Plead the First

A terrorist plot to blow up passenger jets was thwarted by British authorities this week. It sounds like they did a great job, arresting a large portion of the people involved. And in this case, the threat seems to have been much more real than in some of the more recent terrorist arrests. However, the [...]

Oftentimes in debates on blogs and in the media you’ll find labels being stuck on both people and on arguments. Un-American. Racist. Apologist. These labels are frequently used in lieu of an actual argument against a position – many people feel that if they can dismiss a claim with a label there’s no need to [...]

The second annual ConvergeSouth blogging conference will be at NC A&T State University in Greensboro on October 14th. I had a great time at last year’s conference, and am going to try to make it again this year. Head on over to the official ConvergeSouth website to get more info and register.

So far I’ve managed to resist posting any YouTube videos on my site. This video (and the song) is too good not to post. The band is OK Go from Chicago. After seeing this, I downloaded the whole album from iTunes, and it’s excellent.

In a discussion over at Noteworthy, Jaycee has some reassuring words about the situation in Iraq: Iraq still is NOT a breeding ground for [terrorists]. It’s a breeding ground for entrepreneurs and others enjoying a democracy for a change, with a few die-hard Fedayeen and the like still there. Ah. But that was on Tuesday. [...]

Ok, I’m finally going to bite the bullet and try to upgrade to WordPress 2.0 tonight. So if things get flaky, that’s why. Wish me luck. Update: What? That’s it? That was too easy. Surely something must have gone wrong somewhere. Please let me know if you see my blog implode or otherwise act up.