“…know that we are a force for good in this world, and that is nothing to apologize for… Whatever. Stupid hoochie. Gravitas. Civility.

One toke over the line sweet Jesus, one toke over the line: The leadership of Egypt’s ruling National Democratic Party resigned on Saturday, including Gamal Mubarak, the son of President Hosni Mubarak whose rule has been shaken by days of protests, state television said. Al Arabiya television said Mubarak had also resigned as head of the ruling party. This could not immediately be confirmed. A party official could not confirm

James Taranto, responding to a press release from Common Cause (whose followers we recently heard here): […] the formerly mainstream media have spent the past two years trying to depict the Tea Party as precisely the sort of racist, hateful, violent political movement that Common Cause appears in the video to be. That media effort has failed, not for lack of will but for lack of evidence. If everybody did

Cool: Israeli archaeologists have uncovered an ancient church building they believe may mark the burial site of the Hebrew prophet Zechariah. The remains of the 1,500-year-old church is located in the Judean Hills, about 20 miles from Jerusalem. Archaeologists discovered it after Palestinian looters, searching for treasures to sell, damaged the surface of the site. “In order to prevent, save, and salvage whatever archaeological finds were there, the Israel Antiquities