From Terry Hastings, via email: Florida courts rule against vouchers on the grounds that the vouchers violate uniformity standards for our school system. the Florida Supreme Court ruled 5-2 that the voucher program violated the “uniformity clause” of the state constitution guaranteeing a high-quality system of public schools. Because the performance of the voucher kids was superior to those in public schools, the court ruled that education was not uniform—or

Via Allah, this bit of self-congratulatory puffery we’ve come to expect out of Howard Dean: “I was recently asked about the difference between the Democratic and Republican parties,” Dean said. “When it comes right down to it, the essential difference is that the Democrats fundamentally believe it is important to make sure that American Jews feel comfortable being American Jews.” Ironically, Dean is correct—though not for the reasons he fancies: 

More news from the war on terror front, this time from the AP: The French government is offering Zacarias Moussaoui the consular protection he deserves as a French national, but so far the al-Qaida conspirator has not asked for it, the French Embassy said Wednesday. In a press communique, the embassy said it had dispatched the consul general from Washington and an embassy official to every session of the trial

“The death penalty has a meaning, and it isn’t vengeance.” From Peggy Noonan, WSJ: Excuse me, I’m sorry, and I beg your pardon, but the jury’s decision on Moussaoui gives me a very bad feeling. What we witnessed here was not the higher compassion but a dizzy failure of nerve. From the moment the decision was announced yesterday, everyone, all the parties involved–the cable jockeys, the legal analysts, the politicians,

From the NYT: A federal court jury spared the life of Zacarias Moussaoui today, voting to send him to prison for the rest of his days rather than condemn him to death for the carnage of Sept. 11, 2001. The jury of nine men and three women deliberated seven days before telling District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema this afternoon that it had chosen to spare the life of the only

“Nappy Jeeves” (tie) “Dr. House Negro” / “Professor House Negro” “over-roasted marshmallow” “dickhead” “The Darkie Prince” “LIAR LIAR LIAR” “He’s no David Brock, you can bet your ass on that.  Because David Brock?  That brother is down!” “Uncle Ben to Condi’s Rice” “They call him Minstrel Tibbs” (tie)”RACIST” / “Whitey” *

From Agape Press (h/t STACLU): Pro-abortion vandals have destroyed yet another campus pro-life display, this time at an Ivy League university. The student group Princeton Pro-Life had erected a display featuring 347 flags designed to symbolize the estimated number of students who might have been a part of Princeton’s class of 2010 if abortion had not been legalized. After being up just three days, the display was destroyed and signs

[update:  For those who pretend to disbelieve I could have possible ever been engaged in hermeutic study (or that I must necessarily have been bad at it), I’m happy to provide you, once again, with some course notes I developed for a 2-part seminar that outlines the trajectory of my study and the conclusions I drew from those studies—which put my ideas about interpretation, truth claims, etc., into context.  Of

From Expose the Left, video and a transcript of UN Ambassador John Bolton (and his straight-talking mustache, “Regis”) taking on Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich during testimony yesterday before the House subcommittee on international relations.  An excerpt of the transcript follows:

Clint Hurdle?  Nice guy, lousy manager.  If the Rockies win the NL West—and I believe they have the talent to do so,—it will be in spite of Hurdle’s blunders.  Expect a May free fall before they are able to right the ship. That is all.