American links
The complainant against the Western Standard publisher for publishing the Danish cartoons has withdrawn his complaint because he apparently now gets how important freedom of speech is to Canadians.
Thomas Sowell favourably reviews Liberal Fascism while gliding around its main thesis. (A thesis I was not impressed with.)
Review of the first two books in a dystopian future trilogy where the jihadis have won.
Folk at the University of Colorado are really upset at the appointment of a University President who has lots of experience running things and raising money.
Kissinger meets some bloggers and gives some views on world affairs.
No amount of evidence of success in Iraq impresses Speaker Pelosi. A US Marine decorated for bravery enjoyed the fact that this deployment was a lot quieter than the previous one.
Following protest and counter protest at Berkeley over the Marine recruitment centre. More. (Both links have lots of pics and are slow loading.) A rather pointed feminist pro-Marine sentiment.
Enthusiasm is running the Democrats’ way: Nationwide, the Democratic vote has swamped the GOP. While 10.9 million Americans have voted in Republican primaries so far, 15.7 million - 44% more - have voted in Democratic ones.
In Virginia, nearly 482,000 Republicans turned out to vote for four contenders, fewer than half the number who voted in the Democratic primary. Obama alone received more than 623,000 votes.
The polling numbers and regional support suggests McCain has a good chance of beating either Hilary or Obama. His speech to conservative activists. Which went down well.
Meanwhile, Obama volunteers at his office in Houston manage to create a visual hostage to future political attacks. Though he is now ahead of Hilary in delegates and way ahead in momentum. Behind the eloquence Obama’s message is traditional and negative. He is a phenomenon, but is he a President? If you think the world is a dangerous place, Obama is not reassuring.
While the Clintons do their bit to make Obama look good, God is apparently Huckabee’s campaign manager.
Poll finds Reagan tops as the best postwar Presidents, Dubya scores as the worst.
Thomas Sowell favourably reviews Liberal Fascism while gliding around its main thesis. (A thesis I was not impressed with.)
Review of the first two books in a dystopian future trilogy where the jihadis have won.
Folk at the University of Colorado are really upset at the appointment of a University President who has lots of experience running things and raising money.
Kissinger meets some bloggers and gives some views on world affairs.
No amount of evidence of success in Iraq impresses Speaker Pelosi. A US Marine decorated for bravery enjoyed the fact that this deployment was a lot quieter than the previous one.
Following protest and counter protest at Berkeley over the Marine recruitment centre. More. (Both links have lots of pics and are slow loading.) A rather pointed feminist pro-Marine sentiment.
Enthusiasm is running the Democrats’ way: Nationwide, the Democratic vote has swamped the GOP. While 10.9 million Americans have voted in Republican primaries so far, 15.7 million - 44% more - have voted in Democratic ones.
In Virginia, nearly 482,000 Republicans turned out to vote for four contenders, fewer than half the number who voted in the Democratic primary. Obama alone received more than 623,000 votes.
The polling numbers and regional support suggests McCain has a good chance of beating either Hilary or Obama. His speech to conservative activists. Which went down well.
Meanwhile, Obama volunteers at his office in Houston manage to create a visual hostage to future political attacks. Though he is now ahead of Hilary in delegates and way ahead in momentum. Behind the eloquence Obama’s message is traditional and negative. He is a phenomenon, but is he a President? If you think the world is a dangerous place, Obama is not reassuring.
While the Clintons do their bit to make Obama look good, God is apparently Huckabee’s campaign manager.
Poll finds Reagan tops as the best postwar Presidents, Dubya scores as the worst.