Tuesday Linkage

No green beer for me today, and I won't even try one of those canned monstrosities they try and pass off as Guinness. It's trite, but the stuff you get out of the tap in Dublin is 100% different than the crud you get here. I'm ready to go back.

N Korea-US distrust halts food aid

Four students tie £56 Nikon camera to a balloon and send it to the edge of space to capture stunning images of Earth

Pope says condoms not the answer to fighting AIDS

Kangaroos in the Firing Line in Australia

Washington Times: Obama-ites wait for jobs — and sit tight
Visit almost any coffee shop in Washington these days, and you'll see them. Twenty-somethings, sitting with laptops adorned with Obama campaign stickers, jumping between job-search Web sites and their G-Mail accounts.

Clancy Candy, Chrissie's Crumpets

Study: Fewer U.S. teens sniffing glue

As economy falters, interest in teaching surges

Pentagon Will Review System For Civilian Pay

Providence Journal: GOP's Sliding Scale for Self-Discipline
In his essay "Why the GOP Can't Win With Minorities," conservative scholar Shelby Steele almost nails the half-question in the title. An African-American, Steele contrasts the "moral activism" of liberals with conservative calls for personal discipline.