MSNBC: A man accused of attempting to plant an explosive device in a Wrigleyville trash can in 2008 pleaded guilty, Monday, to federal charges. Sami Samir Hassoun, 24, could get as much as 30 years in prison for the attempt. Hassoun, a medical student, placed a backpack containing what he thought was an explosive device into a Wrigleyville trash can, federal authorities said on Sept. 20, 2008. The device was

Via Jonah Goldberg: I took my own shot at it, here, but no responses. So, if you don’t think that’s funny, please write and tell me why. Here are some related animals that are worth trying.  You, you . . . cute-ists. Not very related: Zombuddha.

Look! Bunnies! And they’re all wearing flag lapel pins! outlaw.

And describes it thusly: What is BlogCon? It’s a gathering of about 250 conservative bloggers, tweeters, podcasters, YouTube artistic geniuses, policy wonks, and other folks for presentations on how to be more effective at what we do, some policy briefings from experts, and a lot of after-hours socializing, getting to know the people you’ve been reading for a long time as flesh-and-blood people. Tabitha Hale of the Franklin Center put

… because, in the words of David Thompson, they care so very, very much. The prime minister must act decisively on unhealthy eating and poor nutrition. Because it is Government’s job to police your every mouthful. And those unhelpful government members who believe in such quaint concepts as liberty and ::::shudder::: personal responsibility? Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, prefers to address the country’s profound problems of bad diet via a

The political lynching of George Zimmerman — and the potential financial payout that may be driving it. So.  What’s that phrase about evil winning out when good men do nothing?  And more, what does that make you if, beyond doing nothing, you’ve actually lent support to evil in a transparent attempt to buy yourself some cheap political grace? We’ve reached the cynical depths, my friends. Bill Buckley must be spinning

A RINO establishment insider over a real conservative?  Must just be his turn. Staunch! Crazy how all that online support that started out with Perry (and was simultaneously very vocal in its attacks on Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich, Santorum, et al.,)  seems now to have solidified behind Romney. I mean, who would have thought it, right?  These people go to TEA Party conferences!  On stipends!  And are given speaking roles.  To

And in so doing, teach Mr Christopher a bit about how language works — and about why his formulation (see below) is both incoherent linguistically and reinforces the left’s deliberate attempt to “democratize” language as a means toward achieving a kind of hermeneutic tyranny.  Consider it a kind of reader test. Here are your raw materials:  “Mitt Romney’s ‘Obama Isn’t Working’ Banner Evokes Racial Stereotypes”: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt

I wrote a bit about what I thought may be the positive implications for such an effort — mostly, that it could potentially unleash a classically liberal counter-offensive whereby the amendment process is used to, eg., potentially constrain Roe v Wade, or Wickard — even though it’s clear that the idea behind the effort is to gut the First Amendment and give government near universal control over speech, a direct