MSM strikes again!

How much more blatant can you get?

Robert Novak says today that he learned Valerie Plame's identity from a source he refuses to name and from Joe Wilson's entry in Who's Who.

He called a number of people in Washington to confirm it, amonth them Karl Rove and an official at CIA. Both confirmed the information. (Presumably, if the identity was secret, the CIA contact would have said, "no comment.")

But look at the AP headline: Novak: Rove was a source in outing Plame

Not "Novak: I got Plame's name from Who's Who" or "Novak confirms Rove was not Plame leaker" or even "Novak: Rove, CIA confirmed Plame's identity".

How can you trust people who spin so blatantly and transparently?

The Handyman's Secret Weapon

Whether in the shop or on orbit, there's no substitute for duct tape.

Fruit is the root of all evil

The Anchoress identifies the source of the world's problems.

It's covered with seeds....

Here they go again

Once again, the forces of gender-PC are running amok.

This time, they're trying to remove a noted researcher - a female researcher - from two national advisory panels (National Math Panel and Nat'l Science Board) because of three articles she published twenty years ago that - gasp! - found differences between boys and girls.

Have these people never been to a kid's birthday party?

FWIW, a female cousin of mine is a Ph.D. mathemetician. Last I heard, she was working for the NSA.

WSJ on why it published The Story

According to the editors of the Wall Street Journal, they were never asked not to publish the SWIFT story. Senior government officials briefed them with some unclassified details, since they knew that the NYT was goign to go ahead and publish it anyway. This is key: They say that if they had known that the government had asked the Times to spike the story, they would not have run it.

Too bad the Times doesn't have their sense of civic duty.

NT06 - Philemon

Paul's letter to Philemon was written while he was in prison. It's an interesting little letter, teasing all sorts of questiosn about the kind of person Paul was, and the interpersonal interactions he had with people on his journeys.

Amidst the personal please, verse 6 sticks out as a universal teaching: "I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ."

It's when we give away our faith that we come to fully understand it.

NT06 - Philemon

Paul's letter to Philemon was written while he was in prison. It's an interesting little letter, teasing all sorts of questiosn about the kind of person Paul was, and the interpersonal interactions he had with people on his journeys.

Amidst the personal please, verse 6 sticks out as a universal teaching: "I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ."

It's when we give away our faith that we come to fully understand it.

The high cost of treason

The Left wants the NYT shut down

Michelle Malkin has a roundup of reaction to the NYT's treasonous publication of yet another legal, Congress-briefed, safeguarged, SECRET intel program that (until today) was helping catch terrorists.

I think I've finally figured it out.

The Times is trying to goad the administration into shutting it down.

The American Left has been braying about how Bush is a fascist dictator, but of course they have had nothing with which to back it up. The Bill of Rights is still in effect.

But if they can get a major newspaper to aid and abet the enemy badly enough, often enough, to get the administration to clamp down, then they can dance around and say, "See? WE TOLD you Bushitler was a dictator!"

The neck-slicers and suicide bombers will now be able to better conceal their financial dealings. I'm sure they'll express their gratitude by killing the Times's staff last.

Bush forced her to get an abortion?!?!

Blogger Freeman Hunt absolutely shreds an astonishing WaPo op-ed. Not to be missed!

You can sleep when you are dead

Mrs. Olsen is rolling, absolutely ROLLING, in her grave.

Click on the TV. You'll understand.
ht:HH
linkage: Anne and The Anchoress

Bill Whittle is back

My favorite atheist pilot/philosopher has a new post up at Eject! Eject! Eject!. It's typical Whittle, in desperate need of editing (sorry, Bill, but it's true). But also typically, it is well worth the effort.

RTWT

Striking a blow for sanity

The President of the University of North Dakota warns the NCAA to back off its capricious and arbitrary P.C. stance on team nicknames.

Jesus is a four-letter word

The MPAA gives a PG rating to a Christian-themed film because its evangelistic message might possibly be offensive to some.

Hey, here's a news flash for ya - the Gospel IS offensive. Nobody likes to be told they're going to Hell and need Jesus to be saved.

Nobody likes to be told they have cancer and need surgery, either.

Frankly, I wish they'd given the film an R rating - then maybe more kids would sneak in to see it.

UPDATE: Here's a related post (ht:HH) on "preachy," overtly Christian movies. He's got a point.

The Jihad-ehs

James Lileks riffs on how a liberal might react to the roll-up of the Canadian terror cell.

Welcome to Hell, Mr. Zarqawi

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in air raid

Is it wrong to rejoice at the thought of a man spending eternity in Hell?

No. Not when that man hacked the heads off of innocent victims while chanting "God is great."

Not at all.

Burn, baby, burn.

Invitation to a vivisection

Hugh Hewitt interviews Paul Campos.

Campos is a law professor in Colorado and a sometime columnist for the Rocky Mountain News.

Hewitt is a law professor, A-list blogger, and nationally syndicated radio host.

Campos took a swipe at Hewitt in a recent column.

What was that Mark Twain said about not picking a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel? Hewitt invited Campos on his show. The Marines have a saying: If you find yourself in a fair fight, you have not adequately prepared.

Hewitt was prepared.

Campos got his posterior anatomy handed to him on a silver platter, and didn't even realize it. He was expertly sliced, diced, julienned and pureed. This interview - if you can call a public vivisection an interview - should be required reading in cross-ex classes.

As professor Glenn says, RTWT.

UPDATE: Welcome, Hewitt readers! If you liked this, you might like some of the rest of the stuff here. Please go to the effort of leaving a comment - it gets lonely out here on the long tail.

The Euston Manifesto

The Euston Manifesto is a declaration by folks on the left end of the political spectrum that demands examination and respect. I heartily endorse its main points - rejection of anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism, a willingness to hold up to examination the historic failures of Communism, absolute rejection of terrorism as a valid means to political ends, and a summary rejection of terrorism's apologists.

I differ with a few details having to do with the fact that I'm on the center-right rather than the center-left. So personally, I couldn't sign on.

But those who do have my respect, because we agree on the important things. And on the less-important things, we can agree to disagree and work toward mutually acceptable solutions.

Democrats, are you listening?

Hold your nose and pull the lever

Dangitall, Hugh. I hate to admit it, but you're probably right. As crummy as DeWine is, Sherrod Brown would be worse. You convinced me that majorities matter with "If It's Not Close". I really wished DeWine had had a real opponent in the primaries. He impresses me not in the least. By in comparison, Brown is downright scary.

Better to hold your nose in the voting booth than cut it off.

The Lawn Ranger!

Atlas Shrugs: Iraq: Loving this American Soldier HT: MKH@HH