Below The Beltway

Carnival of Liberty XIII is up at Forward Biased. As usual, lots of liberty-minded goodness to check out.

PC Magazine’s John Dvorak has a great idea about decentralizing Congress in the face of a possible terrorist attack
More important is the security issue. As things sit today, one suitcase nuke set off near the Capitol buildings would pretty much wipe out the federal government and kill all the representatives and senators at once. This [...]

Today’s Washington Post brings this sad news.
In its latest effort to cut costs and stave off bankruptcy, Dulles-based Independence Air says it will discontinue flights to five airports, including New York’s John F. Kennedy, on Oct. 31 and drop all West Coast service by Dec. 1.
On Oct. 31, Independence Air will pull out of JFK, [...]

The biggest canard that one typically hears from creationists or advocates of so-called “Intelligent Design” is that there is no “proof” for the theory of evolution. In the sense that no one has observed the evolution of a species over millions of years this is true. However, as this article in today’s Washington Post details [...]

With seven games left in the season, things couldn’t be closer than they already are. The Yankees and Red Sox remain tied for the lead in the AL East — a race that will most likely not be decided for sure until next Sunday. The Cleveland Indians, meanwhile, fell 2.5 games behind in their race [...]

Ohio State’s 31-6 victory over Iowa didn’t have much impact on its standings in the national rankings as it stayed at No. 8 in boththe Associated Press poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll. Out of the Top 25 in both polls, however, are Iowa and Michigan, both of whom lost on Saturday.

The editorial board of the Washington Post lays down the gauntlet in the fight over the person who will replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
But in making his second nomination, Mr. Bush faces an additional complication: diversity. The president has never made a secret of his desire to put the first Hispanic on the [...]

In today’s Washington Post, George Will notes that most of America has missed the 250th anniversary of the birth of Chief Justice John Marshall, who served as Chief Justice of the United States for 35 years.
Marshall is the most important American never to have been president. Because of his shaping effect on the soft wax [...]

In today’s Washington Post one finds this story about the opening of a museum dedicated to so-called “Creation Science”
The nation’s largest museum devoted to the alternative reality that is biblical creation science is rising just outside Cincinnati. Set amid a park and three-acre artificial lake, the 50,000-square-foot museum features animatronic dinosaurs, state-of-the-art models and graphics, [...]

Last night, the Red Sox beat the Orioles 4-3 while the Yankees lost to the Blue Jays 7-4, meaning that the AL East race is now tied.
In the meantime, the Indians slammed the Royals 11-4 and now have a 1 1/2 game lead in the AL wildcard.
The remaining schedule for the teams with the shot [...]