Interesting analysis of the way Sandra Day O’Connor’s “feminism” stacks up—or rather, fails to stack up—to contemporary feminist dogma.  From Cathy Young, “O’Connor’s True Feminism”, The Boston Globe: By shattering a barrier to women’s advancement, O’Connor surely earned her place in the history books. But is her gender otherwise relevant to judging her legacy? One remarkable gender-centric assessment of O’Connor appeared on the op-ed page of The New York Times,

Anybody else beginning to suspect that when it comes to the prospect of picking Supreme Court justices (among other things), Republican politicos are completely different animals from the conservatives who elected them?

High winds, lots of rain, lots of broken tree limbs littering roads and property.  My CITIZEN JOURNALIST’S INSTICTS tell me to expect more of same—including lots of broken shutters and some light flooding—until the storm passes.  Developing… related:  Despite its ferocious category 3 pounding of the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Dennis has brought with it no sign of missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway—though, for what it’s worth, Florida residents interviewed for

From “The Mother of All Connections,” Stephen Hayes and Thomas Joscelyn in the July 18 Weekly Standard: For many, the debate over the former Iraqi regime’s ties to Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda network ended a year ago with the release of the 9/11 Commission report. Media outlets seized on a carefully worded summary that the commission had found no evidence “indicating that Iraq cooperated with al Qaeda in developing

“Well, like they say—if a rotary saw were cherry jam, Uncle Cletis would still have all his toes.” (Lewisburg, West Virginia)

The nature of the threat is not yet known.  Developing… From the BBC: Police in Birmingham in the Midlands are evacuating the city centre. Earlier they issued a warning they had received intelligence suggesting a threat to the area. “Our response needs to be proportionate in the action we’re taking and in informing the public,” a spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said. Police are now closing down the Birmingham Broad

1.  Craig C sends along several links, all of them worth checking out.  First, Tim Blair investigates a few nascent conspiracy theories springing up around the London bombings and in the process, develops one of his own.  Also by way of Tim Blair, Andrew of Non-Trivial Solutions pens an open letter to the London terrorist bombers. 2. “You don’t know profiling until you’ve killed a family of six.” Courtesy The

True enough.  But it turns out our little armor-plated friend is something of an anglophile.  So, while he’s not really up to dancing today, he could, probably, be talked into a pint or two—after which he’ll gladly join you in a game of darts, and maybe even a bar fight against whatever yuppified American wankers try switching off Manchester United in favor of a stupid Rockies game.