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
May 3, 2006
May 3, 2006
“Authentic” Black man Oliver Willis’ 9 favorite “private” nicknames for “inauthentic” Black man—Hoover Institute fellow, member of the National Association of Scholars, the national board of the American Academy for Liberal Education, the University Accreditation Association, and the national board at the Center for the New American Community at the Manhattan Institute—Dr. Shelby Steele
“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” *
May 3, 2006
“Pro-Abortion Vandals Desecrate Princeton Group’s Pro-Life Display”
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
May 3, 2006
Reductio ad absurdum: a study in anti-war “nuance” (or, “but we really DO support the troops!") UPDATED
[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
May 3, 2006
John Bolton’s straight-talking mustache, “Regis,” bitch slaps Dennis Kucinich and Sy Hersh, still has time left over for three Happy Hour gin Gibsons and a pair of Continental stewardesses
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:
May 3, 2006
For baseball fans only
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.