ABC News
U.S. officials say they have found smoking-gun evidence of Iranian support for terrorists in Iraq: brand-new weapons fresh from Iranian factories. According to a senior defense official, coalition forces have recently seized Iranian-made weapons and munitions that bear manufacturing dates in 2006.This suggests, say the sources, that the material is going directly from Iranian […]
globeandmail.com: Papal visit underlines Turkish take on faith
“Perhaps this is the greatest accomplishment of the Turkish republic,” she said in an interview. “Islam is a political religion; it makes no distinction between Caesar and God. Mohammed was as much a political leader as he was a religious leader. So the Turkish Republic has finally created […]
This New York Times op-ed is exactly what I was talking about in this post from earlier today.
Despite significant gains in 2004, the total income Americans reported to the tax collector that year, adjusted for inflation, was still below its peak in 2000, new government data shows.
Reported income totaled $7.044 trillion in 2004, the latest […]
TCS Daily
Perhaps this is most clear when you look at the movie from Al Gore. Everything he says is technically true. He says for instance that if Greenland melts, sea levels will rise about 20 feet. This is technically true. But of course the very evocative imagery of seeing Holland disappear under the waves - […]
I have mentioned before a few times that I was concerned concerned about income inequality and wage stagnation. I still have a few concerns about the former, although my thinking on it has changed slightly, but as for the later, my concerns have been assuaged. In exchange, I am now pissed that I, and everyone […]
USATODAY (via Instapundit)
The federal government’s “no sex without marriage” message isn’t just for kids anymore.Now the government is targeting unmarried adults up to age 29 as part of its abstinence-only programs, which include millions of dollars in federal money that will be available to the states under revised federal grant guidelines for 2007.
The government says […]
Ali Eteraz looks at a survey of 9000 Muslims designed to find differences between the radicals and the moderates. Surprisingly perhaps, the survey doesn’t really find anything, except their attitude toward violence.
Ali goes on to offer what I think is a very convincing explanation for Islamic terrorism from within western nations, and he puts the […]
This New York Times article on trying to eliminate the racial and poverty gaps in education is well worth reading. There is too much to really summarize, but it is a fascinating subject.
The article concludes that eliminating this gap is achievable, but only with further massive reforms. I am less sanguine that total elimination […]
Central Valley Business Times
The U.S. economy “appears likely” to expand at a moderate rate, close to or modestly below the economy’s long-run sustainable pace, says Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in remarks Tuesday before a meeting of the National Italian American Foundation in New York City.“Inflation, which picked up earlier this year, has been somewhat […]
The Seattle Times
Humpback whales are unusual among cetaceans for having a type of neural cells in their brains that also are found in humans.The structure of the neurons, researchers say, promotes the speedy transmission of information and might play a role in supporting the humpback’s complex social life and sophisticated ability to communicate.
A study in […]
