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Speaking of delusions, The New York times (naturally) gives a forum to Marshall "scholar" James McAuley to spread a particularly vile one:

It's hard for me to understand this:

Some things will never die — and John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories appear to be among them.

In the new book, "The Battle Over Marriage: Gay Rights Activism Through the Media," Leigh Moscowitz  chronicles the brilliant public relations campaign that completely turned around public attitudes in slightly less than 25 years. The gay community won hearts and minds by a strategy of convincing Americans that "we're just like you." But while winning the gay marriage debate, she says, the gay community lost something, too:

Wow. I've seen some embarrassing retractions before and even had to make a painful one myself (taking back our endorsement of Bill Clinton), but this one from the folks at Patriot-News in Pennsulvania is a doozy:

I find myself in agreement with a Washington Post editorial:

Some interesting and sometimes-painful-to-read observations on the relationship between veterans and nonveterans:

Awww, and I forgot to even send a birthday card:

About damn time, huh?

Talk about brave souls:

If you ever need to know who was the prime minister in 1960 and you’re willing to wait 10 minutes for the answer, Blair McMillan is your man.

He’ll take his time carefully thumbing through a volume of his vintage encyclopaedia set, donated by a bewildered soul who probably wondered why the 26-year-old father of two couldn’t just get an Internet connection.

Our continuing conflicted feelings about Iraq inform our thinking about Syria: