My grandparents celebrated their 60th anniversary this weekend. After taking 60 years worth of photographs, we found more than enough amazing ones to make a short slideshow in their honor. Have a look:

Jake Mandell is my hero. This guy is into neuroimaging and writes electronic music. It would be hard for me to think of a more intriguing resume. Check out his blog, his music and (especially) his tone-deaf test!

Michelle Malkin is trying to make mountains out of mole hills:

Ostroy refused to accept the suicide theory and pushed the NYPD to find the truth [...] This “good kid” was an illegal alien day laborer whose employer knew he was illegal. He lived and worked in an illegal alien sanctuary city

This is rubbish. Malkin does not provide evidence that illegal immigrants think differently about murder — think of something akin to the polling showing that Muslims support terrorism far more than their non-Muslim colleagues. She is hoping to catalyze a knee-jerk reaction to a singular, unfortunate event that prevents people from acting rationally toward the millions of hard-working, non-violent immigrants living in this country.

There are but two things we need to remember about this event: murders are sad and unfortunate, but can almost always be avoided by treating others with respect and dignity. Adrienne Shelly did not die because we have too many immigrants. Adrienne Shelly almost certainly died because she could not contain her frustration and decided to yell, scream and slap a stranger who was as quick to anger as herself:

Pillco told detectives that he punched Shelly, 40, last Wednesday afternoon outside the Abingdon Square apartment she was using as an office after she yelled at him about the noise he was making while working in a vacant apartment below.
Pillco, who is from Ecuador and speaks only Spanish, also claimed that Shelly slapped him first.

Shelly and Pillco each made terrible choices that ruined both their lives: one is dead; the other is ruined and heading to jail or worse.

Hopefully when people hear sad stories like this one — such as the girl who gambled her life over an Xbox and lost. Hopefully after hearing these stories, people will try even harder to contain their hurtful emotions and treat other people with more patience and respect.

Also of interest: Malkin also does a lot to prove that Jacob Weisberg is a genius (just like Mickey said):

Here’s what the WSJ didn’t tell you. Hostettler’s Democrat opponent, Sheriff Brad Ellsworth, won by campaigning to the right on every major issue–and making illegal immigration a felony a top priority.

Democrats are the new protectionist, anti-immigration party!

Man, what a great day for Democracy!  If only Bush had fired Rumsfled back when Slate started the Rumsfeld death watch back in 2001, the Iraq War — and the last five years with it – might have gone a whole lot better than they have.  Of course Gates, the person replacing Rumsfeld, was not even in the list of people Slate thought might replace Rumsfeld.

The funniest part?  After spending five years projecting that Rumsfeld will resign, Slate made an about face moments before their badly needed hope prediction came to pass.

Donald Rumsfeld had a great parting quote: “I have benefited greatly from criticism, and at no time have I suffered from a lack thereof.” Apparently this quotation comes from Winston Churchill.

The United States is the oldest representative democracy on the planet. We have over two hundred years voting with paper and improving the technology. However it is: a.) cheap and b.) non-shiny. Uh oh!

No worries: Diebold to the rescue! Who thinks this is a good idea?

Restore paper ballots*!

*: Note, paper ballots in no way require hanging chads.

College graduates make up around 15% of the military. They make up 28% of the populace as a whole. So you are about half as likely to join the military if you graduate from college. However, one thing to keep in mind is that — presently — all military service is optional in the United States. So I do not understand why Kerry and David Corn are complaining.