Archive for September, 2006

Gould and Bernstein play Bach

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

My daughter and I love to watch and listen.

Foley Fallout

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Ed Morrissey is on the case of who knew what when regarding Representative Foley’s disgusting behavior. If the facts reveal the House Republican leadership knew about Foley’s behavior, both Speaker Hastert and Majority Leader Boehner will appear to have been very weak and ineffective in this sordid affair. And both should resign their leadership positions [...]

Religion of Peace Update

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Alexandra von Maltzan is not a fan of Iranian “Thug-in-Chief” Ahmadinejad: We also know with certainty, that the Mullahcracy has been desperately trying to build the bomb at least since the early Nineties. We furthermore know today, that all the various assurances given in the past, that no such efforts were in fact made, were [...]

Thank You Frank Robinson

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

For your 51 years in baseball.

More Veiled British Anti-Semitism

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

From geeks at the Register: George Bush has already contributed an awful lot to peace in the Middle East, so laughing at this latest cunning plan is probably unfair. He is sending two technology bosses to Lebanon to sort out rebuilding the country he allowed Israel to destroy. Stick to playing with your toys boys, [...]

Bartoli Sings Vivaldi

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

My daughter and I love to watch and listen.

Wild Cards

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

Paul at Power Lineargues wild card teams hurt baseball. This is the great mischief of a system that allows “wild card” teams into the baseball playoffs. Imagine if this system had been in place in 1951 when the New York Giants overhauled the Brooklyn Dodgers. Instead of being the “shot heard round the world,” Bobby [...]

Good News in the Battle Against Malaria

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

WHO promotes indoor spraying with insecticides as one of three main interventions to fight malaria. DDT to be used again. Better late than never.

Iran: A View from Europe

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

Via David Frum: That, in turns, means that the Iranian government will be completely humiliated if the campaign goes on well, and they won’t have a lot of options if they want to take revenge. The Hisbullah bullet has just been shot, somehow accidentally, and it might not be used easily a second time, and [...]

NBC is Confused

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

Madonna’s crucifix scene is just fine. Veggie Tales talking about God is not. NBC is confused. NBC has drawn protests this week from religious conservatives over the content of two television shows, but for different reasons — in one instance for excluding references to God and in the other for possibly including religious imagery. The [...]