THE ONION HOROSCOPES this week are pretty keen. Via The Rat. You can also get all your New York Times-hating needs met here. Read more

PURPLE TOUPEE AND GOLD LAME/AFTER THE HAIR HAS GONE AWAY…: Tom Sylvester on same-sex marriage and the last days of disco. Read more

POETRY WEDNESDAY HANGOVER: From Philip Larkin, “Talking in Bed”: [clipped] Read more

“There was also the time that the U.S. government hired New York-based Burston-Marsteller, the world’s largest public relations firm, to help sell free market capitalism to the people of Kazakhstan. Among other ideas, Burston-Marsteller developed a television soap opera miniseries glorifying privatization. In one episode, two hapless families desperately want a new house but don’t know how to build it. Suddenly a hot-air balloon descends from the sky, bearing the name ‘Soros Foundation’ in huge letters. Americans spring out, erect... Read more

THE FANS WANT PANTS! Read more

AXIS OF EMAIL. My Jewish World Review column for this week–basically an update of my “www.free-iran.com” piece for the Weekly Standard. Read more

“For the Chinese, luck is a moral attribute, and a lucky person would never be murdered. Like having a birth defect, or marrying a Filipino, being murdered is shameful.” –Amy Chua, World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability Read more

FUNNY. “The Lord and I are in a shepherd-sheep relationship, and I am in a position of negative need….” Via Relapsed Catholic. Read more

WHERE THEY CAN DO NO MORE EVIL. Read more

RAPE AND CHILD-BEATING IN BAGHDAD. If you know of ANYTHING that might be helpful here, please email Salam Pax: “Today I have been with Neela to unicef to talk to people responsible for the child protection program, we are trying to figure out what to do and how to help the kid. I will go tomorrow with Zainab and Neela to Sanayra’s on an outing, just to get her out of that house, for lunch or an ice-cream and so... Read more