Around the web…Lent, Spike Lee, Bad guys

I’ve got a case of the lookarounds:

Richard Cohen, who a few months ago was also on the right track about abortion debate says Dubya is right about Dubai. He keeps this up he’s going to get drummed outta the club. He even gives the president the benefit of a doubt and suggests that Dubya “naturally recoils from prejudice. Is there prejudice? Possibly. And possibly understandable.

Hey, Al Qaeda DID fund those Indonesian attacks!

Brian Maloney ticked off the folks at Air America! Not for the first time! They respond by ignoring the substance of his report, in order to simply demonize their “enemies.”

The Scratching Post has a story idea for Spike Lee

The Donegal Express tells lies about Apollo Anton Ohno but tells the truth about fasting.

Vladimir Bukovsky warns that the EU is heading for totalitarianism. If it lasts.

The SCOTUS, (in a case heard before Alito joined up) renders a unanimous decision in favor of the pro-life crowd. Here’s the newsstory.

Mac’s Mind wonders about possible investigations into Sens. Rockefeller and Durbin. Although that must be weighed, I guess, with Cindy Adams’ line yesterday that a dozen GOP lawmakers were going to be indicted for currying favor.

A judge has approved supoena’s to the NY Times re their leaking of the NSA classified program. I can only believe that the Times will be as fast to turn over their notes as they were to screw with our national security.

Jack Kelly says reports of an Iraqi Civil War are as yet premature and he has some great links. I like his link to Iraq the Model who wrote: Actually the past few days showed that our new army is more competent than we were thinking.

My Pet Jawa says today is International High-5 a Muslim Day “Because a nod is not enough and a hug is just too much.”

Alexandra asks are we paying attention to Iran, yet?

Dan Brown is facing plagarism charges re the DaVinci Code. A million little copiers?

Happy Catholic has a wonderful post up on bringing a religious sensibility to Mardi Gras. She clearly put a lot of work into that one. It’s a great read and visually fun, too.