Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2609
August 27, 2010
Epistemic Closure Watch
by Chris Bodenner
Gays are either destroying the moral foundation of our country or don't exist:
It's unclear why Fox News ignored the story, since some Republicanshave embraced Mehlman's coming out. Current Republican Party chairman,Michael Steele, for instance, issued a supportive statement: "Hisannouncement, often a very difficult decision which is only compoundedwhen done on the public stage, reaffirms for me why we are friends andwhy I respect him personally and professionally." Mehlman...
"It's Just A Cat" Ctd
by Chris Bodenner
A reader writes:
Your reader who defended the woman who threw a cat into a trash bin made some good points but used a couple of lousy examples. I love cats and own three, but I most certainly don't place their well being higher than a human's. However, it's pretty well known that serial killers start with animals. The kid your reader mentioned has some serious problems if he's setting cats on fire. Yes, he had a harsh past and should be getting treatment rather than...
Sullivan, Er, Bait
by Chris Bodenner
A great white shark is roaming the waters off Provincetown, as evidenced by this footage of a seal getting nailed 20 yards from shore. So far no sightings in any tidal pools. Stay safe, boss.
Great white shark - Shark - Provincetown - Recreation - Massachusetts
"Moderate Muslims"
by Patrick Appel
Larison goes another round with Douthat:
As far as I can tell, what Rauf's critics want is not merely someone
who is a moderate Muslim, which presumably means someone moderate in
his interpretation of Islam as a religion. What they would apparently
also like is someone who has no sympathy for the political causes or
grievances of any other Muslims in the world. If moderation is defined
in that unreasonable way, there probably aren't very many moderate
Muslims after all.
...
Malkin Award Nominee
by Chris Bodenner
From the guy who brought you the Willie Horton ad:
Willie Horton - Hosting - Web Design and Development - Free - Chris Bodenner
The Arab Mainstream
by Patrick Appel
Marc Lynch reads up on the Arab press's coverage of the Park 51 controversy:
Where the anti-mosque movement and escalating anti-Islam rhetoric is reallyresonating is with the Arab mainstream --- that vast middle ground which hadhoped that the election of Barack Obama would mark a real change from the Bushadministration but have grown increasingly disappointed. The mosqueissue has been covered heavily on Arab satellite TV stations such asal-Jazeera, and the images of angry...
August 26, 2010
The Daily Wrap
We got a glimpse of the view from your recession; some blowback
Filming The Enemy
by Patrick Appel
Ackerman digs up "extremely rare footage of the war in Afghanistan's Kunar Province — from the Taliban's perspective" shot by journalist Paul Refsdal:
Most American troops spend their tours in Afghanistan with only thevaguest idea of who they're fighting. June, a Special Forces A-Team inthe south reportedly couldn't find the Taliban.It wasn't so hard for Refsdal. This self-described "tall white man"managed to effectively infiltrate the insurgency in one of itsbastions. The...
Face Of The Day
German pop star Nadja Benaissa waits for the verdict in her trial in
the district court house in the western German city of Darmstadt on
August 26, 2010. Benaissa, a singer of the German pop group No Angels,
who infected a former sex partner with HIV, walked free on August
26, 2010 after a German court handed her a two-year suspended sentence. By Boris Roessler/AFP/Getty Images.
Nadja Benaissa - HIV - Suspended sentence - Singing - Darmstadt
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