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John Robson, a historian and columnist for the Ottawa Citizen newspaper in Canada, has these questions for Muslims. I hope he gets some good (and peaceful) answers.

Is up and running. I went to a launch party for it last week at Chris Nolan’s home. Nick Denton, the guy driving the thing, is exactly what you’d expect.

This is an interesting article. According to researchers at Emory University, partisan party members in both the Democratic and Republican parties ignored data that conflicted with their beliefs. Well, that explains some things…

California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson will be speaking for the California Women’s Leadership Association tonight. I will be there and am looking forward to a great discussion. If you would like to attend, information and tickets are here.

USA Today’s hip tech columnist Kevin Maney is taking a holiday break from his blog so I’m doing some guest posts for him. I’m in Argentina right now enjoying the summer and surfing the news. My hotel has WiFi everywhere

Last night was the Pacific Research Institute’s annual gala dinner featuring Ambassador Howard Leach and satirist PJ O’Rourke. Around 450 people attended the event and listened to Ambassador Leach’s commentary on his time in France and what it will take

I met photographer Harry Benson today. He’s photographed a number of high profile people, including many politicians. He told me he liked Reagan b/c he was funny, Nixon b/c he was smart, and he thought Clinton was patronizing. He also

I was at a party tonight where I met the “most important Matt in the world,” according to Google. The 21-year-old works at Cnet, but he also happened to be the guy who created the software I’m blogging on. Thanks,

This editorial calling the Guardian’s editor and publisher on his “Brain Vomit” is enlightening and sharp. Bruce B. Brugmann must be really embarassed. A must read.

I attended a small Lead21 gathering last night featuring Senator Ensign (R-NV). Topics we discussed included stem cell research (he supports working with adult stem cells), Iraq (he thinks Americans aren’t hearing the full story and that there’s some positive

I recently saw the movie Wedding Crashers starring Christopher Walken as the political father of the bride. Now, someone just sent me a link to his supposed run for president in ’08. A joke? Who knows.

Not really. Antitrust rulings usually replace market imperfections with government failure, creating a worse situation. This book argues for the abolition of antitrust and this column by David Henderson is a nice summary.

I’m a bit of a foodie, so the location of the garlic capital actually matters to me. Here’s the scoop from the SF Chronicle, which was covering the annual garlic fest this weekend: “In reality, Gilroy hasn’t even been the

That’s right. Read what Vince Vasquez and I have to say about evoting in this Houston Chronicle op-ed.

Today PRI released a study on e-voting authored by me and Vince Vasquez. We point out that Internet-fed rumors of conspiracy theories, widespread fraud, and rigged elections are unwarranted and we suggest ways to deal with the real issues involved