With thanks to Terry Hastings, a follow-up to my discussion last night on Iran—particularly, how Europe is likely to react in the event of a heightening of tensions.  From the WSJ (subscribers only), Dutch novelist and adjunct fellow at the Hoover Institute Leon De Winter, “Soft Europe”:

Having just completed a post on “rape” as it will now be defined in the UK, allow me to link to a semi-related discussion on “the “Muslim rape epidemic, reaction of the West, clash of cultures, adaptation/submission of western culture to the he-man woman hating (or just plain rights-of-the-indivdual hating club) that is traditional Islam.” Does each culture get to define “rape” in its own way?  Or is there some

Interesting bit from the BBC on what amounts to “rape” as (potentially subjective) afterthought.  “Ensure consent for sex, men told”:

From ABC News’ Brian Ross:

From the Sydney Morning Herald:

From a press release forwarded along by F.I.R.E.’s interim president Greg Lukianoff:

Reuters: A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that universities that get federal funds must allow military recruiters on campus, even if their law schools oppose the Pentagon’s policy prohibiting openly gays and lesbians from serving. The high court upheld as constitutional a federal law dating back to 1994 that allows the government to withhold money from universities that deny military recruiters the same access to campuses given to

On the subject of Yale’s Taliban student, the WSJ’s John Fund notes that “University officials are embarrassed–but not embarrassed enough”:

From Pajamas Media: Does anybody care what Nicole Kidman is wearing (or not)? Does anybody care how many times Jon Stewart disses Dick Cheney? Does anybody care who even wins the Academy Awards anymore? Yes, we all care – even if we say we don’t… It’s the Oscars, after all! Well, I don’t care, to be honest with you—but that won’t keep me from liveblogging the festivities as part of

Via Allah and Alarming News, this potential bombshell (though its best to retain a healthy skepticism at this point). From Iran Focus-News, “Helmut Kohl agrees with Ahmadinejad on Holocaust”: