I’m not a “Star Trek” fan—never watched the show, and only caught one or two of the movies (I suspect I’m not the only one still having frightfully vivid dreams of a glistening, bare-chested Ricardo Montalban)—but I know enough about the series and its cultural impact to appreciate this wonderfully wry and loving tribute to James “Scotty” Doohan, who passed away earlier this week. Rest in peace, James.  **** update: 

…From the Rocky Mountain New’s Mike Rosen: Investor’s Business Daily and the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal, two conservative venues, have been heralding the good news on the sharp decline in the federal deficit. Liberal newspapers have largely buried the story. Now, this isn’t an arcane, technical report of little public interest. These same newspapers were screaming bloody murder when the deficit was growing in recent years. If

Olivier Roy, professor at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and the author of “Globalized Islam,” is one of a growing number of scholars advancing the thesis that the most dangerous breeding grounds for radicalized Islamism are Western—not, as conventional wisdom suggests, the madrassas of Pakistan or the streets of Gaza.  From “Why Do They Hate Us?  Not Because of Iraq,” the New York Times: […] if

Victor Davis Hanson’s tumbler of Clynelish single malt scotch (T) Richard the Lionheart / Terry Eastland (T) Mel Gibson / Jesus The Steve Miller Band’s Greatest Hits CD Season 3 of “Touched by an Angel” A grilled T-bone, two large spoonfuls of potato salad, and a six pack of Miller High Life The Ghost of Joseph McCarthy “The Drudge Report,” Wednesday, June 4, 2003 Wal-Mart **** related; see also.

For two days now, Alan Colmes has been pushing the angle that because Supreme Court nominee John Roberts is a “partisan,” he should be excluded from the High Court. Because he’s a partisan. Meaning, because he’s a Republican.  Meaning that, for Colmes, at least, a Republican President—if he wishes to proffer a viable nominee—need find someone who has either no political leanings (do such creatures exist?), or else nominate someone

Via FOXNews.  No details yet.  Developing… update: As Michele notes in the comments, FOX has removed the breaking news banner from its web site (the banner linked to their general coverage with no specific details of arrests).  Don’t know that they’ve issued a correction, but no one else has the story, so take this story with a grain of salt. **** update 2:  AP has this (thanks to Matt) ****

To this point, speculation about how the Democrats plan to go after Bush Supreme Court nominee John Roberts has been limited to fairly mundane legal and procedural strategies —eg., insist that he answer legal hypotheticals about Roe v. Wade and other settled law and try to use his answers to show that he is “out of the mainstream”; demand the White House hand over documents they are legally bound to

Because really, who are we to judge…? **** (h/t Bill)

Before leaving this morning to take S*tchel for his 18-month checkup, I caught the bulk of the Tony Blair / John Howard press conference, where “reporters” peppered the two leaders with ridiculous, grandstanding “questions” about their culpability, as members of the Iraq coalition, in bringing terrorism “to the streets of London.” Howard—much to his credit—seized the opportunity to point out the number of al Qaeda attacks (the Bali bombing, the