From the Herald Sun (Australia): Police are being advised to treat Muslim domestic violence cases differently out of respect for Islamic traditions and habits. Officers are also being urged to work with Muslim leaders, who will try to keep the families together. Women’s groups are concerned the politically correct policing could give comfort to wife bashers and keep their victims in a cycle of violence. The instructions come in a

Here’s the latest salacious speculation on the Fitzgerald investigation, from Richard Sale: Two top White House aides are expected to be indicted today on various charges related to the probe of CIA operative Valerie Plame whose classified identity was publicly breached in retaliation after her husband, Joe Wilson, challenged the administration’s claim that Saddam Hussein had sought to buy enriched unranium from Niger, acording to federal law enforcement and senior

The Washington Post makes available the full text of a 1993 Harriet Miers speech that has the cyber elites in a bit of a frenzy today.  Virginia Postrel, for instance, notes: For whatever reason, the president has picked a woman who not only has no constitutional or judicial experience but even in her business practice has demonstrated no interest in the law as anything other than a source of billable

Hugh Hewitt, on the Miers debates: The echo-chamber effect that plagued the Michael Moore Democrats last year may now be at work among conservative intellectuals who think they are seeing a rising [in discontent over the Miers nomination], when in fact they are witnessing the equivalent of a cyber faculty meeting meltdown over a tenure decision, on steroids. And There is no large scale revolt in the base, although there

From Steve Clemons at The Washington Note: An uber-insider source has just reported the following to TWN (since confirmed by another independent source): 1. 1-5 indictments are being issued. The source feels that it will be towards the higher end. 2. The targets of indictment have already received their letters. 3. The indictments will be sealed indictments and “filed” tomorrow. 4. A press conference is being scheduled for Thursday. The

From ABC News: The fiery Brit George Galloway defied the U.S. Senate once again, denying claims that he lied under oath during his testimony last May on the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs released a report Monday saying it has fresh evidence that Galloway and his wife benefited from illegal oil money from the regime of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Ingredients: 4 tablespoons Bayou Blast 4 tablespoons olive oil 4 ribeye steaks, 10 to 12 oz. each 4 1/2 cups whole milk Salt and cayenne pepper 2 tablespoons butter 2 cups quick yellow grits 1 cup grated white cheddar cheese Directions: In a large bowl, combine the Bayou Blast, olive oil, milk, butter, salt, pepper, grits, cheese, steaks, and cayenne pepper, and mix thoroughly.  Cook it for however long it

Hugh responds indirectly to the criticisms leveled at him in my previous post: It is impossible to read that line [ “The majority of commentators who are not lawyers—there are many—are simply not equipped to judge Harriet Miers’s competence”] as asserting that I think all non-lawyers aren’t competent to judge Miers’ qualifications. There are scores of very able non-lawyers who are equipped to do so. Take Terry Eastland, for example,