Soy una mujer sincera

De donde crecen las palmas

Y antes de morir, yo quiero

Cantar mi blogwatch del alma…

Cacciaguida: A (probably unintentionally) pro-life GE commercial; and legal stuff about what the right to counsel does and doesn’t mean.

The Cranky Professor: Quickie on millenarial/apocalyptic movements.

James Lileks (I can’t figure out how to make links work!!!): Excellent summary of why some horror movies/bks are scarier than others: “Pinhead had rules; Pinhead lived by a code. In his own way Pinhead was fair, which made things worse.” There’s other good horrorshow thoughts as well, but click fast–the link won’t work tomorrow….

Onealism: Fr. O’Neal’s last posts–sorta. He’ll still be posting his homilies at Nota Bene, and I personally will be conveying some Shawnly goodness to you next week, since he entered my contest. (Why haven’t YOU?) Anyway, sad to see the lights go out at Onealism, but hey, our loss is Salisbury, NC’s gain.

Right-Wing News: An interview with Walter Olson of Overlawyered fame. Sample: “John Hawkins: Are we really the ‘world’s most litigious people?’ How do the number of lawsuits here compare to the number in Europe or Japan for example?

“Walter Olson: The most meaningful figures for international comparisons are the ones on the size of a country’s liability insurance sector as a share of its GNP. They basically confirm the common wisdom, showing that the U.S. spends several times as much per capita as do other advanced industrial countries. Australia is usually viewed as our nearest rival in this respect, but we still were managing as of some years back to spend something like twice as much per capita as they, while farther back in the pack come

countries like Canada, the U.K., Spain and Greece…”

Also, the Institute for Justice has a new website focused on abuses of the eminent-domain power. (You know, the deal where the government grabs your land, house, etc., and you get no say-so.) The site is called The Castle Coalition–as in, your home is your ____________. IJ is a very cool outfit and this new site looks just awesome, so stop on by.

And there’s At the Center, a magazine for pro-life pregnancy center staffers. Looks intriguing, though most of the articles I’ve read so far were too short to do much. But there’s information on resources for preg. ctrs. also. (Link via E-Pression.)