More on race from Eric Olsen — who draws on the work of Stanford population geneticist Dr. Neil Risch to argue that “race” is indeed biologically determinable (“Race Is Seen as Real Guide to Track Roots of Disease,” The New York Times) — concluding that “to accept objective differences between groups without yielding to the temptation to stigmatize ‘difference’ as inherently inferior […]” is a worthy new social mandate. …All

Michael Ledeen interviews Eliad Moreh, a survivor from the Hebrew University bombing: Ledeen: There are many who feel the Palestinians are entitled to be free, and to determine their own lives? Moreh: Of course, but not at the expense of our own lives. Palestinians were offered an independent state in the frame of the Oslo agreement, but they rejected it, and started a terrorist war against Israel, proving they had

Congrats to Vodkapundit Steve Green and his lovely bride Melissa on their recent nuptuals…! And if you’re reading this, Steve — well…then you’re just plain sad. Really. I mean, what are you thinking, dude? This is your honeymoon…! Shameful. I give it a year, tops.

Writing for The National Review, novelist Mark Goldblatt asks, “What Is Racism?” — and then he tries to answer his own question by drawing distinctions between rhetoric and reality, and between what he calls “racist truths” and racist beliefs: […] What does it mean nowadays to call someone, or something, ‘racist’? Is racism in the eye of the beholder, or does it have a proper sense? For me, this is

A while back, Atrios asked, “Why do so many conservatives always complain about campus leftists?” Not to be outdone, Matt Yglesias echoed that sentiment and added his own plausible deniability of the question’s relevance by way of anecdote and comparison: As a centrist college student, the campus left bothers me a great deal, but that’s because I need to live next door to them. Here on summer vacation, the whole

Thanks, everyone, for your kind thoughts and wishes. Posting will remain light for a while — I have some other projects I really should be working on — but never fear…there are plenty of other sites out there better than this one, anyway. For instance, I can think of like, two of them right off the top of my head.

While I’m off attending to personal matters, here’s some fiction to keep you busy. These are early drafts of a couple of chapters from the novel I’m supposed to be working on this summer. Taken totally out of context, of course. (But did I mention there’s sex?) Make of it what you will. If you will. Have a nice weekend. We’ll talk soon.

Found out this afternoon that a buddy of mine from college died yesterday — the second such death of a friend from my undergrad days inside of three weeks. He was 33. If I don’t post for a couple days, you’ll know why. Thanks for understanding.

“With just 116 yuan ($14), Shanghai office worker Han Bin could be the proud owner of a second-hand Volkswagen Passat, if he wins a court battle against the car’s disbelieving seller,” Reuters reports. Han, 20, put in his ridiculously low bid for the car when it was offered over a leading Chinese auction Web site, EachNet.com. By the deadline, no one else had bid and a jubilant Han received confirmation