Elsewhere
By - Is the FBI’s spying authorized by the Patriot Act? Nope–it’s illegal.
- I agree with Roy; when it comes it Israeli imports I say we feed women, not xenophobia. Although this diet would be going a little too far. (Jeez, and they didn’t even take the burger on a Krispy Kreme bun and deep-fry it. Have the courage of your convictions!)
- Nice Grant McLennan obit in the Voice. I suppose it’s sadly appropriate that this brilliant crafter of love songs died on the day he was planning to propose.
- From the world of misogynist Puritanism: the potential of pregnancy as a pretext for suggesting asceticism. Ugh. [Prof. B. has more.]
- The media’s crush on John McCain remains undimmed. In the meantime, John McCain remains a pandering reactionary.
- Brad Plumer on kibbutzim: interesting solutions to collective action problems.