Reader David Lonborg, who was very active in the lengthy debate over Washington state’s decision to pass legislation banning “Oriental” from public documents, sends along this related story from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin: According to the writer of ‘Kamehameha,’ starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, the upcoming film production is a train already on the tracks. But at least one Hawaiiana scholar is already working to derail it. Lilikala Kame’eleihiwa, director of

From retroCRUSH: “When Rock Stars Make Movies: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Plain Unwatchable” (Volume 1). Revisit the screen roles of some of your favorite songsters: Vanilla Ice! The Fat Boys! MC Hammer! Susanna Freakin’ Hoffs…! Here, for instance, is retroCRUSH’s review of that much ballyhooed 1988 Jeff Goldblum, Cyndi Lauper vehicle, Vibes: Ugh! A film featuring 3 hours of graphic butt sex between Carrot Top and Jm.

Pssssst! Wanna buy a ’97 Ford Crown Victoria? Low mileage, beefed-up engine, two-way radio. Gunrack… [Related: Pssssst! Wanna buy a coupla’ shotguns…?]

A note of thanks to Americans, from Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, opinion editor at Arutz Sheeva: At this time, I am most thankful to America for its patriotism. Every Israeli reporter stationed in America since that terrible September 11 has commented on Israeli television or radio about the incredible patriotism of the American people. American flags everywhere. Flag pins on every lapel. Patriotic themes appeared in every media outlet. Every store, every

William Easterly, senior fellow of the Center for Global Development and the Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C., and former senior advisor of the development research group at the World Bank, has a fascinating article on the failures of what he terms the “aid cartel” in the July/August Foreign Policy. Here’s a bit to whet your appelink™*: The mere mention of a

Writing in the Chronicle Review, Alan Wolfe, director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College, argues that Catholic Universities occupy the vanguard of current intellectualism — precisely because of their inheritance in the tradition of natural law. As Wolfe explains it, “the natural-law tradition […] is premised on the idea that there are certain truths in the world that remain true irrespective of whether

“Takeru Kobayashi has defended his title in the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July world hot-dog eating contest, but not without some controversy. “The slightly built Kobayashi, who set a world record with 50 hot dogs eaten in 12 minutes a year ago, did himself a half-dog better this year with 50

Sorry for the light posting today. Not only was I hungover from all the, uh, burgers and dogs, but the site had a few glitches that needed correcting. During the fix, some of the Movable Type functions were disabled. Comments are back up. Seem to have lost the trackback links, though. Win some, lose some, I guess. On the plus side, all future posts will be automatically ping enabled. So