Tuesday digest

- Take a look at some of the donors to Al Franken's far left campaign to take one of Minnesota's Senate seats:

Robin Williams, Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Larry David, Jason Alexander, Dan Aykroyd - $4,600 each
Rosie O'Donnell - $2,300
Bill Maher - $1,000

A credible champion of the middle American who's just working to make ends meet, he ain't.

- Speaking of 9/11 conspiracy theorists, how about the latest from Fidel, who says that the United States government deliberately allows terror attacks to take place to justify its foreign policy? Um, last I checked, there hadn't been any incidents on US soil since the World Trade Center disaster.

- The guy from whom Castro cribs his talking points is a low-down, dirty sleazeball.

- Kids' TV in the Palestinian territories: aren't you glad the Canadian Prime Minister is sending your tax dollars to help fund this?

- A recent survey reveals that only 1 out of 3 Americans surveyed and over the age of 30 read the newspaper every day, while less than 1 in 5 under the age of 30 do so. As imperfect as the media is, generally speaking (see here and here), I find that troubling because television news is more sensational and derived of proper context than hard news, and an ignorant public is a precursor to a society in decline.

- A thoughtful piece on Western elites who have positioned themselves as self-styled experts on Africa, here.

- More on the book review below here, with other interesting pieces on the faith/politics intersection here, here and here.