Month: May 2005

With the “sluggish” coverage of the Downing St. Minutes and the attempts to discredit Newsweek, it might seem as if a free press is truly in the last throws of death.  Having been branded for years with...

Tony Blair’s finance minister and successor in waiting, Chancellor of Exchequer Gordon Brown has a reputation based on his “prudent” handling of the economy. Now it looks like not only are the wheels starting...

Tonight, take a few minutes, pull back from the computer, find a window or a balcony and gaze upwards. The mistress of the hunt, Artemis or Diana will be hosting a visit from her father, Zeus or Dias or Jupiter. Here they are...

appeared today in a wonderful Boston Globe op-ed by Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Goodman, entitled Score One for Cupid.  As is my usual practice with the many wonderful pieces I find on the op ed pages of the Boston Globe, I...

[Update] – If you read this diary earlier and want to know how the politicking is going, please read othniel’s comments below. All Texan BooTribbers – please call, fax, email your senators, with thanks and...