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Sunday, October 14th, 2007

“Dude, where’s my green room?”

By Thoreau
Thinking more about the “Why won’t the moderate Muslims condemn terrorism?” line, an idea came to me:  If I were a documentary film maker of Muslim background, I’d start visiting various publications, think tanks, writers, and TV stations with a camera crew:
Documentarian:  “Hi, I’m Mika’il al Muri, and I’m a moderate Muslim who would [...]

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

Sapphic Sunday

Not what you think! Some verse . . .
Some say cavalry and others claim infantry or a fleet of long oars is the
supreme sight on the black earth.
I say it is the one you love.
—Sappho, c. 590 BCE, trans Willis Barnstone, via Scott Horton

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

It just keeps getting more and more rotten

By Thoreau
Remember how Qwest refused to hand over phone records to the Stasi?  And remember how the CEO of Qwest was convicted of insider trading?  I don’t claim to have followed the case of the Qwest CEO closely enough to have a firm and informed opinion on the charges against him, but I always found [...]