Month: March 2007

Froggybottom Pancake Morning Cafe Newcomers and Lurkers WelcomeCome on in and meet everyone. This is an unhosted cafe. Crêpes, Pfannkuchen. blintz, or Okonomiyaki also available Please recommend (and unrecommend the Cafe/Lounge...

Sunday sees the 200th anniversary of the British law that abolished the slave trade between Africa and the Americas. That only affected the “middle passage” and slavery itself was not to be abolished in the British...

Late night browsing turns up an anonymous column in today’s Washington Post. This reports on the person’s experience with having been served one of the National Security letters. He no longer has to report to the FBI...

There is some breaking news tonight. For example, new documents reveal that Alberto Gonzales was at a meeting where the firing of prosecutors was discussed. This appears to contradict his sworn testimony. But rather than harp on...

What if we just set the ground rules for a High Speed Rail system and let projects be put together catch as catch can. What would happen? Well, I reckon it would end up looking something like this: Notice that I do not show you...