The Alliance for Marriage has proposed new language for a Federal Marriage Amendment, Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any […]
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Arvin Tseng (Rebuttable Presumption) points to these lines, reported by the AP: I receive your help faith, knowing that through you I shall do valiantly, for you are the one who treads down my enemies. . . . [P]ray for each other, each others family, and for our school. . . . Education in New […]
Aleph-0 etc.:
I was talking to some people about infinities — measured as Aleph-0 (the size of the set of integers), Aleph-1 (often said to be the size of the set of real numbers, but that apparently depends on where you stand on the continuum hypothesis), and so on — and then it struck me: We Jews […]
Reading:
It turns out that Harold Berman has written a a second volume of Law and Revolution, subtitled “The Impact of the Protestant Reformations on the Western Legal Tradition.” Volume 1, “The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition,” for those who don’t know, was published in 1984 and provided an extraordinary survey, synthesis, and argument about […]
This is really more Dan’s sort of thing, but I couldn’t let it pass without comment. From yesterday’s NYT magazine interview with Lou Dobbs: More globally inclined economists insist that the creation of a middle class in poor countries overseas benefits everyone. And aren’t people in India as entitled to jobs as people in America? […]
More on the Hate Crime Hoax at Claremont:
Last week, I posted a note from one of my students, an alumnus of Claremont McKenna College, expressing his view that activists at the college and its affiliated schools were very disappointed that the “hate crime” reported there turned out to be a hoax, because they had used the hate crime as an excuse to […]
The Happiest Day of His Life:
Yassin: “The day in which I will die as a shahid [martyr] will be the happiest day of my life.” So I guess it’s win-win. UPDATE: And here’s a good retort to Israel’s European critics by British blogger Oliver Kamm.
Our co-conspirator-in chief…
gets the Crescat Sententia 20 Questions treatment.
Yassin has been brought to Justice:
Israel has eliminated one of the world’s leading wanted murderers, Shiekh Yassin, founder and leader of Hamas. Under Yassin’s leadership, Hamas has been responsible for the murder of hundreds of Israelis, and the wounding and maiming of hundreds more. Worse yet, any progress made in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians has always been met […]
Rockin’ Book Tour This Week:
This week’s tour for Restoring the Lost Constitution takes me to the most cities in five days. Say “Hi” if you read the Volokh Conspiracy. Monday 3/22: Lincoln, NebraskaUniversity of Nebraska law school (noon)Tuesday 3/23:Ann Arbor, MichiganUniversity of Michigan law school (noon)Wednesday 3/24:South Bend, IndianaNotre Dame law school (12:15pm)Thursday 3/25:Bloomington, IndianaIndiana University (noon) Friday 3/26:St. […]
Pipes at Berkeley
On Daniel Pipes’ blog, I came across this ridiculous letter from Robert M. Berdahl, chancellor of the University of California-Berkeley, sent in response to a protest about the way the university handled disruptions of his talk there: February 26, 2004Dear xxxx:I would like to respond to your inquiry about the recent lecture of Daniel Pipes […]
Cyberterrorism and Outsourcing:
Can’t find the link, but Eugene blogged recently about how the U.S. allegedly sabotaged software the operated the Soviet’s natural gas pipeline, and expressed concern that our own software could be vulnerable to sabotage. I’m actually writing an article that deals tangentially with cybersecurity issues, and just came across in my notes a link to […]
Clark on Bush:
I don’t know anything about Richard Clarke, but he sure isn’t making the Bush Administration look good. I’m still hoping that going after Iraq first instead of the real terrorist threat of Iran was part of some grand master plan, and not an inexplicable obsession with Saddam, but Clarke’s claim that top Bushie’s were obsessed […]
USA Today Scandal:
USA Today admitted last week that its reporter, Jack Kelley, fabricated many stories for the newspaper. Only one of those stories seems to have been motivated by animus toward its subject matter. Any guesses?
Sunday Song Lyric:
As if there were any doubt, the FCC has determined that the “F-word” is too profane for television, even when used as an adjective. So continues the current obsession with offensive material on radio and television. As I noted last week, this heightened sensitivity has the potential to chill political expression. The obsession with specific […]