Cheating at Golf
I read this lame filler editorial as a result of reading this weblog. Then I read the comments on that post. Mixed bag.

Then I read the Jacobs perspective on things, as a onetime editorial page maven. I think I like her comment best.

Trying to compare presidents by how they play golf* is just asking for trouble. You'll notice the STrib weasels out of actually making that kind of judgment (it's all "on the one hand" and "on the other hand," if not in so many words), all the more reason why the piece is just inane.

Insert obscene hand motion here (then, for the impressionable, insist that what the hand motion really means is you're pretending to brush your teeth).

*- Bush golf does, however, seem far more considerate to other course patrons. I'm staying out of any arguments over how scores are kept/reported. I know what Modified Stableford is but not the arcana about when (not) to use it. Hmm, I also know exactly who ought to comment on this post, though he probably doesn't read this particular facet of my webloggage.

Camille Paglia is weird.
But now she supports Israel. Her path to this conclusion is astonishingly long-winded.

A=A
Would Ayn Rand be proud of this guy?

If you can't legislate morality, what about legislating tautology?

I'm not sure what to think of this but I'm mildly amused.

Darwin's Airlines
While on the subject of air travel (see main weblog), I was entirely too happy to see USAir file for Chapter 11. In any given business setting, a few companies are going to fail. These are usually (admittedly not always) the worst-run companies, or the ones with the worst product, or whatever reason that company's model just wasn't sound.

Given how many atrociously run airlines there are, if anything more of them should go under.

(In fairness I'll admit that it's a Bad Thing for anyone laid off as a result, or even anyone who loses their reservations.)