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CNN idiotically imagines: "Al Qaeda offers 'condolences' for innocent victims."
That is a CNN headline purporting to summarize an English-language apology that is phrased thusly:"We express our condolences to the families of the Muslim men, women and children killed in these criminal acts and we ask Allah to have mercy on those killed and accept them as shohadaa (martyrs)...

"Barney Frank is all wrong on Scalia's dissent"
"Barney Frank is all wrong on Scalia's dissent": Law professor Ann Althouse has this op-ed today in The Chicago Tribune.

Brilliant idiocy on energy from Democratic über-policymaker Robert Reich
A short piece entitled "Short Straw Economics" in today's NYT Magazine (h/t Althouse) contains questions to and answers from Robert Reich. Reich was Secretary of Labor for the Clinton Administration...

Forget It! I Am Not Going To Marry One Of The People Who Comment On My Blog!
It is not that I do not like you, or that I do not appreciate your efforts. I do. (Oops, that is the wrong word to use). It is just that I have been married to my girlfriend for a long, long time...

Atonement
Now here’s a rare thing; a neo-conservative re-evaluating his attitude and convictions, and admitting a serious lapse of judgement regarding the Bush regime. Quoting Andrew Sullivan in “What I got wrong about Iraq“: “Misreading Bush“ “Yes, the incompetence and arrogance were beyond anything I imagined...

Can I Sue My Kid for Crashing My Car Into My Garage
For all of us who have teenage drivers in the house, I just read a great post by NY Insurance coverage expert Roy Mura entitled: Suing the Kid for Crashing the Car Into the Garage. I strongly urge you to read Roy?s full post but the highlights are below: Roy was asked:  Can an unemancipated child [...

Wrong Bus
Greenbrier County Board of Education agrees to $15,000 negligence settlement after dropping a 5-year-old off at the wrong spot.

Boat Crash
Police officer awarded $100,000 settlement after crashing into bridge piling while on duty.

Wrong Medication
Walgreens agrees to confidential settlement after woman suffers miscarriage.