Of course I know the difference between a banana and a plantain. I was just making sure you did.

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea / And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called honah lee / Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff / And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff / Because fuck the government, y’know?  I mean, it’s just a plant, man / And it’s little Jackie Paper’s body to do with as he pleases / Oh!

Writing in the Weekly Standard, Terry Eastland highlights what will become the latest statistical battleground in the war to frame the Affirmative Action debate.  For some of you, this story may be old.  But on the off chance you haven’t come across it, here you go.  From “The Mismatch Game,” Jan 3-10: Affirmative Action emerged in the 1960s as a policy intended to help blacks. How, then, would institutions committed

Elizabeth:  “Um, what’s a ‘blogger’…?”* **** update:  “Say, you know what John Mellencamp once called my nipples…?  ’Little Pink Houses.’ “Isn’t that so adorable?”

From Charles Paul Freund, Reason, February 2005 Blogging promises its more ambitious practicioners a chance to influence multitudes.  For some there may even be a measure of renown.  But as they begin to reach audiences comparable to those of traditional journalists, bloggers are also finding that they face some of traditional journalist’s problems.  Repressive governments figured out fairly quickly that weblogs could be as threatening as the conventional press.  In

Zach Bennett interviewed me for his site, the reluctant werewolf.  The resultant slag turns up here. Full disclosure:  I thought I was applying for a housing loan.