Anti-gun groups, in utter defiance of history, logic, jurisprudence and simple definitions of words, continue to battle the notion of an individual right to bear arms.

All right, everyone, including my niece, has been sending me this story about Cindy Crawford, supermodel astronaut.

Given her criteria, it may happen, but not any time soon, and not on a Russian launcher. Right now, with training, it takes a whole lot more than a week out of your life.

By the way, it’s looking like the Russians are really going to fly that seat empty in the fall. No one has come up with the scratch for the flight. Lance Bass thought his fans should pay for it, but so far, they think differently, apparently…

Sorry, Yasser–that was a limited, one-time offer.

What a sad joke.

How many people would buy a book on space technology and policy?

(By yours truly, that is…)

Today’s the longest day of the year–at least on my side of the equator (down below, it’s the shortest).

Don’t spend it all in one place.

A man escaped from jail and was eaten by a crocodile.

A man escaped from jail and was eaten by a crocodile.

A man escaped from jail and was eaten by a crocodile.

Paul Sperry is wondering anew if off-line newspapers will go extinct.

“Newspapers need to realize that paper is slow, printing is slow, delivery is slow ? and slow is death. I envision a newspaper of the future that not only runs on-line, but runs around the clock.”

It’s a good piece, but he doesn’t mention weblogs.

This is a bit of good news, if Musharraf is serious, and if he can actually enforce it.

It raises an interesting question, though. Suppose we decided to do the same thing here. Would it be a violation of the first amendment?

Under what circumstances can the government ban certain teachings in schools, particularly religious schools? As an incitement to riot and murder?

And if we cut off the Saudi oil money, would such schools continue to thrive, or even survive here?