Lee Smith says that the Democrats are waging a proxie war against the Bush administration–in the Middle East, many of whom refuse to believe that we’re at war (simultaneously while thinking that we should end the war that we’re not in–talk about cognitive dissonance). I think that’s exactly what’s happening, even if they don’t realize it themselves.
It Worked For Reagan
I wrote earlier this morning that whatever I (and a lot of other people) voted for last fall, it wasn’t surrender. Here’s an interesting approach to the war, that seems beyond the Democrats. We win, they lose. Go sign the petition.
As If We Needed Another Reason
Here’s another reason for Gonzales to resign.
More Lockup, Less Crime?
Bernard Harcourt is finding some very interesting and powerful correlations between crime rates and institutionalization rates. And you can’t just look at prisons. I’m not an expert in the field, but I suspect that this may be groundbreaking, with some interesting implications for public policy.
The VPI Picture You Won’t See
A colleague of mine has a son who is a senior in engineering at VPI, who was fortunately not on campus when the shooting occurred. He was traumatized nonetheless, as were all the students, and my colleague drove down from DC to Blacksburg this past weekend to see how he and his friends were doing. He took some pictures of the improvised memorials.
While not as moving or lovely, this is the one that interested me the most. Such a sign was apparently on the door of every campus building, to keep away the ghouls. I don’t think you’ll see this picture in the papers.
The VPI Picture You Won’t See
A colleague of mine has a son who is a senior in engineering at VPI, who was fortunately not on campus when the shooting occurred. He was traumatized nonetheless, as were all the students, and my colleague drove down from DC to Blacksburg this past weekend to see how he and his friends were doing. He took some pictures of the improvised memorials.
While not as moving or lovely, this is the one that interested me the most. Such a sign was apparently on the door of every campus building, to keep away the ghouls. I don’t think you’ll see this picture in the papers.
The VPI Picture You Won’t See
A colleague of mine has a son who is a senior in engineering at VPI, who was fortunately not on campus when the shooting occurred. He was traumatized nonetheless, as were all the students, and my colleague drove down from DC to Blacksburg this past weekend to see how he and his friends were doing. He took some pictures of the improvised memorials.
While not as moving or lovely, this is the one that interested me the most. Such a sign was apparently on the door of every campus building, to keep away the ghouls. I don’t think you’ll see this picture in the papers.
So Long, Crabcakes
Eastern Market apparently burned down over the weekend. I had many a good crab cake there, but I agree that the government should not be involved in rebuilding it.
Good for Congressman Campbell.
I also think we need to look into this suspicious event. Were there government documents buried underneath? Were the Jews warned away? Where was Dick Cheney? Was it made of steel?
Turn The Page
Megan channels one of my gripes:
What the hell is with multiple page web articles? The reason books have pages is obvious; it’s hard to carry around a single 110×80 foot sheet of paper, much less unfold it to read. Not so much for web articles. Does someone actually find this preferable?
Yes, what is up with that? More ad space? I don’t see why. Maybe more page views to fool the advertisers? Computer World does this, and I do find it annoying.
The Top Eight Corporations
In Second Life. One of them is Reuters. The Pontiac site sounds pretty cool, with test drives, and free land.
[Update a few minutes later]
Alan Boyle has a story on learning rocketry there.