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Of Cavemen, Peyton, and Superbowl Picks

“I just don’t understand Peyton Manning. What’s up with this dude in big games?” (Ron Rosenbaum)

A POLL WORTH GOVERNING BY

Jules Crittenden takes a look at the War in Iraq, the President and real American public opinion and comes to a surprisingly optimistic conclusion. (Other Crittenden opinion pieces for PJM here and here.)

The Glenn and Helen Show: I See Dead People

Pioneering forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass is the inventor of the University of Tennessee “body farm,” made famous by Patricia Cornwell’s %%AMAZON=0425201449 bestselling novel%% of the same name. Bass is also, with Jon Jefferson, a bestselling author in his own right under the name Jefferson Bass. Glenn Reynolds and Helen Smith talk with them about forensic anthropology, their new novel %%AMAZON=0060759836 Flesh and Bone%%, what CSI gets wrong, and how to have fun in Chattanooga’s gay bars.

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The Glenn and Helen Show: I See Dead People

Sanity Squad: Equal-Opportunity Victims

John and Teresa at Davos: Let's bash! Multi-culturalism has met the Holocaust. [LISTEN HERE]

PARIS BLUES: Homes for the Homeless French and the Woman Who Would Be President

(Left) In France a tent is not a home but it is a start. (Right) When is a French "ex-companion" a "companion?" Pajamas Media's Paris Editor Keeps Track of the Always Sinking Bottom Line in French Politics by Nidra Poller -- Paris 29 January 2007

Presidential Straw Poll 2008 – Week 2

The second week of the PAJAMAS MEDIA PRESIDENTIAL STRAW POLL has officially begun. 19,539 votes were cast in the first week. You can now vote in the second week in both parties. HAVEN'T VOTED YET? Go to the voting booth at the center of the Pajamas Media Front Page. First week results: Democrats Barack Obama 23.9%, Bill Richardson 21.8%, Dennis Kucinich 10.7%, Hillary Clinton 10.4%, John Edwards 9.2%, Al Gore 7.6%, Joe Biden 6.4%, Christopher Dodd 4.6%, Tom Vilsack 3.9%, John Kerry 1.6% Republicans Mitt Romney 26.2%, Rudy Giuliani 25.8%, Newt Gingrich 24.6%, Tom Tancredo 6.4%, John McCain 5.1%, Chuck Hagel 4.1%, Duncan Hunter 3.0%, Sam Brownback 2.1%, Mike Huckabee 1.4%, Jim Gilmore 0.6%, Mark Sanford 0.4%, George Pataki 0.4% Added on the Republican side for the second week are Ron Paul and Fred Thompson. John Kerry, who took himself out of the race, has been removed from the Democratic side.

Geico Caveman Jumps the Shark

“First of all, I’m not a hundred per cent in love with the tone of this article.
Maybe next time you should do a little research.”
Read all about it at Ron Rosenbaum’s.

There’s No Business Like the Keffiyeh Business

Keffiyeh chic: Howard makes a fashion statement PJM special correspondent Joel Mowbray tells how an American company was selling that symbol of terrorism as a trendy fashion statement and what Allyson Rowen Taylor of Stand With Us did about it.

Blog Week in Review: Web 2.0 Shakeout

January 26, 2007

Eric Umansky and Glenn Reynolds exchange views on the “shake out” in Web 2.0 start-ups and President Bush’s State of the Union Speech. Are Google and Yahoo gobbling up the Web? Find out. Austin Bay hosts and asks the questions. Ed Driscoll produces. Eric and Austin also discuss the benefits of civilian universal national service.

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Web 2.0 Shakeout

ISLANDS IN THE WAR: Part 2

Philippiine troops on patrol in Basilan It's a war where the terrorists outgun the cops; where the money funding the bombs and the kidnapping flows in from Arab countries a world away. To many, the terrorist war is a sideshow, but to those fighting it in the Philippines, it is the main event. This is Part 2 of Islands in the War. [READ PART 1] by Richard Fernandez, PJM Sydney Editor on Special Assignment in the Philippines.