And I wonder, still I wonder– Who’ll watch the blogs? Mickey Kaus, Hater of Permalinks: Good politico round-up post on the “McCain should be a Democrat!” brigade. News for Christians: Interesting legal case in which British court rejects utilitarianism. Relevant to cloning. Matt Welch: Scott Rubush: Not necessarily a rock’n’roll conservative, but perhaps a salsa [...]

And now I’m just gonna watch “Scrubs.” Because it’s really, really funny.

REPLY RE CLONING: From Ananda Gupta. You can read it here. My reply follows: Thanks for the reply. Two quick points about the legal penalties for abortion: 1) There’s a distinction between things that are immoral and things that should be made illegal (obviously). Some embryo-killing may be more amenable to criminalization than others. That [...]

I DON’T THINK INSTAPUNDIT wants this judge determining what “makes sense”…

GOOD PRO-IMMIGRATION PIECE in NRO.

INSTAPUNDIT ON JUSTICE WHITE: Reynolds champions the idea that “the law should make sense.” No complaint here. But when that principle is used to justify courts striking down laws because they don’t understand the motivation behind the laws–”Only a bigot could like this law!” or “I don’t get it”–doesn’t that essentially allow judges to overturn [...]

“THE ABORTIONIST’S HORSE“: That’s the title of a short story by Tanith Lee that I read recently. Like much of her fiction, it’s dark and slightly overwritten–but also effective. I was choking back tears well before the end. The story startled me, since it appeared in the fourteenth edition of The Year’s Best Fantasy and [...]

THE ONLY POST I WILL MAKE ON CLONING: First, if you want my take on it, check the links-list to your left. Second, I’m sure Ramesh Ponnuru will get around to this eventually, but here’s my take on the only actual argument put forward by a pro-cloning blogger so far in this round. (Oh, and [...]

And pretty girls watch blogs… (In honor of the Most Influential Artists Ever–link via E-Pression.) Ted Barlow: Good points on polling, esp. the fact that polls don’t necessarily lead to more direct democracy/less leadership. Poll-heavy presidents can make unpopular decisions; presidents can also use polls to present their unpopular positions “in a way that insults [...]

“Who is that citizen?” “That’s my next-door neighbor.” “He looks as though his mind could stand a little laundering.” –John McGuire and extra, “Stranger on the Third Floor”