Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
I am sitting here in Berlin, Germany, listening to NPR on 104.1 FM (yes, we have National Public Radio on-tap in Berlin, it is true), and I am rooting for Barack Obama. I have to admit that I voted Republican in the last two elections, in 2000 and 2004, because I was appalled by both […]
Friday, September 12th, 2008
I would have never guessed that Camille Paglia would be in awe of Sara Palin or perceive her as follows, “Conservative though she may be, I felt that Palin represented an explosion of a brand new style of muscular American feminism. At her startling debut on that day, she was combining male and female qualities […]
Saturday, June 21st, 2008
I have finally gotten around to catching up on all the Atlantics that have piled up in my absence in Berlin. One very compelling article is an anonymous essay written by “Professor X,” In the Basement of the Ivory Tower.
I am still trying to sort out my thoughts on this — please excuse the disjointed […]
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
If you want to explore the nature of free multi-person video conferencing from a company that has a truly sick sense of humor then you should really and truly download and install ooVoo right now and give it a bit of a go, with or without stage makeup.
Tuesday, April 19th, 2005
2+2=5 has nothing to do with new math, chaos theory, quantum mechanics, or Buddhism. Rather, 2+2=5 refers to George Orwell’s book 1984, Part Three, Chapter Two. It is a passive-aggressive, too-subtle, protest against American Imperialism.
Of course, this is the kind of reference that paints the left into a corner, because as long as they are […]
Sarah Palin Comment Thread Par Excellence
If you have not been keeping on top of all of the great comments streaming in to the AH Poll entitled “If John McCain died or became incapacitated, would Sarah Palin be competent to be President?” you are really missing out! Some of them are the most insightful, thoughtful, and brilliant collection of thoughts […]