The Gift of the Magi

Free speech is a “gift given to us by the [Universal] Declaration of Human Rights,” said Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Jan Eliasson during a press conference on October 2nd at UN headquarters in New York.  It is “a privilege,” Eliasson said, “that we have, which in my view involves also the need for respect, the need to avoid provocations.” [More]

And what the lords giveth, the lords taketh away...?

Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists

Further breaches of integrity were evidenced when the report demolished a Fortune article claiming gunwalking had not taken place that the media had previously picked up on to derail further inquiry. Earlier, a Joint Congressional Report contained allegations their reporter may have been given information illegally obtained from the personnel file of a key whistleblower. [More]

My latest "Rights Watch" column for GUNS Magazine looks at what should be an essential profession  that has largely betrayed its purpose and our trust.

Hey, Mr. President...

I hate to break it to you

but defending Eric Holder

will sink you Fast and Furious

[Watch]

Forgetting the political message for a moment, these guys are quite good as a band.  This is a well-composed, performed and catchy song. The more I hear it, the better I like it.

[Via Geordan]

Push It Over the Top

Don't let it fail so close to the goal.

UPDATE: 

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Anticipation

It is anticipated that an analysis of the debate will be released within three hours of its completion, providing the overnight shifts in news rooms across the country plenty to write about. [More]

What, did both these guys break your machine?

This Day in History: October 4

The corn you desire, we could furnish when the new crops come in, fully, if water transportation can be found; if not, we shall be able only to send you what lies convenient to the southern boundary, in which neighborhood the crops have been much abridged by a flood in Roanoke. We have no rice. [More]