Prepare the gurney and the needle....

Confessed 9/11 participant Moussaoui says he's going to "fight every inch against the death penalty." Sorry, but if he was prepared to die for Allah at the behest of Usama Bin Laden, I don't see why the U.S. goverment can't, at long last, grant his original desire. Hey, buddy - don't worry: at least it won't be in a ball of flame.

Atwood, KS Update

Looks like yesterday's link may have been removed. If so, here's an Acrobat capture of the open letter.

Rejected by town, Kansan returns the favor

More fall-out from the recent anti-gay marriage vote in Kansas. Read this impassioned open letter, more regretful than bitter, that also includes some of the best "protection of marriage" suggestions I've seen:

Marriage in the Kansas shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women.

• Marriage shall not impede a man's right to take concubines in addition to his wife or wives.
• A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed by public stoning.
• Marriage of a believer and a non-believer shall be forbidden.
• Since marriage is for life, neither this Constitution nor the constitution of any State, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to permit divorce.
• If a married man dies without children, his brother shall marry the widow. If he refuses to marry his brother's widow or deliberately does not give her children, he shall pay a fine of one shoe and be otherwise punished in a manner to be determined by law.
  

This man has cut his home town out of his will and shut down the world-class website he built for it. Makes me feel better about our decision to take the route through Nebraska, rather than Kansas, on our way back to Boston next week.

[Hat tip to Andrew]

Can Anyone Identify This Man's Husband?

Why couldn't Adam Nagourney report the identity of the other half of this newly-wed couple? Surely there are public records of their nuptials; you can't have a civil marriage in complete privacy, nor should anyone be entitled to privacy regarding something so basic as the names of the betrothed. Couldn't he find a marriage certificate for Finkelstein filed anywhere in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts? What gives?

More from Florida on the "Culture of Life"

In its never-ending rush to lead the country in hypocrisy, the Florida legislature has now made it easier to get away with murder. Where were the Schindlers and Randall Terry during this debate?