Current Affairs

I've previously made the point that the environmental movement is tainted with misanthropes: folks who would prefer that folks not exist. I'd never seen them admit it, though, until I saw this [http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19225731.100-imagine-earth-without-people.html] : >

A friend sends this along: Why Conservation is Conservative. Quotes by famous conservatives [http://www.rep.org/ConservativeQuotes.html]. Pretty neat.

I'd seen this quote from the European Human Rights Court before, but it really struck me when I read it yesterday (here [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52311]): > The (German) Federal Constitutional Court stressed the general interest of society to avoid the emergence

Good thoughts from a message board: > Right after this breaks, Foley says he was molested by a clergyman and has a drinking problem. What's he trying to say? He's dysfunctional somehow? He's functional enough to get elected, which takes a high amount of

Well, I read the Foley email/instamessage exchange with the underage page. I've taken four showers since and still don't feel clean, but I knew the risk going in. What's there to say that hasn't been said? Nothing, except maybe this: The

Today's Wall Street Journal raises points related to the ones I raised earlier today [http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009033]: > But in today's politically correct culture, it's easy to understand how senior Republicans might well have decided they had no

I don't blog much about politics, but I'm interested in the page scandal [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061003/ap_on_el_ge/foley_fallout;_ylt=AshUKVo__zDe9EqOluf28iyyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--] because I'm curious to see how the press handles it. Let's

> 7-Eleven Inc. dropped Venezuela-owned Citgo as its gasoline supplier after more than 20 years as part of a previously announced plan by the convenience store operator to launch its own brand of fuel. [http://finance.myway.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&feed=ap&

> A leading opera house [in Berlin] canceled a 3-year-old production of Mozart's "Idomeneo" that included a scene showing the severed head of the Prophet Muhammad, unleashing a furious debate over free speech. I'm shocked that the production lasted three years. Are