Remember this post about the teenaged Iranian siblings who were banned from playing chess on their national team?: Dorsa and Borna Derakhshani, two of the country’s leading youth chess players, were told they can no longer be part of the … Continue reading →
So cold that yesterday when I came in from the cold (not a spy) and I washed my hands, the cold water coming from the tap felt warmish. And I’d had my super-warm mittens on while outside. And I was … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Here’s the original post.] Commenter “skeptic” writes: Neo, I think you are on to something here even if you may not realize it. The dweeb couple in the video also raised my, and many of your commenters’) hackles even … Continue reading →
I haven’t seen the new Churchill movie, although I plan to. Maybe I’ll wait till it’s released on video, but it sounds like a good one (with a few reservations). We’ve got two reviews to guide you on your way. … Continue reading →
…aren’t known for their rollicking sense of humor. Case in point. Sense of humor is a funny thing. It seems superficial, but it tells you something about a person that’s not superficial. It may even be that one of the … Continue reading →
I agree with the sentiment expressed here, that journalists need to question themselves more: With the rise of the Internet and disruption of institutional media, many journalists have cheerfully shrugged off the ideal of objectivity. This certainly makes tweeting easier, … Continue reading →
Last night I was doing some YouTube surfing (oh, just the usual: makeovers and renovations and twins separated at birth and dancers and anything that isn’t even remotely political) and discovered that I suddenly and inexplicably had audio but no … Continue reading →
When I updated to the new Firefox, a bunch of things came with it. On my home page there was a sampler of websites I’d recently visited, and searches I’d done. I got rid of that almost immediately; I don’t … Continue reading →
I am seriously in awe. A three hundred square foot apartment, and look what they manage to do with it: Yeah, it’s really really small, and those of you who don’t live in mega-expensive cities such as New York may … Continue reading →
…says Sharyl Attkisson. And it’s not—or at least it ought not to be—a partisan issue.
Continue reading →Long, long ago Paul Krugman was an economist of some objectivty. Then he added a gig as opinion columnist for the NY Times (around 2000), and since then he’s written about a great deal more than economics, with a remarkable … Continue reading →
On Christmas Day—blog? I’d rather have grog, Or maybe eggnog, Then go walk the dog. Or watch a Yule Log, And eat like a hog, Then go for a jog. Blogging’s a bog. My mind’s in a fog, Or maybe … Continue reading →