Below The Beltway

Via Michelle Malkin comes news that Abdul Rahman is seeking asylum outside of Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity has appealed for asylum in another country, the United Nations said Monday.
U.N. spokesman Adrian Edwards said the world body was working with the Afghan government […]

Sebastian Mallaby has a great column in this morning’s Washington Post about the unheralded success of America as a business model:
Up until the 1990s, management books were crammed with Japanese buzzwords, and the early Clinton administration was in awe of Germany’s apprenticeship system. But today the United States provides most of the business role models, […]

As if the War On Drugs hasn’t caused enough intrusions on civil liberties, now the government wants to test the sewage. And, no, I’m not joking.
If government studies are a reliable guide, about 25,000 residents of Fairfax County — 2.5 percent of its population — have used cocaine in the past year. The same data […]

Apparently, it doesn’t take much.
BROOKLYN (March 22, 2006) — A nude Britney Spears on a bearskin rug while giving birth to her firstborn marks a ?first? for Pro-Life. Pop-star Britney Spears is the ?ideal? model for Pro-Life and the subject of a dedication at Capla Kesting Fine Art in Brooklyn?s Williamsburg gallery district, in what […]

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case involving Ali Hamdan, a former chauffer to Osama bin Laden, and the authority of the President to detain foreign combatants without trial.
Seized by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Osama bin Laden’s former chauffeur is now seeking victory over President […]

I didn’t honestly think it would happen, but George Mason upset Connecticut 86-84 and is headed to the Final Four.
Here’s the box score from the Post, which is the only link I can find right now.
And, here’s the Washington Post’s take on the game.
George Mason is no longer the cute little underdog. The Patriots, by […]

Perhaps not surprisingly, the recent success of the George Mason Patriots in the NCAA Tournament has led some to hope that it will lead to wider recognition for the school.
After yet another stunning NCAA tournament win, George Mason University President Alan Merten waded through all the hugging and green-painted fans and grabbed his admissions director. […]

John Adams is often given the short end of the stick in the pantheon of American Founding Fathers. Perhaps it’s because his Presidency came between two of the brightest lights of the Revolution, Washington and Jefferson. Perhaps it’s because of the policies he pursued as President, including the plainly unconstitutional Alien and Sedition Acts. Whatever […]

Yesterday afternoon, Kellie and I went to see Failure To Launch, which stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Mc Conaughey, along with Kathy Bates and, in a surpringly strong role, Terry Bradshaw. This is a fairly standard and not entirely original romantic comedy that starts with the premises of Mc Conaughey playing a 35 year-old […]

From Kabul comes word of an apparent end to the week-long saga of Abdul Rahman:
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan court on Sunday dismissed a case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity because of a lack of evidence and he will be released soon, officials said.
The announcement came as U.S.-backed President […]