I watch a blog–

A chihuahua…

The Volokh Conspiracy: Immigrants’ contributions to national security.

Nat’l Catholic Register‘s best-of-2004 movies list. Some unexpected choices, lots of interesting stuff, and content advisories for those of us who would prefer not to view camels giving birth.

Department of Take Me Home, I Don’t Like It Here:

“BRITISH Muslims are to boycott this week’s commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz because they claim it is not racially inclusive and does not commemorate the victims of the Palestinian conflict.

“Iqbal Sacranie, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, has written to Charles Clarke, the home secretary, saying the body will not attend the event unless it includes the ‘holocaust’ of the Palestinian intifada.” (more)

I note that I have no idea how many actual Muslims this dude purports to represent, and I’m sure not all of them share his madness. Nonetheless, depressing. Via The Corner.

Two links on affirmative action and Richard Sander’s recent research: Vikram David Amar with criticisms (most of which aren’t persuasive to me, but they might be to you), and Newsweek with another, related study.