My only weakness is a listed crime But last night the plans for a future war Were all I saw on Channel Four Blogwatchers of the world, unite and take over… Ted Barlow: I think this is the funniest lightbulb joke yet–although the Ari Fleischer ones are pretty key. Am adding Balkinization and Camassia to the blogroll. Plus Julian Sanchez has some stuff I want to address separately. Hand it over! Read more

TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION NEWS: Shamed sent me this, with the note, “This has your blog written all over it.” OVAL OFFICE ALLY Is President Bush more sympathetic than his predecessors on the issue of voting rights for D.C. residents? It was 202 years ago, where Rhodes Tavern once stood, that this city’s residents first protested the denial of full democracy and voting rights in Congress. Residents had enjoyed these rights until 1801, when the final transfer of authority over the... Read more

Also, yes, soon I will be thinking again, maybe tomorrow. Coming attractions include more on Iraq/North Korea/my constant hovering and dithering; mail about race, maybe with replies, maybe not; a report from a panel discussion on the pro-life movement at 30; and a book review. More of a book alert really–there’s this awesome book that you should run out and get RIGHT NOW, except you can’t, because I won’t tell you what it is until Friday. (moohoohahahaha!) And maybe final... Read more

POETRY WEDNESDAY: From Opus. Sort of. I’m in a weird mood today. How I love to watch the morn, With golden sun that shines, Up above to nicely warm These frosty toes of mine. The wind doth taste of bittersweet, Like jasper wine and sugar. I bet it’s blown through others’ feet Like those of …Caspar Weinberger. Read more

ENTREPRENEURIAL IMAGINATION MAIL: Responses to my column for Jewish World Review. Nancy Lebovitz makes an excellent point: I’ve long thought that the schools are designed to produce employees, and wondered how the structure and practice would be different if the intent was to produce entrepreneurs. P.S. It’s not just my opinion that schools are designed to produce employees–I’ve read (in John Gatto’s books) that the standard school structure was developed in Prussia to get people used to being factory workers.... Read more

BIG POST BY SALAM PAX ON IRAQ, WAR, AND AFTERWARDS. Read more

“YOU COULD HEAR SCREAMING FROM EVERY CLASSROOM.” Read more

PROVING MY POINT that even the gun-clueless can safely handle shootin’-sticks, the Oligarch notes that I was actually not shooting a .22 as I’d misremembered. He adds another good point about types of people who generally don’t handle guns well. Read more

AS LONG AS I’M JUST LINKIN’, NOT THINKIN’… might as well pass on this back-and-forth between Colby Cosh and Kathy “Relapsed Catholic” Shaidle about over- and underrated movies. I seem to be much more in the Shaidle camp, interestingly. More of me on movies here (ten favorites) and here (cultural history of horror). Read more

LOTT LOTT MORE: Julian Sanchez posts a follow-up re John Lott. Read more