Reader Pat Riotic alerts one to the following insanity: An elected official charged with falsely claiming he earned the military’s highest honor has filed a motion to dismiss the federal case against him on free speech grounds. The motion argues that the Stolen Valor Act of 2005, under which water board member Xavier Alvarez was charged, is incompatible with the First Amendment because it restricts free speech by criminalizing false claims of military

as much as the next blogger (does), but is it at all discordant that when Atrios puts down Matthews by feminizing him as “Chrissy”, Melissa McEwen responds with adulation (towards Atrios)?  Prolly just about as funny as dead Mr. Coulter’s daughter’s balls?

Ewwwwwwwwwwww: “But you must understand,” implored a well-intentioned woman in the audience, “multiculturalism is Canada’s gift to the world.” I used to like guacamole, too.

Gleen finds a journo who’s just as prickly about criticism as Gleen himself is, when Gleen takes him to task for “adulating” McCain. Generally, one would just describe such a performance as adulatory, but perhaps there’s some kind of coded gay meaning to adulate to which Gleen’s referring, dictionary or no dictionary (NTTAWWT). Ah well.  Either of them would look cute, I think, in Brooks Bros “Black Fleece.”

As we look toward the Republican contest in South Carolina, it may be useful to start with an autopsy on the Michigan primary.  While my election-related posts often criticize those who focus too much on polls at the expense of the ground game, this post will focus on polls.  However, this will mostly be to examine how polls may affect the candidates’ campaign themes going forward. Analyzing the Michigan exit polls, Jay

This update was posted today at Tim B’s site. *WEDNESDAY MORNING UPDATE* Results of Monday’s CAT scan are in. There is no spread of the malignancy; zip, zero, zilch. It’s entirely localised. Medical science may disagree, but I think credit should go to readers and fellow bloggers. Your thoughts and prayers have eerie powers. Massive thanks to all.

Dinosaurs Had Adolescent Sex, Study Finds I blame the parents. And abstinence-only sex education. “A man who allegedly fired a shot that hit a 10-year-old boy who was taking piano lessons faces life in prison.” I realize now that it was very selfish to wish that would have happened to me when I had to take piano lessons.

Today, with Oprah Winfrey solidly in the camp of Sen. Barack Obama, rival candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton took her act to the Tyra Banks Show for a frank discussion about Bill Clinton’s infamous fling with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.  Because of the empathy. Nevertheless, Tyra seems a bit B-List for a Clinton.  Hillary would seem to ba a natural fit for Ellen DeGeneres, who is, after all… more loved than Oprah, according

As the start of Congress’ new session approaches, Democrats are feeling the pressure of being viewed as a do-nothing majority.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sensing the need for bold, decisive action, has… imposed a gourmet menu in the House: The processed cheese has been replaced with brie. The Jell-O has made way for raspberry kiwi tarts and mini-lemon blueberry trifles. Meatloaf has moved over for mahi mahi and buns have been