Dan Simmons: What if there were no Islam?

Dan Simmons, who authored my favorite science fiction book, Hyperion, has written a very thought-provoking piece in a comments section of one of his Forums.

What might the world be like in 2006 if Islam did not exist?

Howard Dean Hypocrite and Goofball

You can't make up juxtapositions like this:

Dean Calls Iraqi PM an 'Anti-Semite'

Howard Dean compares Katherine Harris to Stalin during stop in WPB

and:

Howard Dean Calls for End to Divisiveness

Somebody ask him why he's late for the mothership.