Meanwhile, Back in Iran

Student protests over a particular political crisis are banned from the Tehran University. I wonder if they are allowed to protest in another location?

Coaches Gone Wild Dept.

Texas Tech suspends Knight for five days after a verbal altercation with the chancellor. Two thoughts:

1) It was only a matter of time.

2) WHAT WAS HE THINKING? Oh, I forgot, Bobby K. doesn't think--he reacts.

Short Takes

Dean is Done

Another Jackson Can't Keep Their Clothes On

Domestic Terrorism Roosts in the Capital

52 Most Dangerous Bloggers

Shaq: The Mouth that cost $295,000. (Has he learned nothing?)

Wes Clark Needs the Shaquille O'Neal Correspondence Course in Public Relations

Bobby Knight Needs to Chill Out

Finally, Sometimes the Penguin Gets You

Eisner's Report Card

Kevin Yee, a columnist at a website devoted to examining Disney, takes Eisner to task for his poor performance, especially for the Pixar fiasco:

The real story, in my opinion, is that relations were ever allowed to deteriorate so far. How did we get here? How did Disney, the number one movie studio for several years running, manage to ostracize Pixar, whose entire library of five movies never even risked box office disappointment? Somehow, the golden Pixar goose began to feel marginalized. This wasn’t just about money – it was about personalities. Roy Disney and Stan Gold have asserted that Eisner mismanaged Pixar, and they couldn’t be more right on this count. Pixar generated untold billions for Disney in theaters and through merchandising, yet Pixar came to the negotiating table unsatisfied with Disney’s treatment of them through the years.

Bush Getting Bashed

CNN reports on their own poll that Kerry leads Bush 53-46%.

I find this no surprise because of Bush's free spending ways are alienating fiscal conservatives. The margin come November can be much closer, as the publicity from the primaries tend to give Democrats a polling boost.

In any event, Bush is in trouble.

More on the debate on Gay marriages

Stanley Kurtz at National Review Online has a long article where he is answering some of Andrew Sullivan's reply to his prior article. IE the saga continue. Its a good article and worth reading.

2nd installment of the Iraq war

At Opinion Journal.com, Brian Taylor second installment from his journal from the Iraq war is published today. Its a multi-part story. Its told in simple language on what he and his comrades felt at the time. No Rambo's here, but men (and women) who are trying to do their job and then go home to their families. I think both qualify as must reads.

Part 1 is here
Part 2 is here