From the BBC: Schools will be able to ban pupils from wearing full-face veils on security, safety or learning grounds under new uniforms guidance issued by ministers. It says efforts must be made to accommodate religious clothing, but stresses the importance of teachers and pupils being able to make eye contact. It comes after a girl failed in a legal bid to overturn her school’s niqab ban. Islamic groups have

CXXXVIII 1. When my love swears that she is made of truth, 2. I do believe her though I know she lies, 3. That she might think me some untutored youth, 4. Unlearned in the world’s false subtleties. 5. Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young, 6. Although she knows my days are past the best, 7. Simply I credit her false-speaking tongue: 8. On both sides thus is

More media fawning uncovered, courtesy of the Weekly Standard’s “Scrapbook”: “On the question of inner-city poverty and dysfunction, Obama proposes a suite of orthodox solutions–early childhood education, after-school and mentoring programs, efforts to teach young parents how to be parents. But he also emphasizes personal responsibility: ‘The framework that tends to be set up in Washington–which is either the problem is not enough money and not enough government programs, or

Scroll to second and third photos, safe for work unless you work for a nunnery, I suppose.  Freaks. At the WaPo, William Arkin has a sensible article on Plamegate and the IIPA: Maybe Valerie Plame in fact was a skilled case officer running a key agent of some foreign intelligence service providing inside information about weapons of mass destruction. So skilled, so crucial to our national security that her husband

If having your tour of duty in Iraq was not bad enough news, the skewed MSM poll that oversampled Sunni Arabs by about 100% noted here Monday morning helped drag down the morale of the 9th Cavalry Regiment as it patrolled the dangerous streets of Baghdad in Humvees after dark: Platoon commander of the 9th Cavalry Regiment, Captain Christopher Dawson, said he understood the need for troops to stay in

My best to Ms Seipp and her family.  Cathy is not merely a pundit; she’s an honest to goodness writer.  And that, I think, is what sets her apart from so many of us toiling away here in the ether.

…but I nevertheless take the force of this Rocky Mountain News letter writer’s point: The Killing off of Captain America parallels the downward spiral our country is in.  The patriotism that used to mean love of flag and country is quickly disappearing.  But have no fear, this heroic Marvel comic character will be back…this time as Captain Americana! Of course, gone will be the trademark winged hat and red white

Red State has a new post up about Plamegate, and of course people are saying, “that Gen. Hayden could easily confirm or deny any aspect of her story, and he chose to confirm the aspects that support Plame’s account of what happened – and her status as a covert employee.” But if you go view the matter, you’ll find that when Toensing rebuts Waxman’s are you saying Hayden’s a liar?

How well is the new security plan doing in Baghdad so far?  Apparently well enough that ABC News, USA Today, and the BBC had to join forces to produce biased reports of “lost hope,” based on an already biased German poll of Iraqi public opinion. What are the major flaws in the poll and the reporting thereon?  Let me count the ways.

I’m around.  Spent most of yesterday putting together patio furniture and baby sitting for one of the neighbors.  Today I have to put together a bench, a couple end tables, and one of those taut-netted pitchback machines (so I can break in a couple of baseball gloves). On the plus side, once I’m finished putting all the furniture together, I’ll have a place outside to set up a computer.  Next