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I’m sorry if this pisses you off. I’m tired of September 11th. I’m tired of hearing about it. I’m tired of seeing news stories about it, and I’m tired of reading weblogs about it (which sort of makes this the pot calling the kettle black). In short, I’m tired of the longest news story of [...]

A fascinating story from the Scotsman detailing the accusations of some scientists that the FBI knows who was behind the Anthrax letters of last Fall, but is reluctant to pursue the case for fear what what the suspect — claimed to be someone who works for a CIA contractor — might reveal about the US [...]

This has to be one of the more stupid news items I’ve come across recently (via InstaPundit): [P]sychologists from the University of Arkansas claim that homophobia is not an actual phobia because it’s caused by disgust, not fear or anxiety. Duh! We needed a study to tell us that the “phobia” part of “homophobia” is [...]

By far the sanest commentary on the whole Lou Dobbs/”Islamist” business is this bit from Demosthenes over at one of my recent blog discoveries, Shadow of the Hegemon: The sad (and funny) thing is that the distinction Dobbs tried to make and failed is one that he never can, because it would beg questions of [...]

Via Cursor, a fascinating “Special Report” called The Campus Files at the San Francisco Chronicle’s online site SF Gate. The series revolves around various FBI memos from the 1960′s that reveal the coordinated efforts of the FBI, CIA, and then-California governor Ronald Reagan to undermine those Hoover and his cronies deemed subversive. Especially disturbing is [...]

Yesterday I went to the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. On display, among other exhibits, was “New York September 11 by Magnum Photographers.” This exhibit or a variation thereof is currently on display at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C., and will soon be traveling to other US cities. There is also a book that has [...]