• “In the debate over homosexual marriage, its proponents often hearken back to the resistance that greeted the effort to emancipate miscegenation.” Red State asks you “to consider the dreary tradition that our Liberals established, decidedly without intent, of social misery and deprivation, by their meddling in the delicate structure of the human family.” [Red State]

• Oliver Stone smokes weed, is BFF with conservatives. [Michelle Malkin]
• Israel called up a few thousand reservists today, and Kevin Drum draws analogy to our invasion of Iraq. “The original plan was to swoop in, destroy Saddam’s army, and then withdraw all but a token force within six months. But the rising insurgency made that impossible and three years later we’re still there. Likewise, Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon was also supposed to be a brief affair, and it ended up lasting 18 years.” [Political Animal]
• “Almost all leakers are lawyers. That’s the bottom line.” [Romenesko]

Conservative syndicated columnist, closeted cat fancier, and unofficial Just for Men pitchman Cal Thomas is going stark-raving Yankee Doodle Dandy over Oliver Stone’s upcoming 9/11 film World Trade Center. In an Up With People burst of opinionatin’ every bit as stomach-turning as Jimmy Cagney’s hoofing as George M. Cohan, Cal gushes: MORE »

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• Reliable Source: Alito’s senior thesis found at Princeton. . . Wolf Blitzer has lost 15 pounds in two months. (From standing on camera all day, we presume). . . Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) introduces bill to investigate murder of Tupac Shakur. [WP]
• Rush & Molloy: New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller was reportedly convinced about WMDs after several private meetings with Paul Wolfowitz. . . PETA flack: “When we first heard that Dick Cheney was hunting pheasants, we thought that it might be a misspelling of ‘peasants.’ His hunt for Osama failed, so he’s now reduced to hunting small birds.” [NYDN]
• Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Negative review of Maureen Dowd’s latest book is set to run in the New York Times on Sunday. Writes Kathryn Harrison, “Maureen Dowd comes across as someone who wants to be liked.” [NYDN]
• Cindy Adams: Oliver Stone is moving “gingerly” ahead on his 9/11 film. [NYP]
• Page Six: “Which strapping son of a cable TV talk show host has been selling marijuana on the side? The pot-puffing party boy, who’s supposedly pursuing an acting career, was overheard offering to sell two young lovelies weed at a recent fashion party.” [NYP]
• Fox 411: Warren Beatty is not interested in running for the governorship of California. [Fox News]