3/28: Morning Communique

THESE DAYS

Richard Lynn of the University of Ulster has ranked European IQ scores and puts Germany and the Netherlands at the top, with Turkey and Serbia bringing up the rear.

Congressman Tom Delay's concealed handgun license is revoked.

"Sex consent forms" are being circulated in South Africa in the wake of ongoing rape trials involving high-profile personalities.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Loosestrife casts a jaundiced gaze at politics in the City of Lakes at Minneapolis Upside Down.

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TIME WASTERS

A 1989 Apple computer brochure illustrated by The Simpsons's Matt Groening.

Life and love with the world's worst dog: Snarley

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"Mike's played in this system. There won't be a lot of thinking involved with him."

-- Vikings head coach Brad Childress, on acquiring former Philly back-up QB Mike McMahon