Friday, February 26, 2010

Christopher Hitchens v. Amnesty International

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Writing in The Australian , Christopher Hitchens comes to the defense of Gita Sahgal: This organisation is precious to me and to millions of...

Wall Street Journal: Amnesty International Fronts for Taliban

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On today's op-ed page, Michael Weiss reports there's apparently no free speech for Amnesty International employees, at least not wh...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Are Wall Street Bailout Bonuses 21st Century "Welfare Cadillacs"?

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IMHO, Bankers who used federal bailout money to pay themselves bonuses are today's welfare queens. Definition from Wikipedia: A welfare...
Monday, February 22, 2010

Losing Dutch Government Pulls Out of Afghanistan

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But, there's a twist, per the Financial Times : As Mr Balkenende's Christian Democrats and Wouter Bos's Labour party traded blam...

Spartacus at the Kennedy Center

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Friday night, someone I know and yours truly attended a performance of the Bolshoi Ballet's 1968 production of Spartacus . It looked som...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

Phyllis Chesler: Make Ali Alyami US Ambassador to the Islamic Conference

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She concludes this interview with the nomination on Pajamas Media's blog : Q: Have you also taken a stand in favor of tolerance for apos...

Salim Mansur on the Trial of Geert Wilders

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From the Toronto Sun : Holland is not alone in this effort to appease the Islamists. Across the West, a chill has fallen over the fundamenta...
Friday, February 19, 2010

Mark Weil's Murderers Sentenced in Uzbekistan

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Ferghana.ru photo Mark Weil, Uzbekistan's most important theatrical impressario (his family lives in Seattle) was murdered by fundament...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Classic Poetry Aloud

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In looking for material for my undergraduate writing class, I came across an interesting website featuring classic poetry podcasts: Classic ...

Mark Steyn on the Trial of Geert Wilders

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Despite the cone of silence at the Washington Post, New York Times and other mainstream media outlets, Geert Wilders' trial has sparked ...

Another Great Paul Solman Segment on the Financial Mess

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Paul Solman interviews William Black, author of THE BEST WAY TO ROB A BANK IS TO OWN ONE: You can buy the book from Amazon.com at this link...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Professor Warned University About Alleged Killer's Mental State

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According to this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education , the University of Alabama at Huntsville professor still fears for his safet...

NY Times Discovers BBC Radio Four Podcasts

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We've been listening to BBC Radio Four podcasts for years (NOT the dreadful, politically correct, BBC World News paid for by the Foreig...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Uzbekistan's Successful Economic Development Plan

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From Terry McKinley's study, published by the Center for Development Policy and Research at the School of Oriental and African Studies (...

Heroic Professor Moriarity Speaks

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From the Chronicle of Higher Education, an insider's account of the University of Alabama, Huntsville murders: Debra M. Moriarity, a pro...
Monday, February 15, 2010

Ann Althouse on the Global Warming Scandal

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Ann Althouse comments on a recent Daily Mail story: "The admissions will be seized on by sceptics as fresh evidence that there are se...
Sunday, February 14, 2010

More on Goldman Sachs from Paul Solman

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From Friday's PBS Newshour : A Follow-up on Front-Running February 12, 2010 12:12 PM Paul Solman: In the wake of considerable reaction t...

Kung Hei Fat Choy! Happy Chinese New Year!

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It's the year of the Tiger... 新年快樂!

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Friday, February 12, 2010

Finally, Paul Solman Takes On Goldman Sachs

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On the PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer, last night and tonight. His understated report made Goldman Sachs look like a bunch of crooks... A sam...