February 3, 2004

Why asking people who vote in a Democratic primary if they actually support the party’s ideals is a good idea: In the National Review’s The Corner: MISSOURI A manipulative Republican writes: "Missouri is an open primary, so my friends and I are going to ask for democratic ballots tomorrow. (Hope I don't choke on the words.) I'm going to vote for Dean, my good friend is going to vote for Sharpton. Just doing our little part to mess things up! (Not like two votes are going to matter, but it makes it fun.) We're very excited, which is awful ...... I really think we need to get out more." more!" [KJL HERE: I'm NOT endorsing this approach to primarys.] If you don’t support the idea why post it? 9:58:46 PM

What does it say about the groups running the Palestinian Authority when Arab-Israelis react in horror to the suggestion that their town be transferred to a Palestinian State as part of a peace deal? 9:58:03 PM

Having purged its flash memory of unneeded files and with plans for a reformat of the space, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory says the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover is good to go. 9:57:49 PM