Month: July 2005

Yesterday, a young woman walked into my store in Brooklyn.  She browsed a bit and we chatted.  As is usual these days, the subject of the war in Iraq and the London bombing came up. She told me that she is involved in...

Salman Rushdie has an op-ed today on the “shame” that is assigned to women who are raped. He’s talking specifically about cases in Pakistan and India, but here in the States, we all know the statistics about...

Perhaps it’s just not very nice, To joke of selling the Eskimos ice. But son of a gun, It’s a heck of a pun, Bush is now trying to sell China Rice! (seven more after the fold)The suicide bombings continue, With Iraq...

image: Stanley and Gaye Lapinski,center, the parents of Army Cpl. Stanley Lapinski, mourn over his casket during a military funeral for the native of Naples, Fla., at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Thursday,...

I love this article because I despise the pseudo-reality tv shows that pander to the dumbing down of Americans who live vicariously through others. It reminds me of the phony wrestling shows, Jerry Springer and Fox news. Not...