You Know, Maybe It’s Time We Checked the Premise of Our Position

From The Telegraph today :

A headteacher has defended her decision to investigate an allegation that a four-year-old boy was guilty of racism during a game of chase.

Anne Phipps acted after Rocky Smith spat at a 10-year-old black boy

Pinch Sulzberger can not understand how having your child’s school giving your child blessings to be sexually active, with neither your knowledge or consent would upset you.   Katie Zezima, New York Times:

PORTLAND, Me., Oct. 19 — Carissa Porcaro,

Adkins is trying again:

As my “About Me” page tells, I am a Christian, Although, sometimes, I don’t act like it.

Anyway, I have started back to doing my Daily Bible reading. I stopped when I parted ways with the

The sharper among you will have noticed slow response times, and occasionally the look and feel of the site has been completely different for a few minutes.  The reasons are simple; I’m trying with the idea of changing the graphical

Observe with me the mainstream media fighting for its very life, in the form of a blog post at the CBS website by Matt Felling:

I’ve discussed in this space – though in the light and frothy context of inappropriate

The politically correct bigots are still steamed about James Watson’s observation regarding race and intelligence.   Selwyn Duke, American Thinker, dares to take another bite out the poisoned apple:

And what is the Truth about racial differences?  For one

Thomas Lifson, American Thinker, makes clear the intent of Dirty Harry Reid’s letter to the CBO of Clear Channel:

The letter is, in fact, an important historical document, representing an attempt to silence the single most prominent private citizen

I honestly don’t understand why I’m spending any amount of time on this story at all, except for the fact that Andrew Sullivan gets himself Bitch-slapped by Mike Goldfarb of the Weekly Standard:

Does Andrew Sullivan read stories before he

Heh.

WASHINGTON-(AP)- The Democratic-controlled House failed on Thursday to override President Bush‘s veto of a politically popular children’s health bill, and the White House instantly called for compromise talks on a replacement.

“As long as the bottom line is

Patrick O’Connor over at The Politico ( BBCT: Memeorandum) is reporting that former speaker Dennis Hastert is planning on announcing that he’s going to be leaving the house later this year.

In looking at the timing of all of

IPS, CF RELEASE 25 DETAINEES PRIOR TO EID

Posted: 17 Oct 2007 04:17 AM CDT

IPS, CF RELEASE 25 DETAINEES PRIOR TO EID

SEVERAL WANTED TERRORISTS CAPTURED AND 11 ADDITIONAL SUSPECTS DETAINED DURING OPERATIONS TARGETING AL-QAEDA IN IRAQ

Posted: 17

While I have Ace open in the other window, we’ll link another story from there, which matches the mold of the one about the deficit dropping to the lowest in five years…

Trend? Nah. I guess it’s only a story

Our sympathy to Randi Rhodes. May she get well soon.

Our deep felt animus the Bitsblog’s Jerk of the Day, Err America’s Jon Elliot, who manged to enage his gator sized mouth before activating his brain.  Barooosk, Talking Radio :

While looking around the left side of the sphere just now, I found what is perhaps the most blatant double standard I’ve seen all week… I’ll give you a screen cap and the address.

http://thepopulistblog.com/2007/10/16/randi-rhodes-victim-of-mugging/

Drill this one for full

By way of Memorandum, I see a New York Times article from Richard Perez-Pena:

Paul E. Steiger, who was the top editor of The Wall Street Journal for 16 years, and a pair of wealthy Californians are assembling a