High Noon
[NOTE: The following case is one of the reasons I think the ricin letters may have been sent by someone out for revenge.] “High Noon” is such a dramatic movie, it’s easy to forget what starts the whole thing rolling: … Continue reading →
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And then there’s ricin…
…apparently sent in letters to President Obama and Senator Roger Wicker (R). The incident not only reminds us of 9/11—after the WTC attacks, you may recall, there were a series of anthrax-letters to politicians—but these ricin-letters were intercepted as a … Continue reading →
More information on the Boston bombs
This might have some meaning as a clue, although a rather non-specific one: The explosives used to kill three people and injure 176 at the Boston Marathon on Monday were most likely some kind of “pressure-cooker” devices that sent sharp … Continue reading →
It turns out Southerners are not so very fat after all…
…and what’s more, they seem to be more truthful about their weight when asked. But the most interesting thing to me about the survey described in the article was this: “Everybody underreports their weight but women do it more,” Howard … Continue reading →
What “sense of safety”?
While in the car yesterday I was listening to some Boston-based talk shows, and I heard some people going on and on about their shock at what happened at the marathon, and how it destroyed the sense of safety they … Continue reading →
Some of the Boston bombing victims
Here’s some information about the eight-year-old Dorchester boy who was killed, and whose other family members were injured. Only one person in the entire family of five, his brother, escaped physical injury, but he is understandably severely traumatized psychologically. Very … Continue reading →
Explosions at Boston Marathon
[UPDATE 9:40: Now we’re hearing more about the terrible injuries, which include a lot of amputations. I haven’t watched the more graphic images, and don’t intend to. But it occurs to me that one of the few pluses of this … Continue reading →
More Bush art
Oh, and while we’re on the subject of George Bush (which we were)—here’s another article about Bush in his new avocation: painter. Last February I wrote my evaluation of Bush as a painter. Now that I’ve looked at reproductions of … Continue reading →
George and Laura Bush…
…have become grandparents for the very first time. They are all beaming here (except granddaughter Mila, who’s doing what newborns tend to do), despite the misdirected arrow on the board behind them: I’m very happy for them. I hear tell … Continue reading →
Thoughts on tax day
[NOTE: This is an edited version of an essay of mine from the past.] Today is April 15th. This means that millions of us will be making our way to the copy machine and then on to the post office … Continue reading →
Venezuela’s election: a foregone conclusion
Is anyone surprised at the fact that Maduro won yesterday’s election in Venezuela? No one should be; Chavez’s successor simply could not be allowed to lose. One odd thing, though, was the extreme narrowness of the margin of victory; shouldn’t … Continue reading →
RIP Maria Tallchief
Ah, well do I remember her—tall, elegant, slightly exotic in her dark good looks, gracious, and somewhat removed and patrician as a dancer. Confession: I wasn’t all that keen on her style, which I perceived as remote, and actually didn’t … Continue reading →