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More thoughts on VA Tech. Mark Steyn from NR Online.
WSJ editorial next.
WSJ OpEd on the failure of gun-free zones. It ends with the thoughts of UVA’s founder.
… The founder of the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, understood the harms resulting from the type of policy created at Virginia Tech. In his “Commonplace Book,” Jefferson copied a passage from Cesare Beccaria, the founder of criminology, which was as true on Monday as it always has been:
“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”
Riehl World View with a short.
Mugabe still lives. His latest stunt from the Times (London).
As a follow-up to yesterday’s Wolfowitz section, Power Line has fun with idiot columnists at WaPo.
New Editor learns Corzine’s car was doing 90 in the hammer lane. It all turned to $%^# when drivers were trying to get out of his way.
Marty Peretz has thoughts on Duke and VA Tech.
Jonah Goldberg uses the Imus flap as a jumping off point for a defense (sort of) for political correctness (kind of).
The reality is that much of political correctness — the successful part — is a necessary attempt to redefine good manners in a sexually and racially integrated society. Good manners are simply those things you do to demonstrate respect to others and contribute to social decorum. Aren’t conservatives the natural defenders of proper manners?
The Captain wonders who is paying for Edward’s do.
John Stossel with a tax conversation.
Twelve years ago, Estonia became the first country to tax everyone — companies and individuals — at the same flat rate. It started at 26 percent, dropped to 22, and will go to 20 in 2009. There are a few deductions for things like mortgage interest, educational expenses, and charitable donations. Very low incomes are exempt.
Unsurprisingly, Estonia is booming. The former Soviet republic used to be poor, with an average income 65 percent below its European neighbors. Today, Estonians are almost as rich as their neighbors, and their economy is growing more than 11 percent a year.