militia

A column in the New Yorker Magazine argues that Barack Obama will have some position shifting to do sooner or later on his signature issue:

The Supreme Court issued their much awaited (by some) ruling (pdf) on the DC Handgun Ban. The Uncle is pleased, as is Nathan Moore...I'm fine with it.

The Supreme Court get an historic case right:

The Supreme Court says Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices’ first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.

Haaretz has the following story on its English language webpage:

Hezbollah scored a major victory Saturday after four days of fighting across Lebanon, when the Lebanese army reversed two cabinet resolutions that kicked off the fighting on Wednesday. [What is this--a football game?]

Remember the Brit cameraman captured by terrorist militia in Iraq? Richard Butler who was kidnapped Feb. 10th, 2008 was interviewed on CBS Evening News and he made this comment:
PIZZEY: You took a lot of pictures in Afghanistan of people in the situation you were in, people hooded, their eyes taped, their hands tied up, [...]

A potentially troubling, or potentially good development in Iraq.

No, not with winning states in the Democratic primary, but in Iraq. Via Mac Attack:

From a Social Studies book:

The Second Amendment * says that states may enlist citizens for a trained militia [army] and provide and train them with weapons.

Well, at least they’re more clear than Saul Cornell.

Lean Left comments on the call by writers of the HBO television novel, The Wire, for civil disobedience in non-violent drug prosecutions: