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KUUJJUAQ, Nunavik - ''I have nothing, I have nothing,'' Johnny Munick cried out, remembering the day in 1960 when his team of sled dogs, in their harnesses and ready for a hunting trip, was shot by government authorities. The incident was part of an extermination of Inuit huskies - and, as a result, the abrupt end of their owners' ability to provide for their families - that took place from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. Arms flung wide, an anguished figure in a heavy black parka, the elderly Inuk was standing on the auditorium stage following the Jan. 19...

The CBS "Rathergate"/"Memogate" independent panel report is out, and it is currently the talk of the blogosphere. I haven't had the time to read the full report, only to just skim it. But I have read CBS' official response quite closely, and here are my thoughts on it: Quite a few heads have rolled as a result of this weird incident, and rightly so. But because it is right doesn't make it less tragic. We see here seasoned professionals whose careers have possibly been ruined, and the worst thing of all is that the whole thing could have easily been...

Today I belatedly came across an article about the re-election of GWB that contains what I see as many truths about the American mindset:God Save the Queen: Evangelicals and the Sentimental Affinities of George W. Bush by Omri Elisha. The writer is an anthropologist and her stridently condescending academic bias is more than apparent (she even approvingly brings up Michael Moore), but nonetheless, she has some very original and thought-provoking ideas. Her main point is that evangelicals do not in fact see W as a messiah-figure (a charge commonly levelled at them by the Left), but as a kind of...

"The Tax Foundation has released a fascinating report showing which states benefit from federal tax and spending policies, and which states foot the bill." This is apparently the source of the meme which I have been seeing throughout this post-election period from the left. No one ever quotes the numbers, but f*ckthesouth.com is a fair representation of how the numbers are being used in arguments: All those Federal taxes you love to hate? It all comes from us and goes to you, so shut up and enjoy your [expletive deleted] Tennessee Valley Authority electricity and your fancy highways that we...