Interesting article by Michael Radu, Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and director of its Center on Terrorism and Political Violence (

…So one of my dogs, Dexter, hopped the fence this morning while I was pouring myself a cup of coffee (friggin’ squirrels, always tempting the poor li’l guy with their twitching squirrel tales and their taunting squirrel chirps) — and now I can’t find him. Anywhere. I’ve driven around the neighborhood three times, too. Anyway, I have to go teach in a few minutes, so if any of you reading

…So one of my dogs, Dexter, hopped the fence this morning while I was pouring myself a cup of coffee (friggin’ squirrels, always tempting the poor li’l guy with their twitching squirrel tales and their taunting squirrel chirps) — and now I can’t find him. Anywhere. I’ve driven around the neighborhood three times, too. Anyway, I have to go teach in a few minutes, so if any of you reading

In Maryland, it’s illegal to mistreat oysters. In Denver, it’s illegal to mistreat rats. In Helena, Montana, a woman cannot dance on a saloon table unless her clothing weighs more than three pounds, two ounces. In North Dakota, beer and pretzels cannot be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant, and it’s illegal to go to bed wearing boots or shoes. What crazy laws affect you?

Texas is for Lovers! Kiddie lovers, that is… “The News2Houston Investigators reported Thursday night in an exclusive story that Houston-area students’ personal information is readily available to anyone, even child predators, and can be used to hunt for specific kinds of kids — by their age, race or gender,” Click2Houston reports. The law that allows it is called the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. It requires schools to have

Texas is for Lovers! Kiddie lovers, that is… “The News2Houston Investigators reported Thursday night in an exclusive story that Houston-area students’ personal information is readily available to anyone, even child predators, and can be used to hunt for specific kinds of kids — by their age, race or gender,” Click2Houston reports. The law that allows it is called the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. It requires schools to have

Here is a site dedicated to news updates about the slavery reparations movement. As you’d expect, some of the top site searches include “Britney Spears” and “NASCAR”. (Okay, Johnnie Cochran’s suing NASCAR, so I get that one — but did the Reverend Sharpton cook and eat Britney or something? Oliver?) [update: here’s a piece by Sarah A. Maserati on “Vindicating Yale,” NRO].

Heading off to a Rockies game with the wife and a coupla friends. Sunburn. Indigestion. Dehydration. And a perfunctory Rockies loss. Yup. [update: and by “perfunctory Rockies loss,” what I meant was “a thrilling Rockies victory.” But then you already knew that….]

A superhero needs a slogan. So I came up with this one: “I know you ain’t trying to mess with my bitches, fool…” Build your own hero here.