Austin Bay has some excellent commentary on the story of the Newsweek article alleging that a Koran was flushed down a Guantanamo toilet. The report has sparked outrage and deaths in Afghanistan, and may cause more before this is through. … Continue reading →
Ladybugs? Yes, ladybugs. I found one yesterday on my bathroom floor and immediately thought, “Oh, how cute!” But that thought was immediately followed by a second one: what’s so cute about a ladybug? Is there any other insect we generally … Continue reading →
Blogging’s harder than it looks, writes history professor and author David Greenberg in today’s NY Times piece entitled “Blogging, as in slogging.” Well, I could have told him that, if he’d ever asked me. I found that out when I … Continue reading →
Whenever I finish writing a section of the “A mind is a difficult thing to change” series, I’m amazed at how much I have to say, and how long it takes me to say it. My guess is that there … Continue reading →
Well, as you may have noticed, I have finally posted Part 4C in the “Mind is a difficult thing to change” series. The experience was somewhat like a boa constricter swallowing a large elephant–at least, what I imagine that experience … Continue reading →
(NOTE: Links to previous posts in the series can be found on the right sidebar, under “A mind is a difficult thing to change.”) When I try to think of the psychological/political effects of Vietnam, two things come to mind … Continue reading →
Today, as on so many days in the past, the murderers of the Iraqi people set about to blow a bunch of them to bits, and have succeeded. Sixty is today’s number. The killers must be so very proud. And … Continue reading →
John Kerry, that most consistently inconsistent of politicians, is reinventing himself, according to a Boston Globe article entitled, “Kerry adopting the rhetoric of a DC outsider.” Now, even the Globe sees Kerry as a poseur; “adopting the rhetoric,” rather than … Continue reading →
Baron Bodissey at Gates of Vienna has thoughtfully and helpfully codified the 10 Commandments of PC. Here they are (please go to his post for further explanation): 1. America is uniquely evil. 2. America is never justified in defending itself. … Continue reading →
I missed this when it first came out. But I think it presents a highly credible thesis–heretofore unremarked upon– on the deep and powerful affinities between rappers and bloggers.
Continue reading →There’s a new drug for a syndrome that isn’t actually new, but that’s gotten a new name. The drug is Neurodex, and the syndrome is now known as pseudobulbar effect, or PDA. The unsettling and positively creepy-sounding symptoms are as … Continue reading →
By now you may have noticed that I like quotations. So far, I’ve done Orwell, Churchill, and war (hmmm, is there a theme emerging here?) So, in honor of Mother’s Day (and a break with that theme), I thought I’d … Continue reading →