Monday, May 15, 2006
The President’s Speech (08:14 PM) - I am in agreement with the president on the immigration issue, and I think he is giving a very good speech right now. The full speech is in the extended. A part I particularly liked is below.Some in this country…
The Annals of Strange AP Reports on Karl Rove (03:28 PM) - First, the Associated Press brought you an in-depth look at the contents of Karl Rove’s garage, among which there was, disappointingly, not a single gateway to hell. Now there is the pressing issue of the man’s smile. It means something….
“Full diplomatic relations” with Libya (03:15 PM) - Secretary of State Rice has announced the resumption of relations with Libya and plans for a United States embassy in Tripoli. Libya is a state which has not met this administration’s expectations as regards democracy and non-support of terror, but…
The World (Redrawn by Refugee Origin) (02:39 PM) - Invisible: Not a bad thing to be on a map such as this. I suppose the whole move-to-Canada movement never really got off the ground. More fascinating maps here. Via Roger Alford….
Ten-and-a-Half Truths About Immigration Politics (09:52 AM) - From Mark Halperin’s dew-fresh epistle to the ABC News political team. As usual, it is not especially easy to determine whether Halperin & Co. mean what they say, but here are the ten-point-five points anyway:1. The White House 72-hour striptease…
Why the Personal Computer Will Always Win (08:15 AM) - Two old thieves, Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, and Paul Otellini, president of Intel, have a lovely pro-Wintel op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal. It is pay-only online, but here is the paragraph that struck me most. It explains very…