There's been a lot of discussion back home about the course of the war, the righteousness of our involvement, the clarity of our execution, and what to do about the predicament in which we currently find ourselves. I just wanted to send you my firsthand account of what's happening here.

The Islamist radicalism that inspired young Muslims to attack their own countries - in London, Madrid, and Bali - has not yielded similar incidents in the United States, at least so far.

Wait a sec. Anyone who knows anything about the media or watches any cable news networks knows that the whole reporting system is shallow, raucous and over-simplified. The roles of the DNC and RNC chairmen--go on and score some political points--were practically made for the cable news networks.

But enough of that. You want to know the real reason Howard Dean won't face Ken Mehlman? He can't pronounce "gladiatorial conquest" to save his life. Watch it at the link above. It's hilarious.

The Harvard committee rightly noted that students coming to college today struggle with an academy that is "profoundly secular." This was not always the case, at Harvard or at many other universities. For centuries scholars, scientists and artists agreed that convictions of faith were wholly compatible with the highest levels of reasoning, inquiry and creativity. But in recent centuries this assumption had been challenged and assertions of faith marginalized in, and even banished from, academic departments and university curricula. Requiring courses in "Reason and Faith" would be a welcome step toward reintroducing faith to the academy.

Great Moments in Higher Education
Brian MacLean, a professor at Toronto's York University, has a prescription for marijuana "for an undisclosed illness," the CBC reports. But he refuses to set foot on campus because "there is no place at work where he can smoke it":