Referring to the recent anti-American foment in the streets of Iran, Matthew Yglesias (of “The Matt Yglesias Experience”®) writes: […]obviously the Ayatollahs are manipulating public opinion here, but lets not forget that until recently the demonstrations we were seeing were either in support of the reformist President or else were in order to condemn him for being insufficiently radical. Turns out that people may not like having their nation, bad

Breaking news: FOXNews is reporting on a frightening situation at Fairfield University (Connecticut), where a former student claiming to have a bomb is holding hostage 15 students and the professor of a Religious Studies class. Developing…. I’ve always wanted to do that. I feel so…Drudgy…!

“Media mogul Ted Turner says the Sept. 11 attacks were an act of desperation, and the hijackers were ‘brave’ but probably ‘a little nuts,’ The Washington Post reports. “Turner, in a lecture at Brown University, also compared President Bush to Julius Caesar.” In a wide-ranging address Monday, the AOL Time Warner vice chairman said the attacks on the World Trade Center the Pentagon were an outgrowth of poverty. ‘The reason

Heretical Ideas’ Alex Knapp has come up with some “fun questions for anti-globalization activists.” He writes: Are you bored? Attending a global economic forum? Want to pass the time by mocking the ignorance of white, middle-class college activists? Then why not ask them one or more of these following questions. Their answers will astound and amaze you! 1. What is a corporation? 2. If you’re opposed to the oil companies,

Go read Glenn Kinen’s post on the economics of the effigy business, which starts with this great line: “There is nothing like a Persian in heat.” Man, if we didn’t already have protein wisdom as our blog title, “A Persian in Heat” would win hands down…

Brian Doherty reports on the globalization debate in the latest Reason (print edition): According to the anti-globalization movement, the integration of the global economy is nothing more than a chance for the rich to fleece the poor. A recent working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research* finds that almost precisely the opposite is true: The best way to keep poor nations poor is to segregate them from

Hey, y’all! We’ve added a few new links to our Vintage Blogs list: “Grasshoppa Blog” (and won’t somebody please buy Geoff’s ad off for him?); “The Matt Yglesias Experience” (not the actual name, but hey, we dig it); and Sgt. Stryker’s “Daily Briefing” (which we thought we’d already linked to; whoops! — color us…er, plussed…?) Go on, check ’em out. It’s not like Instapundit’s goin’ anywhere…

Here’s a delightful cartoon from Arab News — a paper comprised of self-styled Arab “moderates.” Oh boy! Anti-semitism AND anti-Americanism! Why it’s two – two – two mints in one! The “conservative” Arabs, of course, fly airplanes into our buildings… [thanks to Matthew Yglesias for the link]

Well, duh… [here, check this out]

Hipster Blogger® Oliver Willis has lost his everlovin’ mind! After prefacing some recent comments with an assurance to his readers that he supports the U.S.-led military “conflict” against terrorism, Oliver then unfortunately veers off the high-road and runs flush into a salt dump at the corner of Delusion Street and Nofrickin’ Way. Evidently he bumped his head on the steering wheel. Check out this diluted brainjuice he lets drip onto