George Will, on the diversity tinkerers: Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas joined Chief Justice John Roberts’ opinion for the court, in which Roberts said: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” Anthony Kennedy, although agreeing that Seattle’s and Louisville’s practices are unconstitutional, chastised Roberts for an “all-too-unyielding” opposition to race-based programs. Yet when dissenting in the

“How ‘extremist’ can it be to act upon beliefs that are ‘the norm’?”

From John Miller at NRO’s The Corner: The artist formerly known as Cat Stevens — and now known as Yusuf Islam — will perform at one of Al Gore’s Live Earth concerts. Click here for more info, including links to a video in which Mr. Peace Train expresses his desire for Salman Rushdie to burn at the stake, plus his connections to Hamas. This kind of thing strikes me as

I wrote a week or so back about the Edwards campaign’s attempts to turn pointed criticism into “hate speech,” a designation that carries with it the stigma of criminality thanks to the (unfortunate) existence of actual hate speech laws, which are increasingly poised to grease the slipperly slope toward a linguistic “tolerance” based upon the illiberal premise that particular identity groups have a “right” not to be offended — a

So, why hasn’t Michael Yon’s report on the al Qaeda massacre of women and children in Baqubah been picked up by the legacy media? Well, if you can believe one reporter, the answer (that the mainstream press, too, has an agenda to push and protect, and certain stories, if given too much play, will weaken the master narrative) will come as little surprise to most readers here — just as

Hot, or Not? The three are the first defendants in Britain to be convicted of inciting terrorist murder on the internet. They waged cyber-jihad on websites run from their bedrooms. Tsouli promoted the ideology of Osama bin Laden via email and radical websites. He said in one message he was “very happy” about the July 7 bombings in London in 2005. Tsouli, along with Tariq Daour, a biochemistry student, and

HERO CABBIE: I KICKED BURNING TERRORIST SO HARD IN BALLS THAT I TORE A TENDON “He didn’t even flinch. I couldn’t believe he didn’t go down.” I think the lesson here is that before you smeat a jihadi flambe in the melting brass cojones, stretch. UPDATE: Dammit, some guy calling himself Instapundit said pretty much the same thing about the headline, yesterday.

At least the Prius he was driving 100 mph was what they call a “hydroponic” vehicle. And it’s not as though the drugs he was caught with were non-natural, except for the Valium, Xanax, Vicodin, Adderall and Soma, for which he lacked prescriptions. I’m not sure what kind of mileage a Prius gets when it’s going 100 mph, though, so that’s kind of serious. Unlike certain partisans who would like

For your 4th of July pleasure: While many people will be busy celebrating the nation’s birthday with barbecues, fireworks or camping getaways, others will also be celebrating the memory of a fallen Navy SEAL. With distinguished guests such as Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter; Rear Adm. Joseph D. Kernan, head of the Naval Special Warfare Command; and Medal of Honor recipient Mike Thornton in attendance, a bronze statue

On Sunday, Michelle Malkin posted a request on behalf of a family for prayers for their son who had successful surgery to remove a brain tumor today. I know that not all of us are Godbotherers here, but if you’re inclined to bug Him a little, please take a moment out of your holiday for Keith Johnston, our burrhog.