Here’s what Cindy Sheehan had to say about New Orleans:

It is a Christ-like principal to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and shelter the homeless. That’s what is happening in Algiers and other places in Louisiana

Check out this ABC News interview from last night.

Who knows what John Roberts actually believes (or if he actually believes in anything), but I’m distrubed by this exchange between Schumer and Roberts:

SCHUMER: OK. Let me ask you, then, this hypothetical: And that is that it came to our attention, Congress’, through a relatively and inexpensive, simple process, individuals were now able to clone certain species of animals, maybe an arroyo toad. Didn’t pass over state lines; you could somehow do it without doing any of that. Under the commerce clause, can Congress pass a law banning even noncommercial cloning?

ROBERTS: I appreciate it’s a hypothetical, and you will as well, so I don’t mean to be giving bindings opinions. But it would seem to me that Congress can make a determination that this is an activity, if allowed to be pursued, that is going to have effects on interstate commerce. Obviously if you were successful in cloning an animal, that’s not going to be simply a local phenomenon. That’s going to be something people are going to…

SCHUMER: We can leave it at that. That’s a good answer, as far as I am concerned.

As Glenn Reynolds argues (and I agree with this argument) “Under this analysis, everything is subject to regulation under the commerce power. That it’s a good answer as far as Schumer is concerned doesn’t surprise me, but that it’s the answer of a Bush nominee to the Supreme Court is damning, if not terribly surprising — for the Bush Administration.”

This is some great news. The NY Times will now charge $50 a year to read the online columns by Paul Krugman, Maureen Dowd, Bob Herbert, and the rest of their op-ed columnists. This is great news since now it will be harder for these columnists to disseminate their lies, half-truths, intolerance, and lunacy.

Here’s an amusing take on the NY Times’ move.

How many people died because of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl? 47. An amazingly low number given what we have previously heard. Michael Fumento has the story.

Here’s another mountain landscape from the Wind Rivers.

I’ve been back from backpacking in the Wind Rivers for nearly a month now and I have only posted a couple pictures. Here’s another picture. The lake in the foreground is Summit Lake.

If you can pry yourself from the Roberts hearings, flip to CNBC at 2:10 pm. I’ll be talking about high gas prices.

I remember nothing from watching the game show “Press Your Luck” except for “no whammies, no whammies” as people wished that they wouldn’t land on a whammy and lose all of their money. While the game seemed random, it wasn’t. Michael Larsen figured out that the game wasn’t random and used it to his advantage. This is his story.

I own a simple, no-frills MP3 player. I’m a fan of this cheap little MP3 player because it is simple, does the job, and it helps me to remember to take my flash drive to work and back everyday. I have been thinking of upgrading to an iPod or the iPod Mini, but I’m glad I have waited. I am now officially coveting the iPod Nano. This is what Walter Mossberg has to say about it in the WSJ:

Grab a standard American business card. Now, get a pair of scissors and trim the long side of the card by 20%. That’s all the space you need to hold over 1,000 songs, plus audio books, podcasts and photos if you buy Apple Computer’s newest iPod model, the gorgeous and sleek iPod nano.

This latest iPod was publicly revealed yesterday at a razzle-dazzle marketing event orchestrated by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. But I have been testing a nano for the past few days, and I am smitten. It’s not only beautiful and incredibly thin, but I found it exceeds Apple’s performance claims.

In fact, the nano has the best combination of beauty and functionality of any music player I’ve tested — including the iconic original white iPod. And it sounds great. I plan to buy one for myself this weekend, when it is due to reach stores in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Available in classic iPod white, or a lustrous black (my favorite), the nano is not only small, it’s stunningly skinny — about the thickness of five credit cards stacked on top of one another. That means it can be carried easily in even the snuggest of clothing and the smallest of purses, and worn comfortably during exercise. You could even carry it in a wallet, if you were sure you wouldn’t sit on it.
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All I can say is: It sure is small and it sure is cool.