Soccer Dad

Submitted 04/30/09

Council nominations are up. Though the Watcher put together the links, I wrote the introductory post.

Torture, Real and Imagined - Bookworm Room looks at the historical record to debunk the claim that, in the past, the United States has executed others for waterboarding.

Why An Alcoholic Supports the Legalization of Illicit Drugs - The Razor's very personal and powerful post effectively conveys the appeal addictive substances have for a former addict.

Disease Vectors - The Glittering Eye lays out the likely course of the swine flu. After reading the post I was reassured. Is this, as Roger Simon asks, a media flu?

The next 1,360 days - Right Truth is less concerned about the first 100 days of the administration than what the actions of President Obama during that time, say about how he will govern the rest of his term(s). I was surprised to see that Max Boot gives the President a passing grade in foreign affairs.

Did the NY Times bury an "inconvenient" torture memo story? And a torture question ... - The Colossus of Rhodey reports that the Grey Lady didn't see fit to print one side of the waterboarding story. That was the side that showed that waterboarding was effective.

Words Have Meaning Rick - Wolf Howling points out that waterboarding does not necessarily meet the definition of torture. That doesn't make it pleasant. Check out the introductory essay which links to an related essay by Andrew McCarthy on this topic.

Is Commercial Real Estate Next? - The Provocateur tells us to look at the state of the commercial real estate market as an indicator whether or not the recession is over.

Exposing The Palestinian's Phony 'Demographics' Threat Against Israel. Why does Israel make concessions that endanger its own security? Because there's an argument that unless Israel makes peace with the Palestinians it will have to practice apartheid since very soon there will be more Arabs than Jews between the Jordan and the Mediterranean and Israel would then lose all claims to legitimacy. Forgetting for a moment that over 90% of Palestinians are no longer under Israel's jurisdiction, what if that demographic threat isn't about to materialize? Joshuapundit has the details.

It's easy being green. Not. - I show how Robert Samuelson undermines Thomas Friedman.

My non-council submission this week is Legal Insurrection's Which city would you sacrifice?, which argues that those who oppose coercive interrogation techniques can't pretend that there are no consequences to their position.

Read. Enjoy. Be informed.

watcher's council.

Posted by SoccerDad at April 30, 2009 5:30 AM