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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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.
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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.
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.
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Guess who is broke? The middle of the post has the map.
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It sounds so true to life that it has to be faked.
If you don’t feel the pain, its not exercise.
Things that you don’t want to know.
They are still waiting for their money.
They are looking for a new gun. The real reason they want the AK-74 probably has nothing to do with body armor. The AK-47 can penetrate all currently used body armor with the right ammo. The real problem the AK-47 has is hitting its target. If you read some the links that they provided you will see that AK-74 has a much flatter trajectory and a longer effective range.
Poem of the Week: 8/30/09-9/5/09
This week’s poem of the week is a short section from Prometheus Bound. To ask you to read the whole thing would be too much. But you ought to at least get an idea of what it is about for your own education.