Columnist Molly Ivins has died
I thought Molly Ivins was a great writer — when she wrote about Texas.
Continue readingMonth: January 2007
Distance can give a clear perspective
Thanks to Danny Lemieux, I got to read a beautifully written, funny, absolutely on-point article from a Brit analyzing Hillary’s candidacy: Only a few days have passed since Hillary Clinton announced she is running for president, but already it is clear that much forbearance will be required from us all
Continue readingThere is something you can do
There is something you can do to stop Ahmadinejad.
Continue readingNew York Times — tasteless reporting maverick
The Houston Chronicle has a story about a Texas’ families outrage over the fact that the New York Times used a picture of their son dying on Haifa street to spice up a story: A photograph and videotape of a Texas soldier dying in Iraq published by the New York
Continue readingThe internet’s power
If any of you bloggers are getting disheartened, don’t. The internet does matter, even if gains are slow and grudging. Case in point: the bombed out mosques in Baghdad. The story began in November when the AP reported that Shiite fights had destroyed four Sunni mosques in Baghdad and burned
Continue readingGiving credit where credit is due
In the long ago past, Jews were accused of heinous acts such as kidnapping Christian children and using their blood to make matzoh, or of poisoning wells, accusations that existed entirely separate from actual fact. That is, there was never any evidence that Jews actually engaged in these heinous acts.
Continue readingIf they’re so good, why do we need a law?
Although I find the light they give too sterile and cool to be appealing, we have a bunch of the new compact fluorescent bulbs in our house, both because they are cheap to operate and they are long lasting.
Continue readingMore cheering stuff
Apparently we should all be grateful to termites.
Continue readingDead by morning — not
Here’s a story that will cheer you up tremendously, if you need cheering, and that will make you feel even more cheerful if you started off in a good mood.
Continue readingThe Indian Ocean
What? The Indian Ocean?! What’s that all about? It’s about the fact that, if I were to start digging a hole in my backyard and dig all the way through the earth out out to the other side, that’s where I’d end up: in the Indian Ocean, at a point
Continue readingWhat do you bet…
What do you bet that the French will discover it takes more energy to turn the thing on and off for a five minute interval than to simply leave the darn thing lit?
Continue readingJimmy’s not the only one
Jimmy Carter has been garnering a lot of press lately for his anti-Semitic positions, hypocrisy, falsification of facts, etc.
Continue readingWhite liberal women again unclear on the concept
The Museum of Modern Art hosted a symposium about feminist art. The story covering the symposium noted that the only time these feminist artists contemplated Islam they did so, not to discuss how their art could be used to help Islamic women break free from their invisibility and from the
Continue readingBeing handicapped is not obstacle
One San Francisco man learned that, even if being handicapped did not prevent him from pursuing his career of choice, perhaps he chose the wrong career: A San Francisco man who is paraplegic was convicted Friday of two counts of robbery and one count of attempted robbery in thefts he
Continue readingIt may be a drought, but we’re not panicking yet
In the late 1970s, California experienced a drought severe enough to require water rationing. I found that a very traumatizing experience, perhaps because it reminded me that, no matter how sophisticated we become, we are nothing without water. Now, as California faces its 5th driest January since 1850, I’m starting
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