Next “change”post
I find it’s about that time again: another “A mind is a difficult thing to change” post is in the works–at least in my head. I’ve found in the past that it’s best if I make a public announcement of … Continue reading →
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Your toothbrush is your friend
I was watching TV the other night right before bed. I usually do a bunch of stretching exercises then, and I often turn on a cable news station to accompany the action (although, come to think of it, that may … Continue reading →
Women and the perpetuation of female genital mutilation
Dean Esmay has flung out a challenge to the female blogosphere, and I thought I’d take him up on it. In this post, he points out that the practice of female genital mutilation (known also as “female circumcision”) is neither … Continue reading →
Kidnapping, coercion, and mind control: Jill Carroll, and the strange case of Patty Hearst (Part II)
[Part I can be found here.] About a month after being photographed with a gun at the Hibernia bank robbery and then coming out as the chic revolutionary “Tania,” Patty Hearst participated in still another crime. This time she covered … Continue reading →
Kidnapping, coercion, and mind control: Jill Carroll, and the strange case of Patty Hearst (Part I)
[Part II can be found here.] The Jill Carroll kidnapping was dreadful from the very beginning: watching videos of the young woman, pleading and crying; imagining the emotional state of her family and friends, and most especially her parents; trying … Continue reading →
Weaving the tangled web of deception: confessions of an April fool
Well, it’s the morning after (or, rather, the afternoon after). And in the sober light of a non-April Fool’s Day, as I reflect back on my little prank of yesterday, I’m chastened. Chastened, but still a neo-neocon. I had no … Continue reading →
Exclusive: neo-neocon rerats
[HINT: note the date] If you’re a regular reader here, you probably already know that Winston Churchill is my idol– well, one of my idols, anyway, along with all the contestants on “American Idol.” One of Churchill’s many famous quotes … Continue reading →
The guilt of Europe survives
Shrinkwrapped has written a series of thought-provoking posts on the survivor guilt of post-WWII Europeans, and how they might be dealing with it. Well worth reading. Three parts have been already written, and a fourth is planned. He writes of … Continue reading →
History reasserts itself, in rhyme
Gerard Van der Leun has written a rumination on the return of history, post-9/11. I offer a few excerpts here, although they don’t really capture the full flavor of the thing (to do that, it needs to be read as … Continue reading →
Spring: moving right along
What a difference a week makes.
Continue reading →The Rahman case and the Inquisition
Now that the case against Abdul Rahman has been dropped, Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi has offered him sanctuary: “I say that we are very glad to be able to welcome someone who has been so courageous,” Premier Silvio Berlusconi said. Berlusconi … Continue reading →
I guess I need to be careful about that apple logo
I better not start using this site to sell any music, or the Beatles will be breathing down my neck (of course, at an earlier time in my life, that would have been the fulfillment of a dream): Two legendary … Continue reading →