Finally someone mentions the real point: Western values are under siege.

I'm afraid the West just doesn't get it. 9/11 was the first salvo in a war, but the people we're fighting have only one solution on their minds -- the destruction of the West. Because they can't hide in the 14th century if there's a 21st century for their children to escape to . . . or a 21st century to tempt themselves.

http://www.praguepost.com/P03/2006/Art/0223/opin1.php
( Here's the money quote for me: )

Affordable Luxuries

If you love to cook, even just at holidays, you owe it to yourself--try some spices from The Spice House. This is the place Alton Brown visited for his show on spices, and just opening the mailer will take your breath away.

They sell 4, count them, FOUR different types of cinnamon, from the delicate Ceylon variety folks in Europe and Mexico prefer, to the dark, heady Saigon cinnamon we couldn't buy for 25 years. They sell chocolate extract, created the same way as vanilla--as well as a "knock your socks off" vanilla. If you buy a gift pack, Spice House packs the jars with bay leaves, whole nutmegs and Indonesian cinnamon sticks.

I won't ask if you have ten year old spices in your pantry. Dump them out under the cover of darkness, and go get new ones! Some places you can buy small amounts of bulk to put back in those jars if you want!

Enjoy!

http://www.thespicehouse.com/info/location_evanston.php

The end of privacy?

Will we live long enough to see this when we order a pizza? The ACLU has created a very effective little ad. Take a look at what we need to prevent:

http://www.adcritic.com/interactive/view.php?id=5927