Tolerance: A Two-Way Street

"Today's Islamists seem to have not even a sense of irony. They fail to see the richness of the following sequence. The pope makes a reference to a 14th-century Byzantine emperor's remark about Islam imposing itself by the sword, and to protest this linking of Islam and violence:

· In the West Bank and Gaza, Muslims attack seven churches.

· In London, the ever-dependable radical Anjem Choudary tells demonstrators at Westminster Cathedral that the pope is now condemned to death.

· In Mogadishu, Somali religious leader Abubukar Hassan Malin calls on Muslims to "hunt down" the pope. The pope not being quite at hand, they do the next best thing: shoot dead, execution-style, an Italian nun who worked in a children's hospital.

"How dare you say Islam is a violent religion? I'll kill you for it" is not exactly the best way to go about refuting the charge. But of course, refuting is not the point here. The point is intimidation.
Charles Krauthammer - Tolerance: A Two-Way Street - washingtonpost.com

Day of Reckoning for DDT Foes?

Environmental fanaticism and political power plays isn't a new thing. The decades long battle to restore DDT use has finally been won, but should somebody pay for the millions of lives and billions of dollars that have been lost in the mean time? The environmentalists wouldn't let businesses off this easy.
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Stoops `incredibly disappointed' but still supports instant replay - NCAAF - Yahoo! Sports

Did anyone see this game? It's incredibly disappointing that officials could miss several calls so badly, use the replay, and still get it wrong. It sure helps cure my interest in college football.
Stoops `incredibly disappointed' but still supports instant replay - NCAAF - Yahoo! Sports