Links for 2006-12-14

• Ask Not

  I ask: why "ask"? These policies, regardless of their merits, are not requests. They are commands. Their coercive nature ought not be masked with sweet words such as "ask."

• Hate Crimes

  The end result, the injury sustained, was identical. Were we to punish these crimes differently, what would be the rationale?

• English/Liberal Phrasebook

• ChicagoBoyz.net: Joke of the Day

  The World Court, an organization with neither legitimacy nor accountability, condemned Israel, a democratic country, for building a security fence that is saving lives every day. Where does this head judge, who is so concerned about humanitarian and legal obligations, come from? From China,

• Websites Who Want To Remain Bad

• Is New Zealand backsliding?

• Eight empirical propositions I used to think were correct

• I want my money back

  RE: Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9-11

• Fly the friendly (Russian) skies

• Mexican update: How to compete against China and win

• Order a Large Pepperoni for Freedom

• Slow medicine

• Abortion and Choice

• ChicagoBoyz.net: Quote of the Day

  And this is surely why Bush is so hated by the left. For this hatred wildly exceeds the normal dislike of a political opponent. It is as visceral and obsessive as it is irrational.

• Michael Moore on the O'Reilly Factor

• The "Big Lies" about Iraq

• The Next Unavoidable Problem

• Blow Hard and Hope it Sounds Like Music

• Whatever Happened to "Laugh and the World Laughs With You"?

• Kerry Wants to Be Han Solo (Special Edition, Not Original)

• Us and the heart of civilization