Read it. Whatever; my response is “bite me”.

Pete du Pont looks at why unions are more important than kids.

Read it. Well, whatever works.

Read it. Sounds like the twenties all over again.

Read it. I’m not convinced. Otherwise the children of actresses would shine, and they’re more likely to stink.

Read it. Bear in mind that this guy has followers.

Read it. Wonder how all this will turn out.

Read it. The comedian George Carlin once famously said, “If you nail together two things that have never been nailed together before, some schmuck will buy it.” Apparently this works for concepts as well.

Usually this sort of flim-flammery is thought of as being distinctly American, but the fact that this is a British firm demonstrates that the roots go far deeper.

Read it. Modern America: Criminal sues somebody for calling him a criminal.

Read it. Perhaps because whining to the government pays better? That’s just a guess, you understand.

President Bush’s official science adviser is a Democrat, which shows the current administration’s level of interest in science.

Boy, doesn’t that say it all.

Read it. It’s like watching a snowman melt in the sun.

When an entire diocese and its bishop chooses to leave, that’s not a defection — that’s a schism.

Read it. Good advice.

Read it. The swine. No wonder their country is breaking up.

Read it. Be your own Protestant church. Any number can play.

People in America forget (if they ever knew) that Christianity isn’t just a religion — it’s a church, an organized community with a hierarchy of authority and defined criteria for membership, just like the Boy Scouts or the Marine Corps.

This is why I always have to laugh at the “evangelicals” who bitch and moan about Mormons not being “real Christians”.

Guys, from the standpoint of the Church that was founded by the Apostles, you aren’t “real Christians” either.

Mark Steyn on the latest Bourne flick. My reaction to the film, which I really enjoyed, was to pray to God that our CIA was even half as effective as what we see on film. (He said No.)

Read it. Yeah, I know, Inside Baseball, but it’s just another power-grab by the transnational progressivists. Resist it, steadfast in the faith.

Read it. I can’t imagine getting worked up about this, but apparently other people do. Sort of like forcing yourself into a club that won’t have you; sort of destroys the whole notion of “club”, doesn’t it. Of course, that’s usually the point, a dog-in-the-manger attitude that underlines the eternal truth that misery not only loves company, it will move heaven and earth to get it.

 For that matter, if ACT UP attacks the sacramental elements of the Mass, is that a hate crime of some kind?

Yeah, but the penalty is enforced by somebody with a lot broader jurisdiction than the Feds.

George Will nails it, as he so often does.

In today’s political taxonomy, “progressives” are rebranded liberals dodging the damage they did to their old label.

Read it. Keep up the good work, girls.

Read it. Really rich people don’t care about taxes, because even if you take away most of their income they still have ten times what you started with.

Read it. On the other hand, hydrogen is more entertaining — just look at old footage of the Hindenburg if you doubt it.

Read it. A very good illustration why we must never let a Clinton into a position to appoint a Supreme Court Justice ever again.

Read it. It would appear that the only sure way to avoid identity theft is never to give your personal information to anybody — and that includes the government.

Of course, that means you have to pay cash for everything. And that won’t get you an iPhone.

I’m not a big fan of punitive damages in lawsuits against corporations, since that only hurts the stockholders rather than the actual culprits. However, I’d be up for some cruel and unusual punishment on corporate managers that breach their fiduciary duties.

Read it. That big light in the sky in the east used to be London.

Read it. I’ve been thinking this for a while. Good to know I’m not the only one.

I think we’ve gotten to the point where anything bad, that can’t be directly linked to George Bush, is going to be blamed on Global Warming.

Read it. Of course, this doesn’t fit the usual Upper Crust mantra of “Government good, private bad”.

Read it. Sometimes the old ways are best.

Steve Sailer delights in pointing out inconvenient truths — and, unlike AlGore, he’s right.

Considering the lame-brained ingratitude involved, if I were Watson I’d make the rounds of the donors I’d previously contacted and urge them not to give to Cold Spring.

Jeremy Wagstaff has some comments on the new Apple operating system; Vista is looking even more lame, if possible.

Leopard looks hot, and makes Vista look impoverished and, I suspect, somewhat irrelevant, like someone trying to sell aluminum siding to people who realise that while people still have it on their houses, no one really wants it anymore. Apple see what people want and give it to them.

And that about says it all.

Read it. I guess enforcement works.

The farmers enjoy big subsidies on their crops. Plus, they get ethanol subsidies. On top of all this, their illegal alien workers cost us far more (e.g. in education and health care for them and their kids) than they pay those workers in salaries. Enough already.

What he said.

Steve Sailer has a great idea.

Of course, one could get more bang for one’s buck (so to speak) by putting out contracts on certain cowardly administrators, but I tend to prefer the direct approach.

Read it. Apparently anthropology is as full of fashion as a catwalk in Milan.

Read it. It has no chance in government-factory schools, of course, but there may be some hope for private schools and homeschooling efforts.

Steve Sailer dares to say, “Told you so.”

Read it. Hear, hear.

Read it. I’m shocked, I tell you, shocked.

Read it. Not good news.

Read it. I can’t say they’re wrong.

Steve Sailer is not afraid to ask the hard questions.

Read it. The headline alone tells you pretty much all you need to know about how far American culture has degenerated.

Read it. Shopping for God in all the wrong places.

Mr. Twitchell manages to reduce this profound idea to the dictates of basic consumer theory. Sacrifice, he says–not least, tithing–signifies value. The more you sacrifice, the more you visibly value the product for which you are giving something up, and the more you show other people that you value it, too. “Why do true believers sometimes puncture themselves, walk on their knees until they bleed, fast until they are skeletal or join a monastery and go mum?” Mr. Twitchell asks. “Brand allegiance.”

This is obviously someone who knows as much about religion as Hillary Clinton knows about life in Omaha.

Read it.

What do you call people who want to kill you? (Hint: Enemies.)

What do you call people in your group who favor your enemies? (Hint: Traitors.)

What is so hard to understand about this?

Read it. Ask yourself: Why this particular legislation at this particular time?

Read it. Of course, they’d get a lot farther if they could find some way to include ethanol in the manufacturing process.

Read it. Funny, I thought that was NASA’s job.

Read it. Apparently Venezuela isn’t totally lost.

Peggy Noonan describes Hillary’s attempts to make an asset of herself.

Read it. Unfortunately, being a fiduciary means never having to say, “It’s the principle of the thing.”

Read it. This would seem excessive. After all, it’s not as if they were attempting to enforce immigration laws.

Read it. That’s modern America for you. It’s okay to break the law to come into America; in fact, if law enforcement officials try to, you know, enforce the law, they’re violating the criminals’ civil rights and will go to jail.