In case you haven’t heard, two people have been fired and a third disciplined at the State Department, for allegedly snooping into Obama’s passport file. At present there’s no indication of what their motivations might have been, but though an investigation is under way, it could be that they were merely curious. Secretary Rice has personally called Obama to apologize for the intrusion into his privacy, which is nice of her.

Apparently this is a big story, and for the life of me I can’t figure out why. Anyone want to explain it?

Via Jihad Watch comes the news that Dutch public broadcaster the KRO (Catholic) has given up on a project that intended to prove that one can very well commit violence based on the Bible. The reason? “After extensive research, linking Bible quotations with real political events and acts of violence however produced an insufficient basis for a thorough journalistic production.” (more…)