As I’m sure everyone knows by now, President Bush has nominated Samuel Alito to replace Harriet Miers and will send his name to the Senate for confirmation to take Sandra Day O’Connor’s seat on the Supreme Court. It’s an interesting pick to me, as I would have put him about 3rd...

On this day in 1517, God sent yet another prophet to exhort His people to forsake false teachings and follow again the ways of the Lord. This event is popularly thought of as the act of a righteous Augustinian monk defiantly nailing 95 Theses to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany, symbolically...

Federal appellate judges Samuel Alito and Michael Luttig are reportedly at the top of President Bush’s list of possible US Supreme Court nominees to replace the withdrawn Harriet Miers. The US News profiles linked in their names offer a great starting point for background information. Republicans...

Adam Packer and I celebrated a bit early at a hog roast on Saturday, courtesy of my cousin J.P. In keeping with my obsession with the ancient Roman empire I went as a gladiator. Adam is Louis Tully (played by Rick Moranis) in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II.

Just two weeks after it was reported he will be making another Rocky movie this winter, actor Sylvester Stallone is going to be revisiting the other role that cemented his movie icon status: John Rambo. Production is set to begin on “Rambo IV” once Stallone completes “Rocky Balboa.”...

The Washington Post reported this week that the NFL will consider moving the New Orleans Saints to Los Angeles on a permanent basis should New Orleans be unable to adequately recover from Hurricane Katrina. The Saints are splitting their home games this season between the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas,...

Vice President Cheney’s Chief of Staff Scooter Libby was indicted today on five charges related to the Valerie Plame affair. Libby resigned his position on Friday after a federal grand jury handed down one count of obstruction of justice, two counts of perjury, and two counts of making false statements....

Now that the Quag-mier is over, here are two questions I’d like to see someone ask: First, for Miers, “Say, what do you think about Roe v Wade, anyway?” Second, for Bush, “What did you learn from all this?”

I’d like to add a small addendum to Paul’s critique of Josh’s post. Even if it is possible to state conclusively that men are naturally more promiscuous than women–which, as Paul points out, it’s not, because of the practically insurmountable difficulties in disentangling...

Below the fold is a picture taken by a photography enthusiast friend of mine. First commenter to identify this location gets a Gmail invite–assuming there are people in the blogosphere who don’t have a Gmail account yet. (Hint: since many of ITA’s readers are Indiana residents, it’s...