Posted by David Kopel: Hurray for President Obama, our Armed Forces, and the Huffington Post: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1253035690
1. Calling Kanye West a "[1]jackass"--in what was supposed to be an off-air private comment but which was widely reported. It would have been inappropriate for him to use the word in an official statement, but the reporting of his comment sends a good message about the importance of appropriate personal conduct. As did his speech to schoolchildren last week. 2. Acting pursuant to a presidential order, U.S. forces have [2]killed the Somali terrorist Ali Nabhan. He is believed to be an al Qaeda commander responsible for the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. 3. The Huffington Post, in its new Rocky Mountain section, is now [3]publishing my Independence Institute colleague Jessica Corry (and her husband Rob) to offer some intellectual diversity. References 1. http://www.politico.com/click/stories/0909/did_obama_call_kanye_a_jackass.html 2. http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/09/us_forces_kill_al-qaida_leader.php 3. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-corry/introducing-your-token-re_b_286930.html _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
