Iraqi Constitution being written in English, translated to Arabic later? Huh? Also, enshrining Muslim law... While I was reading this and other comments about the terms of the Iraqi constitution, I couldn't help but think that... 200 years from now, after Iraq has healed, and maybe grown up, there will still be Iraqi's own fundies there telling everyone how "Iraq was founded as a Muslim nation." (Yes, they will say it in English, then translate it to Arabic). And they'll have a much better case than our own fundies do about America and Christianity.

Via atrios, Eugene Volokh continues to be a turd. I remember when he was the calm, reasoned voice of moderation on the right. That was right before the torture thing. Silber sums it up:

This is not simply an academic debating exercise for me, even though I have tried to address the substantive issues in previous posts. And it is not a debating exercise for gays and lesbians in general. You’re talking about our lives—and many of those lives have held a great deal of pain, in large part because of prejudices and ignorance of the kind revealed in this latest episode.

Follow along with PZ on the NYTimes ID series....Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

Joe comments on the shadiness of Phil Driscoll. Unlike him, I kind of enjoyed his music when he played at my church during my teens. The weirdness is the Chattanoogan's write-up on Driscoll's arrest. It includes the full bio from Driscoll's web page about how touched by God he is. Was it meant to be a defense of his Godliness? A hit on how self-proclaimed Godly people are at least as bad as the rest of us? Just throwing it out there to let the ambiguity speak for itself? And, did Driscoll really kick the cocaine habit? Seemingly broken addictions are often lost to recidivism, even without a "Godly ministry" to propu up, it can be very tough to admit it. He has my sympathy personally, but only my scorn professionally.

Lastly, no - it doesn't appear to be satire. Teach your kids McCarthyism early.

Have a nice Wednesday. I'm late for work.