Dogs of War
The Claremont Institute - End Games - On a recent edition of Hardball with Chris Matthews, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, a cadet asked what the U.S. "exit strategy" might be in the event of a war with Iraq. The guests, all retired generals, answered his question, differing from one another only in degree, not in kind. None challenged whether the question was legitimate in the first place.

Helloooo chapter two! - We'll Get Right On That - Worst. Civilization. Ever. Oh thank you, Osama, for making us see the light! You can be certain that I'll get right on that whole setting-up-sharia-in-America thing, just as soon as I stop GUT-LAUGHING, you spoiled little rich brat from Saudi FREAKING Arabia. When we start stoning women for getting raped in the US, I'll be sure to be less sarcastic about this.

Fast Food Nation
The Eleven Day Empire - Whatever Happened to Personal Responsibility? - I'm sorry the plaintiff kids are unhealthy. And I'm sorry they're unhappy. And I'm sorry their parents have spent years not knowing, or not caring, about their diet and their health. But that is not the fault of McDonalds!

Silent Running - 'Merkin Fast Food - Oh god, Popeyes is good! Why don't we have it in Australia and New Zealand? It's essentially Cajun-style crispy chicken, with lovely spicy rice and these utterly amazing things called "biscuits". Now these aren't what Antipodeans like me would call biscuits, our biscuits here would be called "cookies". No, these are delicious hunks of a slightly fried breadlike substance, crisp on the outside and softer on the inside. They are to die for!
And WARNING to New Zealanders and Australians - Do NOT make the chicken recipe Tom Paine published and serve it to an American Southerner and call it "Fried Chicken". A Fight may ensue.

Heartstrings and Hand Grenades
The Big Vague - Politics and Personality - A serious heart condition made her different from other kids. Her skin was actually a bluish color. She was like a blue angel to me, sweet and very funny, but to a few kids at school she was just a freak. So they added to her torment and subtracted from an already short life by taunting her.

JimSpot - Every Morning - I have been taking Ashley to school every day since school started. At first, I would stand with her and wait for the bells to ring, then kiss her and send her inside. In talking with the Nun who runs the school and Ash's teacher, I discovered that they don't really want the parents to do that.

Chuck Simmins' Journal - My Father - Dad quit school in the eighth grade when his father died, and went to work to help support his eight brothers and sisters. Scrambling for money on the mean streets of Jersey City during the Great Depression. People starved, you know. You could then, without really trying. Now, you have to go out of your way to starve in the United States, but not then.