European nuclear researcher arrested for suspected links to al-Qaeda. If you were amused by Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, the DNC says you’ve sided with “the terrorists – the Taliban and Hamas.” But the White House is content to merely call you an “a–hole.” Reason.TV (or perhaps Al-Manar, I can’t tell) makes a video on Obama’s other awards. Jamie Kirchick thinks Germany should send its openly gay foreign minister Guido Westerwelle to Iran. ABC’s George Stephanopoulos writes that Catholic bishops “insist” that the Hyde amendment doesn’t bar federal funding of abortion in the health-care bills. That’s kind of like writing the bishops “insist” the sky is blue. The CBO says tort reform could save $54 billion in medical costs over ten years.
