Politics

Two of my daughters love American Girl dolls (my third daughter is only six months old, so she's indifferent). Decisions will have to be made: > American Girl (owned by Mattel) is partnering with a group called Girls Inc. to sell a bracelet, the "I Can"

Charles Murray has published a book essay about the intractable differences among certain groups and the inability of social policy to overturn those differences. WSJ Link [http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110007391]. Excerpt: > Good social policy can be based on premises that have nothing to do with scientific

Little brother of The Knack [http://www.knack.com/home.html] star will try again, with sights a little lower: > Southfield attorney Geoffrey Fieger announced Tuesday that he will seek the Democratic nomination for Michigan attorney general in 2006. > A wealthy plaintiff attorney, he parlayed his popularity in

I'm told there are many former gays out there who will testify to the disordered nature of homosexuality and its damaging effects. Why don't we hear from them more? > Stephen Bennett was active in the homosexual lifestyle for more than a decade before leaving that

When you jettison the very idea of objective truth, every subjective crank under the hood deserves respect: > It had seemed a good idea for Kent police to name the six-week campaign Operation Pagan because it coincided with Hallowe'en. However, the force had not reckoned with the Pagan

I try to avoid blatant politics on this site, but Clooney's words today cracked me up and made me sneer. That accomplishment deserves a comment. > Ocean's Eleven star George Clooney is urging his fellow Hollywood stars to keep quiet when it comes to politics, because

Doug Kmiec taught me Constitutional and Real Property Law while at Notre Dame. He attended the Mass when I entered the Catholic Church (inadvertently; he was there anyway, but he went out of his way to congratulate me afterwards). We've met once since graduation and have corresponded occasionally

Mark Shea is a little more militant about the Miers matter. I'm adopting a more cautious approach (be cautious before getting mad), but I tend to agree with him: > If Miers turns out to be Souter in a dress, I think this will go down in history