Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Jim DeMint forgets we have access to Google – I think it’s an open question whether the GOP’s breakneck lurching to the Right has been because of an authentic change in hearts and minds, or as a calculated policy to stir up the extreme base and in opposition the Obama Administration no matter how silly and inconsistent it makes them.
- The DCCC owes Paul Ryan a thank-you note – There’s still many more months … but it will be interesting to see how this plays out into 2012.
- John Yoo becomes a caricature of himself – Yeeeeesh.
- Is France Right to Ban the Burqa? : Dispatches from the Culture Wars – Like Ed, I object to the mindset around burqas (and what it says about women, men, and the relationship between the two). But the same can be said for any religious or social imposition of dress codes (including clothing at all) or other social controls on the behavior of men and women. If people choose to voluntarily adhere to such, I would tread carefully before telling them they can’t. (That doesn’t remove the need of government, with at least some accommodation, to get photo IDs.)
- Pelosi’s Hypocrisy on Osama – Certainly OBL was used for political gameplaying all over the spectrum. That said, I’m glad he’s gone, and let’s move on to the next problem.
- What’s high school for? – Certainly all lessons (and many values) worth learning. Alas, hard to test for, which means it won’t suit our eductation system or our politicians.
- Nuclear Fusion In Four Years? Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Is Betting On It – I’ve been a fan of fusion as a long-term goal since my old high school debate days, and would love to see this happen (though I don’t give it high chances). Fusion plants do, btw, produce some low-level radioactive waste (the actual chambers themselves), but nothing like the spent fuel issue of fission reactors (or, for that matter, the ecological output of coal mining and burning, etc.).
- GOP Rep. Burgess Claims Oil Prices Fell Because ‘The House Passed A Bill’: Zaid Jilani
- Two Muslim Men Kicked Off Airplane, Were Going To Conference About Tolerance – sigh
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