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I read with interest today the exchange between Richard Reid (the shoe bomber) and Judge William Young, who presided over his case. Reid explained that he was at war with America because we want to destroy Islam (a ludicrous claim), and Young replied that Reid hates America because he hates freedom (also kind of silly [...]

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Some of the enhancements in KDE 3.1 were funded by the German government as part of an effort to create an open replacement for the Microsoft ubiquiware that you know and loathe.

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This article about Texas Tech biology professor Michael Dini’s refusal to write recommendation letters for students who do not accept evolution over creationism is drawing a lot of attention. As far as I’m concerned, this op-ed piece on the controversy says it all. To put it simply, if you can’t put the scientific method ahead [...]

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Three people have referred me to John Irving’s New York Times op-ed, Wrestling With Title IX, which criticizes the proportionality requirements for Title IX that were added in 1979 and 1996. Irving’s argument against how proportionality is enforced today makes total sense to me. Not allowing men to walk on to teams to keep [...]

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I’ve been watching the debate over potential changes to Title IX with interest. If you’re not a sports fan, you probably don’t know that Title IX is a gender equity law that requires “substantial proportionality” between the percentage of females at a school and the percentage of female athletes at a school. In other words, [...]

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Eight European countries have published an open letter of support for disarming Iraq, in support of the US. The most interesting to me of the bunch is Denmark, which to me is the country that is more conscience-driven than most others. If Denmark says that we need to hold Iraq’s feet to the fire, then [...]

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Regular readers know that I recommend Kenneth M Pollack’s book on our ongoing problems with Iraq, The Threatening Storm. Josh Marshall, upon whose recommendation I picked up the book in the first place, is running a two part interview with Pollack.

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Maybe you should get up and walk around.

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When your correspondent gets abducted and then released by Colombian paramilitary forces, you get first shot at the interview.

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I didn’t watch the State of the Union address last night because frankly I can’t stand to watch President Bush give a speech. In hopes of getting an idea what was said, here’s a roundup of State of the Union articles:

the speech itself William Saletan: what Bush left out Washington Post: Bush pushes conservative agenda and [...]

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