Monday digest

- Here's a story about a Canadian who would have been left on the cutting room floor had he been interviewed for "Sicko". Context here.

- Speaking of deviating from the dominant narrative, could it be that the surge might be working?

- I couldn't have said it better myself ... the #1 reason the Left adores the theory underpinning communism is because they think everyone is stupid and in need of their intelligent guidance.

- According to this poster at the Daily Kos, it's a good thing that the members of the Armed Forces are feeling a little fatigued these days - all the better to resist the inevitable order to impose military rule, which should be coming from the White House any day now, apparently.

By the way, this web site's convention is hosting every single Dem nominee save Joe Biden this weekend in Chicago. You may say that there's a lot of nonsense spouted off by bloggers all over the political spectrum - fine - but do you see Presidential candidates lining up to legitimize angry and cruel discourse like that which is found at the Daily Kos?

- On that note, this is a complete outrage. I want someone to ask Hillary, the only hope for a centrist voice in the Democratic party (and a bleak one at that), what she thinks of her party's antics on this issue.

- A dissenting voice from a community that has been irreparably damaged by government paternalism over the years who urges fresh thinking and a new approach is dismissed as inauthentic by his rivals. Where have we seen that before?

- The NAACP is reaching out to Michael Vick and seeing how they can be of assistance to him. Is this what the civil rights movement has come to in the year 2007?

- Pierre Trudeau has been nominated as the worst Canadian ever. What I'd like to know is, who the heck is Chris Hannah?