Center of Attention

Jim Manzi revisits his argument against a carbon tax. [H/t Andrew Sullivan.]

Rick Moran tackles an enduring question: Does hate speech induce hateful (even murderous) actions?

Sean Aqui rebuts the “easy” argument against global climate-change conferences.

Several noteworthy comments this past week on gays, culture, politics and more: Andrew Sullivan posted on Huckabee and gays and criminalizing anti-gay speech; Dennis Sanders posted on gays and spirituality, in two installments, here and here.

Shay responds to Michael Bowen (a.k.a. Cobb) on the Supreme Court decision re: sentencing guidelines and its implications for the war on drugs.

Antonio Crombie attempts to articulate a “dispassionate point of view” on “faith and public discourse.”

Justin Gardner spotlights Desmond Tutu on detention without trial.

Non-Political Balance-Search of the Week: Dyre42 on hunting.

Duane Lester on farm subsidies as “corporate welfare.”

Amba opines on depressed progressives.

Will Hinton believes that, sometimes, libertarians (large and small “L,” including that libertarian in Republican garments, Ron Paul) “are their own worst enemy.”

This one is largely for fun, but with a serious thread: Michael D. encourages readers to remember the human race’s humble (and extremely vulnerable) place in the larger universe.