Really.

I’m having trouble getting my sympathy mill grinding on this one, though. It’s an odious practice.

Guess he should have been better at “choking the chicken.”

The Europeans (not including the Brits) continue to make themselves irrelevant.

Does anyone know the origin of the title for this post?

I didn’t know that Jane Galt had a PhD in Economics. I thought it was an MBA from Chicago (though some would say that’s almost equivalent). If you read her blog regularly, I can see how the writer of the web site might have been fooled, though.

William Stern provides a little more context for Scorcese’s Gangs Of New York, and points out some critical factors that the director missed (not surprising, considering how ill informed he is about current affairs).

A fascinating read for those interested in American history, and particularly the history of the Irish in America. It’s obvious once pointed out, but I’d never before considered the origin of the term “paddy wagon.”

Italians are abandoning the Euro for the lira.

The EPA has concluded that smog is not beneficial.

The EPA has concluded that smog is not beneficial.

The EPA has concluded that smog is not beneficial.

E. J. Dionne has an unintentionally hilarious column today about how Joe Lieberman is just too saintly to be our President.

Oh, and Bush “has become a deeply polarizing figure, winning near-universal support within his own party while sowing deep resentment in the opposition.”

Right. Well, maybe it’s true, for the most die-hard Dem partisans. But they’re not going to win any elections running on a strategy of resentment.