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The spring bunny in East Minneapolis
Tweet Share on Facebook April 4, 2006 CommentSt. Paul City Hall evicts the Easter Bunny. The bunny with some fake grass was placed there by a secretary and removed by the "human-rights director."
"I sent an E-mail that Easter is viewed as a Christian holiday and advised that it be taken down," said Tyrone Terrill, the city's human-rights director. "It wasn't a big deal."
But City Council Member Dave Thune thought the display was harmless.
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Some perspective on Iraq
Tweet Share on Facebook April 4, 2006 CommentHere are some interesting blog postings on what is going on in Iraq.
Attacks in Iraq are centered on one neighborhood in Baghdad, according to blogger Bill Roggio.
American deaths are down, sharply.
An overall look at developments in Iraq, from Strategy Page.
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Concealed carry
Tweet Share on Facebook April 4, 2006 CommentDave Kopel of the Independence Institute in Golden, Colo., has an excellent post at the Volokh Conspiracy on concealed-carry weapons laws. Nebraska's action means that 40 of the 50 states have shall-issue (or even less restrictive) laws on gun possession. This is a great example of federalism: Reforms that could never have passed Congress have swept across the country, as people in some states have learned from the experience of others. While centralized elites have concentrated on restricting gun ownership, with little practical effect, decentralized non-elites in the states have promoted legal gun ownership, with results that seem benign.
