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In "Vitriolic e-mails zero in on 'Muslim,'" Elaine Jarvik and Deborah Bulkeley in the Deseret Morning News (thanks to all who sent this in) do not deign to consider the possibility that the Salt Lake mall shootings were jihad-motivated. Instead, the onus is on those with the poor taste to suggest such a thing: On ultraconservative Web sites like littlegreenfootballs.com, the story of Monday's shooting rampage at Trolley Square has been reduced to one fact: "Salt Lake City Killer Was a Muslim." "Ultraconservative" = "bigoted, racist, evil." "The media did everything they could to avoid mentioning it, but it's confirmed...

The computer virus, “Trojan Horse,” has its name rooted in the ancient story of the Trojan War. The story is as follows: after ten years of attempting to conquer the ancient city of Troy, Greek attackers devised a ruse. They built a giant hollow wooden horse, filled it with warriors and left it outside the city wall. The Greek army withdrew as if abandoning the war. One soldier stayed behind when the army withdrew pretending that he had deserted. He baited the Trojans with the story line that the “Horse” was an offering to the goddess Athena and that...