Yom Kippur/Sabra and Shatila

First, condolences to the families, Jewish and Arab, of those hurt or killed in yesterday's bombing. I'll include one sentence from an Agence France-Presse report that I didn't hear on the nightly news: The radical Palestinian movement Islamic Jihad claimed...

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Who’s Being Intolerant?

Romania is in big trouble for the way it treats its Gypsy population. Y'know, leaving them alone, letting them maintain their customs, instead of assimilating them at gunpoint. Now, a Gypsy wedding between a 12-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy may threaten...

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Death Kitsch

Artist Peter Max has unveiled this new poster to raise funds for a Pentagon memorial. Order quickly-- they're sure to fly off the shelves at $150 apiece!

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Neocons Want to Bomb Al-Jazeera?

"Take out Al Jazeera, one way or another," says rabid neocon Frank Gaffney. He praises the US-backed Iraqi council decision to ban Al Jazeera reporters from Iraq, but says they don't go far enough: "Under present wartime circumstances, though, the United States has...

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Neocons Want to Bomb Al-Jazeera?

"Take out Al Jazeera, one way or another," says rabid neocon Frank Gaffney. He praises the US-backed Iraqi council decision to ban Al Jazeera reporters from Iraq, but says they don't go far enough: "Under present wartime circumstances, though, the United States has...

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“Ramparts of Christendom?”

The insufferable Jeffrey T. Kuhner, Washington Times' chief Croat apologist, abuses logic and truth in his most recent commentary. Kuhner claims that Bosnian Muslims insist on a unified, centrally governed Bosnia despite the opposition of more than half the country's...

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OK, OK, Just One More

The Pompous Ass Quote of the Day: IS THE SENATE UNDERMINING IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION? Sure looks like it. If things go badly as a result, I promise to publish the pictures, names -- and home phone numbers, if I can get 'em -- of the Senators voting for this bill. I'll...

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Speaking of Glenn Reynolds…

There's been much caterwauling about the negative coverage of "postwar" Iraq, including repeated charges that the media never show the progress being made. Here's your progress: Once the Iraqis at the Baghdad Fire Department's largest station learn English, they'll be...

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