ST. MARY’S, NEW HAVEN: Next weekend, I’ll be returning to New Haven, CT, where I spent many a dawn hour arguing about consequentialism and agrarianism and how it stands with Being. New Haven is also where I was baptized and confirmed. I love returning to St. Mary’s Church, and reading Amy Welborn this afternoon brought home to me how much I owe those tireless Dominicans. St. Mary’s isn’t what I’d call a beautiful church. A friend called it “the church... Read more

QUESTIONS FOR ANTI-GLOBALIZATION PROTESTERS: A while back, the Libertarian Samizdata types compiled a list of questions about corporate hegemony and whatnot. I only copied out the ones I liked, so this isn’t the full list. But as the helicopters continue to patrol the DC skies, I figure I’ll post the ones I’ve got. You all can send me more suggestions at [email protected], of course. 1) If some people in El Salvador want to sell their fruit in a market in... Read more

REPORT FROM THE ANTI-ISRAEL/GLOBALIZATION RALLY: Shamed, Sara and I refused to schlep out to the rally before noon. We missed the worst excesses of the crowd, like the flag-burnings and the little girl in a coffin. You should read Radley Balko’s more comprehensive report here, which captures both the ridiculous and the disgusting sides of the event. We saw much more of the pro-Palestinian rally than the anti-globalization one, but they mingled together, borrowing one another’s symbols. There were a... Read more

“I don’t like crooks. And if I did like them, I wouldn’t like crooks who are stool pigeons. And if I did like crooks who are stool pigeons, I still wouldn’t like you!” –Bar girl, “The Thin Man” Read more

MORE HAIKU TO INSPIRE YOU: Sensible high heels, Less sensible about clones, Virginia Postrel. Better on cloning, But please, no high heels for him! Ramesh Ponnuru. Hater of “Star Trek” None of that in The Corner! Kathryn Jean Lopez. Only “dopes” use drugs! Stay clean, or you’ll end up like Richard Brookhiser. Secret, silent, dark: When will the blogging commence? The Old Oligarch. Here come globo-nuts, With standard sound and fury. Honey, get the gun… Why does the White House... Read more

WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT potential benefits of implanting Global Positioning Systems under our skins, this is what they’re thinking about. Read more

GOOD GRIEF, IT’S HAILING OUTSIDE! “Hailing on all frequencies,” as Lt. Uhura would say. Rain is sweeping across the street like white banners. I wouldn’t want to be an antiwar protester now! Read more

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES: Fantastic Richard Brookhiser article about our current drug-control regime of pot for the elite, jail for the poor. Read more

BEAT REPORTERS? THEY DON’T BEAT ENOUGH OF ‘EM! Hee hee. Read more

Just because I asked a friend about her, Just because I watched her blog somewhere, Just because I rang her number by mistake today, She thinks I still care… Evan Day: Yet another Harvard blogger. This proves that Harvard is boring, leaving undergrads nothing to do with their free time except blog, whereas Yale is exciting, leaving undergrads no time to post to their blog while alumni (but not undergrads) form many many many many blogs. ANYWAY, that aside, Day’s... Read more