h/t Ace

From Stanley Kurtz: Today, on the front page of The Washington Post, we see the third in a three-part series on roadside bombs in Iraq. The stories in this series have been centered on the top half of the page and highlighted in red (a device I don’t recall seeing before). Next to that is a huge headline about allegations of killings In Iraq by Blackwater. Below that is a

Came out on DVD about a week ago, and as I seldom go to a theater unless my kids want to see something, I just saw it last night.  It’s very sweet, a comedy in the technical sense of the term, and features some simply brilliant acting.  Recommended.

Spent all yesterday in bed. Stop. Haven’t eaten but a slice of toast in 20 hours. Stop. Out of tea. Stop. Wife is out of the country on business for next week. Stop. Forced to care for little boy while unable to sit up straight, walk, or eat. Stop. And cleaning shit diapers while you have the stomach flu? I don’t recommend that as part of a course of treatment.

It sounds like science fiction but it’s true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die.Even though encounters with the microscopic bug are extraordinarily rare, it’s killed six boys and young men this year. The spike in cases has health officials concerned, and they are predicting more cases in the future.”This is definitely something we need