Month: July 2006

Whoever Fights Monsters

There’s a famous quote by Nietzsche:  Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. What brought this quote to mind was not something about terrorists or torturers, bombs...

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Language Policing Gone Too Far

Amidst of the current top story, other stories have flown under the radar. It seems that Englishnistas have done it again. In New Jersey, by a vote 4 to 2, Bogota’s city council has authorized, Steve Lonegan,...

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Bush and Blair Blowing Bubbles

From Ray Close, via Larry Johnson. Dear Friends: It became very clear during the Bush-Blair press conference on Friday morning, 28 July, that the American and British “formula” to resolve the Lebanon crisis rests on...

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Jazz Jam 28 July 2006

What Now? No, that’s not a cry of rage against the latest Bush outrage.  It’s a jazz CD recorded in 2005 that I recently had the pleasure of hearing.  Recorded in New York 1-2 June 2004, the 2005 release...

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