From the Washington Post: The United Arab Emirates company that was attempting to take over management operations at six U.S. ports announced today that it will divest itself of all American interests. The announcement appears to head off a major confrontation that was brewing between Congress and the Bush administration over the controversial deal. Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) announced on the Senate floor shortly before 2 p.m. that Dubai Ports

Greg Lukianoff, Interim President Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), sent along the following email that I believe illustrates perfectly the critique of the academic “tolerance” culture that I’ve been at pains to describe and explain—both from a sociolinguistic and a political perspective.  And given how essential it is that such a philosophical paradigm is intellectually thwarted—despite its near ubiquity in university humanities departments, which then translates into its

Woke this morning to find that one of my irregularly shaped arm moles had completely disappeared—which, had I not been so tired, I would have proclaimed a work of Providence, then spent the rest of day peddling the story of my “Miracle Melanoma” to, say, FOXNews (David Asman absolutely lives for this shit), or maybe Newsmax. Unfortunately, I decided to roll over and go back to sleep instead, and when

Wretchard provides some interesting commentary on Robert Kaplan’s Atlantic Monthly piece, “The Coming Normalcy”.  Writes Wretchard:

A video performative, courtesy Standwithus.com. Thanks to Craig C.

From the AP: Contending that women have more options than they do in the event of an unintended pregnancy, men’s rights activists are mounting a long shot legal campaign aimed at giving them the chance to opt out of financial responsibility for raising a child.