Will this end the whining about “mission accomplished”?

Probably not.

It’s the classic “riches to rags” story, with a very happy ending.

[Via HappyDogDesign at Free Republic]

One of the many strawman arguments that war opponents trot out is that there’s no link between Saddam and September 11 (irrelevant, of course, since the administration never claimed one, and none was necessary to justify removing Saddam). But the Telegraph says that the new Iraqi government has uncovered evidence that Mohammed Atta was trained in Baghdad by Abu Nidal two months before the towers came down, something that wouldn’t have happened without the knowledge and encouragement of Saddam’s regime.

Don’t hold your breath waiting to read about this in the New York Times.

Carl Zimmer has moved over to Corante. Go welcome him to his new bloghome, where he has an interesting post about unintended evolutionary consequences of hunting and fishing.

Carl Zimmer has moved over to Corante. Go welcome him to his new bloghome, where he has an interesting post about unintended evolutionary consequences of hunting and fishing.

Carl Zimmer has moved over to Corante. Go welcome him to his new bloghome, where he has an interesting post about unintended evolutionary consequences of hunting and fishing.

Matt Welch has the scoop. It’s amazing that we haven’t had any major attacks since September 11–it’s got to be incompetence on the part of the terrorists, because we sure can’t attribute it to competence on the part of the government. It’s a shame that there’s no one running against Bush who would do any better.

To kick off the coming week of centennial posts, go over and read an interesting exposition about the Wrights, and perhaps one of the secrets to their success, at Two Blowhards.

[Via Brian Micklethwait at Samizdata]

For anyone who wants to read this recent post with ads, my Fox column is up.

I’ve got mixed feelings about a couple pr0n spams I received this morning, subject: “Liberated Arab Women.”

On the one hand, they do indicate some level of progress toward liberalizing the Middle East, a state that’s to be highly desired, and in fact necessary before we can consider the war on “terror” over and won.

On the other hand, is this really the kind of “liberation” that Arab women were seeking?

[Update a few minutes later]

Just coincidentally, Johah Goldberg has some related thoughts on affirmative action in the pr0n industry.