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Atlas Shrugged: From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years — Stephen Moore, WSJ.com

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.

Want Real Change? Quit Nominating Lawyers! — Victor Davis Hanson, Townhall.com

Man Finds God, And It’s Not ‘Doctor Who’ — Michael Hinman, SyFy Portal

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.

Behind Enemy Lines With a Suburban Counterterrorist — Jack Hitt, Wired Magazine

Thompson Goes Electric — Jay Cost, HorseRaceBlog on RealClearPolitics

How Dumping TV Allowed Me to Quit My Job, Create an Online Business and Fund My Retirement Account — SavingAdvice.com Blog

Eloi for Breakfast — Bruce Moon, PajamasMedia

“Bruce Moon time-travels from breakfast with spine-chilling creatures of the future to the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and back again to remind us that keeping the peace isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be…” Read On.

Baggage handler is Glasgow’s unassuming hero — CTV.ca

‘Political correctness is killing our freedoms’ [says José Manuel Barroso] — Bruno Waterfield, UK Telegraph

‘That’s Not Nice’: Our political discourse needs less censorship and more self-discipline
Peggy Noonan, OpinionJournal

Rontrell’s Choice: Why a South Carolina teen has to work his way through high school
Brendan Miniter, OpinionJournal

The Choice on Iraq — Sen. Joe Lieberman, OpinionJournal

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades: Joel Johnson Returns…to Spank Us All for Supporting Crap — Joel Johnson, Gizmodo

What we need in New Year is some resolution
Mark Steyn, Chicago Sun-Times

Dave Barry’s Year-End Review — Dave Barry

I am thankful to Dave Barry for writing the one Year-in-Review column for 2006 that I can tolerate am the least bit eager to read. Enjoy, and may you find 2007 to be even better than 2006.

ISG must stand for, uh, Inane Strategy Guesswork
Mark Steyn, Chicago Sun-Times

The Only Issue This Election Day
Orson Scott Card, RealClearPolitics

Seeing the Unseen, Part 1
Bill Whittle, Eject! Eject! Eject!