So.  To hear dean of the faculty and professor of psychology and neuroscience at Pitzer College, Alan Jones, tell it, those folks who criticize the rather obvious and intellectually dangerous “progressive” bias in the modern academy (mostly in the humanities and social sciences) are part of a vast rightwing conspiracy funded by shady conservative sugar daddies.  Which, even were it true (and I don’t think it is) wouldn’t bother me

What do I hate about soccer?  Well, first of all, it’s so very European—what with the ridiculous colored socks, and with the hand made to feel guilty over what is its clear superiority in most activities requiring dexterity.  That is to say, for the offense of being so useful, the hand is marginalized to the point of criminality.  In soccer, using your hands is akin to committing a hate crime. 

From the WaPo: Two U.S. soldiers missing since an attack on a checkpoint last week have been found dead near a power plant in Yusifiyah, south of Baghdad, according to U.S. officials, and Iraqi officials say the soldiers had been tortured. Maj. Gen. Abdul Aziz Muhammed-Jassim, head of operations at the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, said the soldiers had been “barbarically” killed. U.S. officials would not confirm or deny that

*must credit protein wisdom* Not to get too far out in front of the news cycle here, but it appears TruthOut has been fully exonerated with respect to its earlier Rove reportage, and that Marc Ash, Jason Leopold, and their unnamed sources in federal law enforcement and government are actually heroes—albeit heroes who have been victimized by their own heroism in such a way that it appears that they’ve made