Saturday digest

- A couple of things that we shouldn't read too much in to, but are interesting nonetheless: Mike Huckabee's second place showing in the Iowa straw poll, and this Dick Morris piece on Hillary Clinton.

- Two independent studies have confirmed that the vast majority of insurgents in Iraq are nationals from other countries.

- An op/ed columnist from Philly says that we need another 9/11 to focus the American mind, which is a very shameful way to call for unity considering it would imply that he's willing to trade in the lives of another 3,000 innocent people to get it.

- Both sides of my family (and that of my wife) have lived in Canada since before Confederation, which might partially explain why I don't get this. Having left Lebanon physically, I'd think one would want to leave its hatreds behind, too, rather than going to the trouble to erect a billboard with adorned by the visage of Hezbollah's leadership in Windsor, Ontario.

- I'd say the toothpaste is officially out of the tube. Personally, I really don't care if someone wants to have more than one wife or whatever, and I've long thought that if we as a society are going to decide to expand the definition of marriage to include same-sex partners, then it would be discriminatory not to expand it based on the number of individuals involved.

We are nothing if not consistent here at the Hammer.