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The head of the Chicago Board Of Education, Michael Scott, is dead. Sources told the Chicago Sun-Times that Scott had a gunshot wound to his left temple and police discovered a .380-caliber gun underneath his body, which was found 30 feet from his blue Cadillac. Terrible. But there are suspicious circumstances. Scott reportedly disappeared from…

Hill Buzz has an interesting rumor about personal information that could be used against Mark Kirk in his run for Obama’s old Senate seat. Since Burris is not seeking election, we hope Republicans win Dr. Utopia’s old seat, because that would sure be a wonderful victory for Michael Steele and the RNC’s Senate team. And…

I have found an incipient Health Care Nazi. “Well, for one, I know nobody wants to pay taxes for anybody else to go to the doctor — I don’t,” said Kate Kuhn, 20, of Acworth, Ga. “I don’t want to pay for somebody to use my money that I could be using for myself.” You…

I have to say that I admire M. Simon’s patience in writing this post, which was occasioned by a link I sent him discussing the following question: Are you a Christian first and an American second? Or an American first and a Christian second? While Jesus’s “render unto Caesar” remark comes to mind, if I…

Senior Adviser To The President David Axelrod says he wants to bring abortion back into the health care bill. Well it is already in the bill. The Stupack Amendment forbidding the government from funding abortions. The amendment, authored by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., went beyond preventing the proposed government-run plan from covering abortion to restrict…

Ann Althouse is taking flak from her commenters for writing a post about football, even though all she did was point out that her team (the Wisconsin Badgers) beat Michigan’s Wolverines – which happens to be “my” team — 45-24. That game was a major rout – and in a comment I thanked her for…

I was talking with a green lefty with the typical punish business mentality and was commiserating with him about his recent job loss. Sorry about your job loss. Maybe you will get on the lower taxes and less regulation bandwagon to give American companies a better environment to compete. And dude – be careful about…

In what I think is a blatant restriction of private property rights (as well as grotesque government micromanagement of people’s lives), the City of San Francisco is considering requiring landlords to accept pets: Right now, it’s up to property owners to decide if they’ll allow pets. But a city commission is looking at forcing landlords…

In yet another example of how government censorship tends to creep from country to country, a German law firm is demanding that Wikipedia remove all references to a man convicted in the brutal 1990 murder of filmmaker Walter Sedlmayr: At issue is an apparent conflict between the U.S. First Amendment — which protects truthful speech…

Rocket science is easy. Rocket engineering is… not. H/T taniwha at Talk Polywell who coined the phrase. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Thomas Barnett gave this talk in 2005 when Iraq was falling apart. If you listen closely he discusses the mistake President Present is about to make in Afghanistan. The video is quite funny and full of salty language. It is also about a half hour and worth every minute. The bottom line: we need a…

While a story about an abused child might not be as interesting to the readers, the Philadelphia Inquirer has a long article about a severely abused dog named Oreo. Described as a “pit bull mix,” she had been severely beaten (badly enough that a fellow project resident called the cops) and finally thrown from the…

The Charlotte Observer has a story about a new way to herd junkies. Interesting in and of itself. But this bit really caught my eye: When officers knocked on Ross’ door Thursday afternoon, dogs started barking before the door opened. “Are you a heroin user, sir?” an officer asked. “I used to be,” said Ross.…

Jews get accused a LOT of dual-loyalties. America AND Israel. Eric of Classical Values sent me a link to this url which shows it is Worse Than We Thought for some Christians. Are you a Christian first and an American second? Or an American first and a Christian second? Do you take your marching orders…

A number of people on the right side of the political spectrum (including those who blog here) have been asking how it came to be that Major Hasan escaped scrutiny and managed to remain an Army officer despite his bizarre views and terrorist sympathies. But on the left, many — including Senator Frank Lautenberg, whose…

A why is treatment denied? Because it is unavailable. So reports the Army Times. Treatment, not incarceration, should be the first option for veterans who commit nonviolent drug-related offenses, a group advocating alternatives to the nation’s “war on drugs” said Wednesday in a new report. The Drug Policy Alliance report [pdf] also called on government…

Without fully explaining in detail, Glenn Reynolds opined that Sarah Palin is more atttractive than Mike Huckabee. WELL, SHE CERTAINLY IS AHEAD OF HIM ON THAT COUNT: Huckabee: Palin’s getting more media buzz than me because she’s attractive. More important, from my perspective, is the fact that — although people have tried to paint her…

Apropos, I think: We have to foster reform in the Arab/Muslim world because it’s the only real way in the long run to make them stop trying to kill us. — Steven Den Beste, July 2003 And this seems almost prophetic: But does America have the stamina to finish the job? Yes. Just barely, and…

It’s now taken longer for Barack Obama to evaluate General McChrystal’s plan than it took George W. Bush to overthrow the Taliban after the September 11 attacks. From The Decider to The Ditherer: President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead…

Are there too many people in the world? Some say there are, and some say there aren’t. The topic does not seem to lend itself to easy answers. The last time I touched on the subject, it involved considering whether there is such a thing as conservative eugenics, and I was no more comfortable with…