My latest salvo in the “political affirmative action” debate is up.

TNR’s Ryan Lizza makes the case (I think it requires registration, but if you’re not already onboard with The New Republic, you should be).

A friend who attends McGill University asked me to blog about The Montreal Massacre, which happened on this date in 1989. I had never heard of the event until he told me about it, but basically a man who felt that “the feminists” were responsible for him not getting into engineering school went to a local university and systematically gunned down all the female students he could find. In all, 14 women died before he took his own life. There is obviously little to say about events such...

In addition to Joe’s excellent commentary, you can find my first thoughts on the DeLay ruling at The Debate Link.

Apparently the phrase is still controversial. I defend its usage over at The Debate Link

The question really is more general: should overwhelmingly liberal colleges (like my own) implement affirmative action programs for conservatives?

My contribution to the festival is up at The Debate Link.

Joint Chief of Staff Chairman Peter Pace sticks to his guns over Rumsfeld’s protests regarding US obligations and Iraqi torture.

(Again, points for identifying the title’s source). I’m thrilled that Jewish groups are being more assertive about their differences with the radical Christian Right. But let’s not act as if this is some dramatic break-up between two intertwined lovers. Jews have consistently been at the liberal end of American politics, and there’s no indication that they’re moving away.

If it’s required to keep corruption on the political radar, some Dems are willing to offer him as a sacrifice.

President George W. Bush and Democratic Senator Joseph Biden apparently share “remarkably similar” Iraq plans. Some Republicans, er, didn’t get the memo.

An update to my last post that examines how both the left and right are failing in their obligation to uphold human rights and human dignity around the world.

‘Cause I’m tired of the no-change, status quo defending, power shy crowd that represents a betrayal of the left’s commitment to liberation from tyranny, equality of personhood, and everything we’ve always stood for.

I’ve always said that one of the best incentives for me to enter law is that I’d never have to look at a number again (except, of course, billable hours). Turns out though, that at least one old math friend is making an appearance in a New York drug prosecution. Curses, vile subject! Why won’t you leave us Humanities geeks in peace?

Two articles leave me significantly less inclined to support either of these two Democratic frontrunners in 2008. Sure it’s early to be Presi-blogging. But it sure is fun.

Sharon’s new party is bound to have big impacts in Israel. As a supporter of Shinui (Israel’s current centrist party), I would be thrilled if a moderate coalition came to power in Jerusalem. I don’t consider myself to be a big linker, but I went all-out on this reaction post. It’s got links from all across the blogosphere, plus thoughts of my own interspersed between the sea of underlined blue text.

…If the Mongol Hordes Got Bored? 10 Points if you can identify the source. Anyway, Jason Zenegrle mocks President Bush for trumpeting Mongolia’s 120 troop deployment to Iraq. Personally, I think we should be more aggressive in making Mongolia’s presence known in Iraq. If the insurgents have any sense of history, they’ll get the message. (And to folks whose irony-meter is not quite sensitive enough, no, I don’t actually want to build a pyramid of skulls with all of Iraq’s...

Jews are beginning to speak out against conservative Christian efforts to appropriate everything “religious” to themselves. And “that’s a good thing”

Some people seem to forget that Jews have their own way of viewing the world. And it’s not necessarily covered by folks claiming to defend “Judeo-Christian” values.

The Democratic Representative from Arkansas (not to be confused with a certain DC mayor) has just become my new hero. H/T: The Plank

That was always the question behind Georgia’s new “anti-voter fraud” bill. But thankfully, bill co-sponsor Rep. Sue Burmeister has answered that question beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Legal Fiction has an excellent post on why Democrats are responding the way they are to the Bush administration, and why Bush’s poll numbers aren’t going to break out of the 40s any time soon. As a Duke fan, I protest the specific analogy he makes (and it only took us 54 seconds to erase that 10 point lead), but still, good post.

Has the momentum finally shifted toward withdrawing the troops? Things look grim for the “stay the course” crowd.

…opposing black racism will give the left precious credibility it currently lacks. Please, read the post for the whole argument.

Should judges with clear political beliefs recuse themselves from cases with obvious partisan dimensions? The DeLay case motivates a few reflections.