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Anger Is Crowds Overarching Emotion at McCain Rally — Michael D. Shear and Perry Bacon Jr., Washington Post

Can’t say that I blame them.

Why Martin Luther King Was Republican — Frances Rice, Human Events

Of course this only makes sense given the history of the Civil War, but for some reason reading this took me aback. Some residual public school/media conditioning still held some slight sway, I guess. With this, there’s less now than there was yesterday.

The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination — J.K. Rowling, Harvard Magazine.

Sentenced to death: Afghan who dared to read about women’s rights — Kim Sengupta, UK Independent

The last testament of Flashman’s creator: How Britain has destroyed itself — George Macdonald Fraser, the Daily Mail

I originally happened upon Mr. Fraser’s work while searching for another author’s work entirely. Rest in peace, sir. George MacDonald Fraser, R.I.P. — Scott Johnson, Powerline George MacDonald Fraser, R.I.P. — Sam Munson, The Horizon on Commentary Magazine To Fraser (And Flashman)! — Max Boot, The Horizon on Commentary Magazine.

Huckacide: A shiny Christmas present for the Democrats. — Rich Lowry, National Review Online

24 hour comic: Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Crohn’s Disease) — Tom Humberstone, Vented Spleen

This one is spot on. All I can say is thank God for Remicade.

Luther’s 95 Theses, Introduction

Out of love and concern for the truth, and with the object of eliciting it, the following heads will be the subject of a public discussion at Wittenberg under the presidency of the reverend father, Martin Luther, Augustinian, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology, and duly appointed Lecturer on these subjects in that place. He [...]

On Federalism — Fred Thompson,
The Friends of Fred Thompson Blog

I’ve been listening to the Federalist Papers recently, and what Fred Thompson has to say here is almost Hamiltonian in its rhetoric and succinctness. Please, read the whole thing.

I was a fanatic…I know their thinking, says former radical Islamist — Hassan Butt, UK Daily Mail

Obama To Christians: We Are The Way, The Truth, and The Life, Not Christ.
Erick, RedState

Old girlfriends cast their vote for Thompson
Sarah Baxter, London Times

Commentary:It’s An Endorsement Of The First RankPejman Yousefzadeh, RedState

Belarusian bloggers free political prisoner
Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing

Breaking: Fred Thompson Has Treatable Illness
Bill Hobbs, Elephant Biz

See Also: Fred Thompson health update — Paul Mirengoff, Power Line

The Weird Thing About People Reading Blogs — ChewyMom

Blogging on the Tarmac
Brian Hollar, Thinking on the Margin

The quotes of Publilius Syrus — Brainy quotes

This dead Latin guy came up with quite a few sayings that may be familiar to you.

Couple Sentenced For Having Sex In Front Of Child
AP on WBZtv

Fred Thompson meets Ronald Reagan
Mark Kilmer, RedState

Egypt blogger jailed for “insulting” Islam
Alaa Shahine, Reuters