TUSHNET BEATS VOLOKH IN APRIL FOOLS SMACKDOWN!!! I got 12 out of 16 on this hilarious hoax quiz. (That is, it’s a real quiz about hoaxes, not a hoax of a quiz.) Either my B.S. detector is more accurate than El Volokh Grande’s, or I spend too much time reading “News of the Weird.” Read more

CAMASSIA is blogging her way through the Book of Acts–and has found someone who’s blogging as he or she reads the whole durn Bible. Read more

HAPPY (BELATED) BIRTHDAY, HAYDN! Read more

“Nothing is more Chinese about Singapore than its punishments. Caning offenders and minor criminals is a legacy of the British empire as much as the Chinese tradition of corporal punishment. But the use of public confession is an old Confucian practice. It shows that the critic has submitted to orthodoxy. It has to be imposed to enforce obedience or, as Lee [Kuan Yew] would have it, ‘social cohesion.'” –Buruma, Bad Elements Read more

HALLIBURTON UNIT LOSES OUT ON REBUILDING IRAQ: Make of this whatever you choose. Read more

A SHAME THAT STARTED AT SIXTEEN/AND SPREAD TO EVERYTHING. I’m looking for first-person accounts of the gay rights revolution, especially as it affected teens and people in their twenties, from the 1980s through the present. If you are comfortable sending me something, I would seriously be in your debt, and would acknowledge you or not as you requested. Be forewarned that my own perspective is both queer and Catholic–I do not believe that homosexual activity is what God wants for... Read more

OH, NICE….: Christ does not reign on “ER.” More here. Read more

ANNUS MIRABILIS (Philip Larkin): Sexual intercourse began In nineteen sixty-three (which was rather late for me) — Between the end of the “Chatterley” ban And the Beatles’ first LP. [clipped] —————————————————————————— Well, I was never convinced that anyone hit that particular zeitgeist just quite right (and if you really want to know, ask the women…). But I was reminded of this poem by CalPundit’s post, asking when history ended. I’m uberboring–history ended, for me, on the day Challenger blew. And... Read more

MOYNIHAN, R.I.P.. You have probably read these already, but if not, please check out Kaus and Oxblog. Be sure to follow the link Kaus provides to his review of Moynihan’s autobiography. Read more

BLOGFEST APRIL 5. DC bloggers and blogreaders and blog-neutrals, it’s that time again! Next Saturday, April 5, we’ll be gathering at the Tastee Diner in Silver Spring, MD, for fun conversation and delicious diner fare. Starts at 8:30, ends whenever. And on this “A Very Special Blogfest,” we will have a guest star–Eugene Volokh of Conspiracy fame. So, no matter where you fall on the D.C. Metro Blog map, mark your calendar. Hope to see a passel of you there.... Read more