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Let's say that you were sensitive to anti-religious bigotry. Would you be offended by the following conversation? Should you be? Person A: The apostles all had bad endings ... sawed in half. Person B: Ah, the good ol' days. Just askin'.

If you haven't already read this, do it now. It's an account of how the New York Times didn't feel as outraged about the Clinton administration's wide-ranging Echelon spying program as they do about the Bush administration's comparatively limited surveillance program. I've often said of the Times editorial page that it is partisan, not principled. […]

The Washington Post's Robin Givhan critiques the Alitos' choice of dress. The Post would be well-advised to send Givhan back to the typing pool and hire some better editors and reporters.

The Smoking Gun is largely famous on the Web for posting celebrity mug shots, but they also publish all sorts of legal documents and occasionally do some reporting. The latter is what prompted this letter from legal eagle Martin D. Singer. The letter threatening a lawsuit should The Smoking Gun go ahead with its report […]

The Angry Clam fisks the bejeezus out of a New York Times editorial. Check it out. Read the comments too, I particularly liked this one by nk: I believe that I became interested in Supreme Court nominations during the confirmation hearings of Judge Bork. I saw him being verbally abused, slandered and insulted by @##$%s […]

The movie based on the heroes of United Flight 93 is slated for release on April 28. You can check out the trailer here. The trailer doesn't show you a whole lot of the film, instead focusing more on dialogue and sound effects. It has a greater emotional impact than it would if they'd shown […]

One of the bloggers over at the Kotaku videogame site arranged for an e-mail interview with the world's worst director, Uwe Boll. I ended up sending Uwe Boll about 15 questions, none of which could be possibly answered with a single word. He responded within the day, and managed to answer most with little more. […]

Death penalty opponents had held out hope that DNA testing would prove that the state of Virginia executed an innocent man more than a decade ago. They were wrong. The case reminded me this three-year-old item I wrote about the late Ann Landers and her opposition to the death penalty. For the record: She never […]

Hasselblad is has announced a new 39-megapixel camera. Price: $39,000. I still like my Olympus E-500, which can be had for far less.

I didn't get to watch the Samuel Alito hearings again. Two 10 1/2-hour days in a row are draining. It should hopefully slow down a little after tomorrow and I can really dig into this stuff. I've managed to do a little catch-up blog and newspaper article reading and a couple of things strike me […]