links for 2008-07-07

The costs of war appear to include our compliance with totally unrelated international treaties. Nice.

The season's second tropical storm has become the first hurricane. Fortunately, it's still a long way from land.

I think so, but it depends on what you mean by "need".

Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez, the pro-ID astronomer who was rejected for tenure in Iowa after failing to bring in grants, or establish a successful lab, has finished his ID martyr tour and accepted a teaching position at a small Christian college. Bet you did s

You have got to - got to- look at this picture. It's futuristic, yet strangely dumb-looking. And non-fiction. What more could you ask for.