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The New Republic's "Baghdad Diarist" revealed himself this morning. He's Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp. The fact that his pseudonym was "Scott Thomas" meant that he wasn't really interested in keeping his identity secret. Milblogger JD Johannes had already narrowed TNR's diarist down to the unit level -- about 100 men, so Beauchamp's decision to come […]

Note the difference: When a Christian martyr dies, he doesn't take anyone with him. Pray for the hostages that remain in Afghanistan. Don't hold your breath waiting for denunciation of this by the usual suspects.

That's what should've happened in this case: The two boys tore down the hall of Patton Middle School after lunch, swatting the bottoms of girls as they ran -- what some kids later said was a common form of greeting. But bottom-slapping is against policy in McMinnville Public Schools. So a teacher's aide sent the […]