy? Work for the govt., where there is no profit motive.

Two good pieces by Rick Moran. First, a comment on how Jill Carroll was mistreated, (especially by bloggers!). And, right below that, a very discouraging piece about Baghdad, which further confirms my opinion that we are not dealing with civilized folks. I think most Iraquis want peace and prosperity, but the stone-age warlords just will not quit. Primitive morons.

"I'm not gay, but thanks for asking." Joe at Evangelical Outpost. Like Joe, guys always wonder "What did I do to make that guy think I was gay...or am I just so damn good lookin', despite my beer gut?...or am I unknowingly sending out gay signals?" It's not so easy to be a guy. Hey, gay fellows: stop putting us straight guys in embarassing positions. Have a little tact. We might like ya, but that does not mean we want a date!

Operation Steel Gazelle: Iowahawk considers the Dems' security plans.

Colorado school district bans American flag. "First they came for my Confederate flag, then they came for my American flag..."

The right to arm bears  bear arms: George Mason at Volokh.

The death of socialism, in France, at Tangled Web.

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Sick Building Syndrome exists only in the minds of trial lawyers. Doctors say the "mold" thing is a joke, too, because mold is everywhere. Just look in my fridge. h/t, Lucianne.

Having it both ways: Dems insisted that the felony concept be entered into the illegal immigration bill, then loudly complained about it. Pretty slick. Pretty slimy.

Women: About cooking for hubbie, and plastic surgery. Ten Napel

Is there a War on Christians in the US?

RTLC has a piece on Bush's terrible salesmanship, which he equates with poor leadership. I agree with most of what he says, except I am not sure that those two can be so easily equated.

You always wondered what went on inside the Teacher's Lounge, didn't you? The secrets, revealed.

Springtime for Taliban in Afghanistan. And oh, I notice they have a new spokesman. When will we see him at Princeton?

Steyn on the decline of national sovereignty, via Driscoll

What is truth? Powerline on the reporting on the legality of the NSA taps. John follows up by reviewing the transcript - and the NYT twisted its reporting - once again. They just cannot help it.

The courage that makes America great: Waldenbooks and Borders refuse to carry issue of magazine with Prophet cartoons.

A good idea from SDA:

...perhaps the time has come to send sports reporters to war zones. It seems to be one of the last refuges of journalism in which a) reporters have basic knowledge of the subject matter they're assigned to, and b) they're expected to report the details and outcome of the race, even if a contestant is injured or dies during competition.

Echoes of our piece on When Illegal is not Illegal: When Illegal is Right, What is Wrong?

From good ol' Orson Card, in a fine review of Three Books that Name Names, some interesting details about the women's vote:

If you don't include the African-American vote, which goes overwhelmingly for the Democrat almost every time, regardless of gender, we get a very different picture. "While women have been fickle voters, backing Reagan twice and George H.W. Bush in 1988 (but not 1992)," white males have opposed the Democratic candidate by a landslide in every presidential election since 1976.

"Al Gore received only 36 percent of the white male vote in 2000, John Kerry only 37 percent in 2004.... GOP congressional and gubernatorial candidates also typically win the white male vote by 20-point margins" (p.149).

Well, duh. When the Democratic Party keeps screaming that white men are wrong on everything and should be shut out and excluded in order for things to be more "fair," why exactly should white males vote for Democrats?

The real surprise is that John Kerry may have "carried the overall women's vote by 3 points," but he lost white women voters by 11 points.

San Francisco: Ace contrasts SF's desire to remove the Christians, with a local political bacchanalia. Maybe we should just give California to the Mexicans.

The B-sub-s switches from matter to anti-matter 17 trillion times per second. I feel that way sometimes. Physics News at YARGB

LaShawn thanks God for her sobriety. And the meaning of prayer, by SC&A.

Excellent discussion by Auster on how classical liberalism led to the modern mega-state.

Skiing in Dubai: Indoor skiing.  Amazing

Iraq claims Mosque massacre was faked. Sneaky.

Too much good stuff to mention. Read Gateway today. He has become a daily must-read. How does he find the time?

The government-led Mexican invasion of America, and  Azatlan Irredentism (both links to Daily Pundit)

Meet Yosh Bolton. Princess

Demonstrations against Christian youth group in San Francisco

More on politicization of education, from Horsefeathers:

...as the dean of a California university’s school of education puts it, “Curriculum is not about content, it’s about empowerment.” Pressed for her meaning she adds, “It doesn’t matter so much what you teach; what matters is whose interests are forwarded.

Probably doesn't matter what you know, either...if you have her job. Can you believe a Dean said that?

Euthanasia in Holland: Killing babies compassionately, in the Weekly Standard. Yes, if it's OK to kill them before they are born, why not after? This is the amoral consequence of pure Utilitarianism. Thanks, John Dewey.

Georgia may OK Bible as textbook. Huh? The Bible needs to get an OK?

Welcome to The Reconquista. Michelle. I do not think that they are kidding, either.

Poll on illegal immigration. It's a loser for both Dems and Repubs.

Who cares? Scooter Libby and the Potemkin Prosecution.  I am afraid Fitzgerald has ruined his legal career.

What is the difference between a moderate and an extreme Imam?

The MSM makes no distinction between legal and illegal immigration. They call all of it "immigration."  So I guess I can assume they support illegal immigration?  Why would news media take a covert position on this? Or any position on this?

Hire me, Mr. Brady. It's the honest-blogger bake-off. A ten-year contract, at $500,000/year. I will seriously consider it.

Ace quotes Steyn:

In a more culturally confident age, the British in India were faced with the practice of "suttee" - the tradition of burning widows on the funeral pyres of their husbands. Gen. Sir Charles Napier was impeccably multicultural:

"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: When men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks, and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours."

The Samizdata quote of the day:

"You will take possession by military force, of the printing establishments of the New York World and Journal of Commerce... and prohibit any further publication thereof... you are therefore commanded forthwith to arrest and imprison... the editors, proprietors and publishers of the aforesaid newspapers"

Order from Abraham Lincoln to General John Dix, May 18, 1864.

"Marriage is for White People."  WaPo, H/T, Instapundit

You can't understand history without understanding microeconomics. Libertarian Leanings. And you can't understand Girl Scout Thin Mints either.

IKEA founder flies coach and drives an old car. Just like me.

A short history of numerology, and what it has to do with the WTC. Belmont

The Top Ten Air Guitar solos.

The Top Ten high-tech cars for 2006

From the Am. Princess on illegal immigration:

No one has the "right" to live in America. This country is not the final destination of everyone who believes that they "deserve" something better than what they have. It is not the responsibility of this country to provide anything to anyone, despite the claims of a million Entitlement groupies. When the last wave of immigrants came here, it wasn't because their own government demanded that our government be open to giving them jobs, so that they could stimulate the economy of the homeland. When the last wave of immigrants came here, it wasn't because they wanted free school, driver's licenses, or medical care. The immigrants built this country, but they built it for themselves. They came here legally, they came here with skills, and with the idea that they were going to build for themselves and their families a better life, above board, and with everything that they could give to it.

My grandparents, my parents, came here with papers, through Ellis Island. They came here legitimately, they earned their jobs legitimately, and they worked and paid taxes and sent their children to public school. They earned the right to be called an American through their hard work, through their desire to leave behind their old ways, the ways that had made them poor, and despite the pull of their nationalism, they made a commitment to this country.

The School Voucher push in Calif. This is an idea whose time is coming.

Blogs are off the hook with the FEC. Thank goodness.

A comprehensive review of the WMDs, Saddam and Al Quaida, and the Russian Connection - that you will never find in the New York Times. Facts do not fit their mindset.

A dress that will truly fit: Spray-on

"I love you" becomes sexual harassment. We must be in the End Times, because the world has gone nuts.

How did we miss Scalia on judges? No better than Joe Six-Pack on moral judgements. No doubt. They're lawyers, for heaven's sake. Damn, he is 70 years old already.

Paul a bit too easy on the NYT? Seems to me that they will buy any story that fits their view of the world, and reject stories that do not.

From View from 1776:

As Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in the 1850s, after half-a-century of socialism in France, the French had become a nation of self-centered people, heedless of the greater good of society, intent only upon getting their prescribed government benefits, and prepared to endure any degree of despotism, so long as the benefits arrived.

The new role of judicial review in government. The Prof

The Marines notice kids. Meanwhile the Christian peaceniks try to schmooze the Imams instead - whose religion commands them to kill non-Moslems. When did God command Christians to stop using their God-given brains?

Free money? Why not, just like speech? Who needs banks, nowadays?

An online interview with Chomsky, here.

Problems with polygamy: it leaves some guys with nobody to love.

75% of respondents (Who are these people?) agree with Charlie Sheen that 9-11 was faked. Normal folks call that spending too much time in Tinseltown, where all reality is fake.

Easter Eggs banned in St. Paul. Worried about Jihad, folks? Afraid the Moslems might come in with a bomb to your Parking Violations Department in the Town Hall? Is that the American Way of Life?

Dems floundering for a message?  My opinion? They don't dare say what their real message is. Super piece by Ace on the subject.

Bob Kerry admits new intel demonstrates Saddam-Al Quaida links.

Russians gave Saddam US attack plans. Why? They want the oil.

Epicures discover Basque cooking. Will it replace French cuisine? Not on my watch.

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Man, the net is full of good advice - for free:

Ask the Imam: Are women allowed to work?

Ask the Madam: I am bored with my sex life.

Ask the Guy: What about Feminism?

Ask the Pastor: How can I tell if this guy is married? (and should I care?)

Ask the Sexpert: Am I a Transgender? (Of course your are.)

Ask the Doctor: Excess body and facial hair.

Ask the Sexologist: How to masturbate.

Ask the Plastic Surgeon: I need bigger boobs.

Ask the Leftist: Like, ummm, How do Feminism and Marxist-Leninism go together?

Ask the Gynecologist: I have PMS 30 days per month.

Ask NOW: What Month is it? (It's women's Herstory Month!!!) Duh!!! Everyone knows that.

Ask another Sexologist: How do I please a man?

Ask the Anatomist: Is my clitoris too big or too small?

Ask the Dating Pro: How do I chat up a man?

(Image: Quit pushing that button - the video won't work here. We are a dignified blog.)

The dihydrogen monoxide environmental crisis. This chemical can have a very serious impact on the environment.

Gee whiz, what happened to the Harvard logo on that paper about Israel?

Headline of the Week: (via Drudge): French Anarchists Riot over Job Security

Our neutral news media: Bush makes me sick.

The people will kill him if he is freed. As I said before, I want this guy at Yale.

Neither rain nor sleet...what? This dude is fine for military duty, but not for the Post Office. I guess the Post Office is extremely picky about who they hire...and, from the opposite end of the moral spectrum, marathoner jailed for false disability claims in UK.

Incredible photo, via Fark. Don't miss the crow.

Now it's California levees. Why permit people to live in idiotic places, if taxpayers have to support it? Why not make dangerous flood zones into wildlife sanctuaries, and be done with it?

Art News: Panda bear painted on a single hair. Nice for over the fireplace?

German Beer update, from Der Spiegel

"They were a really nice family."  Tennessee Pastor's wife suspect in killing of husband. Haven't I always said "Beware of "really nice" people"?

In praise of duct tape. And for sportsmen, there is real Duck Tape too.

Michelle's Headline of the Day yesterday: AP: Clinton vows to block bill criminalizing illegal immigrants. Hey, Barrister - how about a Fallacy of the Week on Double-Speak?

What I wonder is what that would mean for all the folks who come here legally, with Green Cards, etc.? Part-Time Pundit has a Guard the Borders Blogburst.

From the Brussels Journal, another obituary for Old Europe:

Europe’s current problems are entirely self-inflicted. This does not mean, however, that the result will be less catastrophic. By subverting the roots of its own Judeo-Christian culture – a process that started with the French Enlightenment (as opposed to the Scottish Enlightenment, which was not anti-religious) – a religious and cultural vacuum was created at the heart of European civilization. The collapse of faith in its own values has, not surprisingly, led to a demographic collapse because a civilization that no longer believes in its own future also rejects procreation. Today, a new religion and culture is supplanting the old one. There is little one can do about it, but hope for a miracle.

Image: I just love the sugar-free concept. You buy two jelly doughnuts and a sugar-free coffee, and think you are being healthy.

The Indian stock market. Hot.

Impeach Ginsburg? There's an idea. It's academic, of course.

"A spiritual necessity"? "In Europe, the welfare state has become a spiritual necessity." Interesting.

An Allen-Condi or Condi-Allen ticket? I'd consider it.

Wal-Mart welcomed in China...(but not in NYC)

The Lego Wars. This is the UN's idea of a good idea.

Anti-War or Anti-Bush? Ya gotta decide, folks. I agree with this quote from Balloon Juice:

...but at some point it becomes pretty clear that these anti-war protests are little more than anti-Bush protests. While hating Bush has become far more fashionable as of late (in fact, hating Bush is so popular that the cool kids are already doing something else), these protests accomplish very little. Bus is already in the middle to low 30’s in popularity, and there really is no ‘war’ to protest, per se.

and Murdock at NRO has a similar take:

Why have so many liberals abandoned overseas the very people they lionize at home? The answer is the worst four-letter word in their vocabulary: “Bush.”

The Democratic Left hates President Bush’s guts. They also hate his face, his footsteps, and his shadow. Since hurting him involves looking away as terrorists slaughter pacifists, diplomats, journalists, teachers, and children, they do so with zeal.

Why all of this hate? I thought we were supposed to hate nothin' 'cept hatred...

The Odyssey, illustrated. 2500 year-old pictures of the tale.

Immigration: Just give me some truth: a quote: "a million people illegally entering the United States is clearly a passive policy choice, not an inevitability."

Norm on why we should still read Marx.

Harvard Prof Russell considers Horowitz's The Professors 

Yes, there is a double standard. And there should be, too. What 14 year old fellow would sue this gal complaining about a sexual encounter? Seems to me like every 14 year-old's dream come true.