Dr. Sand in Gears
Tony Woodlief of the famed Sand in the Gears has received his PH.D.. Congrats sir! His description of it is, par for course, hilarious.
Tony Woodlief of the famed Sand in the Gears has received his PH.D.. Congrats sir! His description of it is, par for course, hilarious.
Here is an article from the NYT: Scholar’s Pedophilia Essay Stirs Outrage and Revenge. The story is getting to be more common: academic writes article question some aspect of pedophilia, get swamped with angry responses, the government gets involved, the academy responds with defense of academic freedom, etc. Read the article to get the particulars [...]
Good Column in today’s Plain Dealer – of all places – on The illusory protections of gun control. Great quote: The availability of guns does not initiate a massacre. The massacre is initiated by intent. In a land with strict gun control, a teenager obtained powerful weapons and went on a school rampage that resulted [...]
Interesting story on voyeurism and the law. Here is the basic story: Early this year, an apartment resident in the small town of Gibsonburg discovered a small video recording device in the bathroom. Police determined the situation was not an isolated incident. On Jan. 19, Gibsonburg police apprehended the apartment complex?s landlord, James Rogers. According [...]
Bruce Cockburn: Soulf of a Man: I’m going to ask the question Please answer if you can Is there anybody’s children can tell me What is the soul of a man? Won’t somebody tell me Answer if you can Won’t somebody tell me Tell me what is the soul of a man? I’ve travelled different [...]
* Ben Domenech: The Rundown: Hatch Waffles, Amnesty travesty, hispanic pres?, UVA plagerism, etc; Redskins sign Mathews; Rove “the mind”; Gentleman and The Bachelor; Jake at Slate; Rundown II: St. Augustine, Colorado guns, smarter harpers, etc. * Mark Byron: GDP blues; Blogs for all; Unhappy French Alliance; 401 Series goes distance; stoopid Canadians; America Rite; [...]
With the dearth of Blog Watchers and the ever increasing number of bloggers joining the ranks – I have been thinking of doing some sort of Blog Tour or Blog Review. This would involve me posting a review or overview/tour of a series of different blogs (I would probable skip the biggies as they are [...]
Speaking of TNR, who decided that not one but two articles about All Mcbeal and feminism would be interesting? Here are some examples of the pathetic clap-trap included in these articles about a TV show: Rather, Ally’s obsolescence illustrates a much more alarming trend. From pop culture to the president to the post-September 11 fear [...]
The New Republic Online has innagurated a new feature called Pundit Guide. The first one, Let Friedman Ring, covers Thomas L. Friedman. Interesting idea, might come in handy but it can’t compare to PunditWatch.
The reviews: James Bowman: Despite the presence of the radiant Mira Sorvino and the excellent Ben Kingsley and Fiona Shaw, I fear it is not quite successful. The problem is that the film can do neither with nor without the essential cruelty of the French original, and so instead it tries (unsuccessfully) to soften or [...]