This week’s essay of the week was a hard one to read. And most of us have already read it. But still, what else could we make essay of the week?
Essay of the Week: 9/13/09-9/19/09
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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Real Skills
Links For Today
Why did the Prime Minster of Israel feel compelled to make a secret trip to Russia? Was everyone so asleep at the wheel that the they could not come up with a half way decent cover story?
Antioxidants and cancer. It is not as simple as you might think.
Watching Sorrow And Hope
Yesterday I went to see my dying Grandfather. I was told he was going downhill fast and if I wanted to see him one last time I should come over right away. It has been a pretty steady trip downwards all summer. But he got a little cold and that seemed to cause him to give up all desire to go on living. (Today I saw an article on the subject of colds and Alzheimer’s that shows that my Grandfather’s experience is not all that unique.) (To read the rest, click here….)
Links For Today
Reading this article only reinforces the idea that there are very few innocent victims.
All the modern technology in the world and still the biggest problem is communication.
Psalm for a comatose man
I am set apart with the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
who are cut off from your care.
Poem of the Week: 9/6/09-9/12/09
This week’s poem of the week is On the Death of Richard West
by Thomas Gray.
Rant of the Week: 9/6/09-9/12/09
This week’s rant of the week alleges that Cheney’s fundamental sin is too much honesty.
But an argument could also be made that is was idealism rather than cynicism that did caused the Bush administration drag the Republican collation down.
The blue collars males who have been a critical part of the Republican collation since Regan don’t mind torture (when done to “bad guys”) and they don’t mind blowing things up (especially when they belong to “bad guys). But they do mind spending billions of dollars and seeing their sons killed to make other nations a better place to live. This is especially when those other nations don’t seem to appreciate it.
In other words, if the Bush administration had stuck to torture and stayed away from nation building, he might have left office a popular man.
Essay of the Week: 9/6/09-9/12/09
This week’s essay of the week demonstrates that in a crisis there are no rules.
Links For Today
Guess who is broke? The middle of the post has the map.