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Crack and Meth Not Revisited

Frustrating piece at Slate this week about the meth problem. It's frustrating because the writer has a good article idea, but then he blows it. He draws parallels between the crack cocaine scare of the 1980s with today's methamphetamine panic. He basically says, "meth is

Freedom and the Metal Detector

Prospect has run a solid piece about freedom and protecting ourselves from terrorism. Link [http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=6965&AuthKey=875ca4fec9c2b5177985a662ca7877e1&issue=508] . Excerpts: > Should we change our way of life to be more secure from terrorism? We already have. A wave

Ramming Gay Marriage Everywhere

The article talks about how the women were horrified at the reaction, but it also admits that the women filed the lawsuit. Interesting stuff. > When two women tried to register as a married couple in Aruba last year, people on this Dutch island threw rocks at them, slashed their

This Ain't Sydney or Amsterdam

Odd choice of venue: > Staid Singapore will host its first-ever Sex Expo in November after receiving in-principle approval from the tightly-controlled city-state's authorities, a local newspaper reported Sunday. > The Singapore police have already imposed certain conditions for organizers - no obscene acts can be put on

The Nanny Attack

John Leo recounts the attack of the nannies: > The nannies are all around us now, attempting to ban smoking in outdoor areas, including New York's vast Central Park, working to eliminate one schoolyard game after another, including dodge ball (too violent), tag (hurts feelings by turning kids

Ah, Those Dispassionate, Fair-Minded Scientists

We honestly don't follow the Intelligent Design v. Evolution controversy very closely, except to marvel at the sputtering hate of the scientific community and its remarkable tendency to deny that evolution as a theory has any significant problems. When it comes to decorum and civility, the ID people

Not Beloved China!

Defense Minster Chi Haotian has supposedly bluntly stated that China plans to attack the U.S. soon. The excerpt below comes from the Hal Turner page. We have no idea whether it is at all accurate, but we're passing it along as part of our continuing coverage of

Forced Suicide Bomber

A mother describes the choice offered to her by Muslim terrorists during the seizure of Middle School 1 in Russia last year. Link [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1742594,00.html]. Excerpt: > She cannot explain exactly why one of the hostage-takers, calling himself Abdullah, took her aside

Suicide Bombers

The always-insightful Theodore Dalrymple talks about the makings of an Islamic suicide bomber: > Clearly, although the fundamental socio-psychological conditions I have described apply to millions - hundreds of millions - of people, only a vanishingly small proportion of them actually want to be suicide bombers, even if rather more

Nerd War!

"It was horrible, officer. They were stabbing each other with pens and bludgeoning each other their thick eyeglasses!" Link [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/computer.frenzy.ap/index.html]. Excerpt: > A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with