Wow. This takes "the world as we know it will explode if we allow any change" reactionary fear-mongering to a whole new level. Muslim scholars at Saudi Arabia's highest religious council say they have a "scientific report" that it would be dangerous to let women drive:
The report warns that allowing women to drive would
The Journal Gazette turns in a standard-issue civics lesson editorial lamenting the record-low 26 percent turnout in this year's city election. The piece goes through the usual list of possisble turnout inhibitors (the negative mayoral campaign, apathy and cynicism, the too-complex main issue of municipal finance, civic burnout) before concluding that nothing can probably be done in the end and delivering the final lecture to recalcitrant voters:
Tracy Warner contemplates the Occupy movement and the conflict between First Amendment rights and setting a precedent of not enforcing the rules: "Still, at least in Fort Wayne, the Occupiers don't seem to be causing trouble or costing much money, so it seems their First Amendment rights should prevail." He then dips into the magic bag of historical analogy and comes up with the Boston Tea Party, wondering what would have happened if that event from almost 238 years ago had been denounced as the Occupi
Herman Cain's lawyer, on the claim that the candidate had a 13-year-affair:
Proof in a snarky Politico column of Ramesh Ponnuru's assertion that the mainstream media 1) don't really understand conservative arguments and, 2) Don't really understand the Constitution:
Welcome to Black Friday 2011, the new "you can't do anything without making a political statement" milestone. If you decide to stay home just to avoid the mad frenzy, you could also be accused of supporing the "Occupy Black Friday" movement, an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street that seeks to shake us out of our materialistic stupor or something ("hit the corporations that corrupt and control American politics where it hurts, their profits").
For the "ignorance is bliss" file, this is really sad. Don't know, don't wanna know, just let the government take care of it:
The less people know about important complex issues such as the economy, energy consumption and the environment, the more they want to avoid becoming well-informed, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
Just when you think you're so jaded and world-weary that nothing that can happen in politics can possibly startle you anymore, along comes Tamara Scott, new Iowa co-chair of Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign:
I think it might be a little premature to cite this article as evidence of the coming death of the mall, but if you want to test out the idea, just visit Glenbrook a few times between now and Christmas:
Newt Gingrich's personal baggage isn't as interesting (or damaging, I think) as his political baggage. He's been on all sides of as many issues as Mitt Romney. And if Romneycare is the one thing of Mitt's that I have the most trouble getting over, this is Newt's.
(Via Nick Gillespie of hit & run, who reminds those who have fogotten what an "opportunistic changeling" Gingrich is.)
