A snake that was trying to escape the curse. Is it real?
You knew this was coming. And China’s response was proportional. That is a lot better than it could have been.
This ought to receive more attention to balance out all the attention they give to the shooters. After all, giving press to the shooters is thought to encourage copy-cats. Maybe if they gave more attention to people who stop shooters it would have a similar effect.
This week’s poem of the week is Death Be Not Proud.
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?
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.
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.
This week’s poem of the week is On the Death of Richard West
by Thomas Gray.
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.
This week’s essay of the week demonstrates that in a crisis there are no rules.