Britain continues its move toward soft totalitarianism — first by way of ludicrous mulitculturalist capitulation, then by way of the policing of its own benign vocabulary for hints of “hate” and any of a number of frowned-upon “-isms”: The use of terms like “Old Masters” and “seminal” by students and academics have been banned, because of claims that they are sexist. The British Sociological Association, whose members include dozens of

From the AP: Connecticut and 12 other states are protesting a proposed Bush administration rule that would give stronger job protections to doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections. The attorneys general of 13 states sent a letter Wednesday to the Department of Health and Human Services, protesting that the rule is too vague. The proposed rule would require

As I noted in an update last evening would almost certainly be the case, the media today is pushing the story that the firm owned by McCain’s campaign manager, Rick Davis, lobbied for Freddie and Fannie Mac — all while continuing to ignore exploring, at any length, Sen Barack Obama’s actual ties to those closely related to the current economic meltdown. Not only that, but the Davis-as-tied-to-crisis story is disputed