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Thomas Sowell has random thoughts, and (as usual)
they're more worthwhile than the ordered thoughts of many others.
Nothing is more fraudulent than calls for a "dialogue on race." Those who issue such calls are usually quick to cry "racism" at any frank criticism. They are almost invariably seeking a monologue on race, to which others are supposed to listen.
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You can view the editorial cartoons of Pulitzer Prize winner
Michael Ramirez here.
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Also Pulitzerwise: Dave
Barry and Joel
Achenbach have nice things to say about winner Gene Weingarten.
Weingarten's prizewinning piece, about a world-renowned violinist
posing as a Metro-stop musician, is hilarious and here.
Pun Salad, as did much of the blogosphere, also enjoyed his piece
from a couple years back
on The
Great Zucchini, "Washington's No. 1 preschool entertainer."
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Unintended consequence du jour:
A health warning meant to alert doctors about the potential risks of prescribing antidepressants to youth may have actually triggered a significant rise in suicides among Canadians under age 18, a new study has found.
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In dubious taste, but still funny: Charleton Heston Still
Refuses to Give up His Gun.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Despite numerous promises in his lifetime to allow his guns to be taken from his cold, dead hands, the late Charlton Heston issued a statement today saying that he will retain possession of his firearms into the afterlife.
Diane Feinstein and Michael Moore are displeased.
URLs du Jour
2008-04-08
Just When I Thought I'd Seen Everything…
I just saw Steven Tyler sing "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch at the Red Sox home opener at Fenway.
Update [5:19pm] Now, they have Neil Diamond on video doing "Sweet Caroline". He's looking more like Richard Feynman every day.
Update [5:43pm]. They won, 5-0. After that, how could they not? Apparently Bill Buckner threw out the first pitch to Dewey Evans, as well.