From “Brickbats,” Reason, Feb 2006: A book by a former Labour Party adviser claims British Prime Minister Tony Blair shouted “fucking Welsh” at the TV while watching his party’s poor showing in the 1999 elections for the Welsh Assembly.  Welse police are now investigating whether Blair committed a hate crime. Social progressivism—with it’s showy nods to “tolerance” and its attempts to legislate away thought crimes —have brought us to the

           January 6, 2006 At one, we loved you with all our heart; at two we love you twice as much! — which makes mathematical sense —though it also helps that you’re now much better at completing your chores, and at smuggling Dad’s peyote in from New Mexico in your Easy- Up Elmo toddler nappies. By the way, the grass looks marvelous!—and the rain gutters are running clear as Cameron Diaz

Reuters: Al Qaeda’s deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri said in a video aired on Friday that U.S. President George W. Bush’s plans to withdraw troops from Iraq meant Washington had been defeated by the Muslims. He also criticized Islamist groups, including Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood, for believing in Western-style democracy and taking part in elections. “Bush, you must confess that you have been defeated in Iraq and in Afghanistan and you