Michael Chertoff Strikes Again

Chalk up another one from the ever-brilliant Secretary of Homeland Insecurity.

U.S. readies "reasonable" ID card rules after debate. WASHINGTON (Reuters: Top News) - U.S. officials said they would unveil on Friday reasonable and inexpensive national requirements to implement an identification-card program critics call a costly invasion of privacy.
5:42:06 PM      

Happy Birthday Frankie!



Frank Sinatra, Jr. was born on this day in 1944. I'll celebrate with a listen to "That Face" his excellent album from 2006.

Here's a sample (from the Rhino Records site).

Amazon Link (CD)

Amazon Link (Download)

In case you haven't heard it, the album he made with Pat Longo and Billy May is also outstanding, as is his 1996 tribute to his father As I Remember It.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Sinatra. Cent' Anni!

11:16:04 AM      

Senator Clinton: One Woman's Perspective

Frances Kissling supports John Edwards for President. In this very cogent opinion piece at Salon she explains why, though a feminist, she doesn't support Hillary.

Why I'm still not for Hillary Clinton. (Salon) - Women voters rallied en masse for her -- but she has run as a stereotypical male and represents the same old cowardly Clintonian politics.

9:48:41 AM      

Unconscionable

New study says 151,000 Iraqi dead. (BBC News | World | UK Edition) - An estimated 151,000 Iraqis have died in violence since the US-led invasion, a new survey suggests.

151,000 Iraqis killed since U.S.-led invasion: WHO. GENEVA (Reuters) - About 151,000 Iraqi civilians were killed in the three years following the U.S.-led invasion of their country, according to World Health Organization (WHO) research published on Wednesday.
7:40:34 AM