( most of what I quote from the book is actually about broader issues rather than about Obama specificially )

Happy Birthday, antheia.  (I should probably do happy birthday wishes the day before since I don't update until bedtime on the day of, huh?)

Heading into the T this morning I saw Hannah going the other way.  She recognized me first and kindly volunteered her name when it was clear I didn't recognize her.

( gym )

I wrested two giant staples out of the DeathStar Stapler this morning.  I feel I fulfilled my butch cred quota for the day ( Read more... )

NMB asked us to read the Grimms' "Snow White" and think about the symbols and what they meant to us and then read Gilbert and Gubar's article. I knew i had already read both and written a short paper applying the article to the Sigourney Weaver Snow White: A Tale of Terror, but i figured i could compartmentalize. What i hadn't expected (though i ( Read more... )

Mmm, arguing Narnia. The fact that i've read the whole series definitely helps. In class i talked about The Magician's Nephew and The Last Battle in addition to The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, and was pleased to learn that at least one other student in the class has read the entire series. (She said something about Prince Caspian, and CZ ( Read more... )

More evidence that Iraq was developing weapons. And even more.

Glenn Reynolds asks "Has France ever met a murderous regime it didn't like?" re: Darfur (Sudan) and discusses the politics of oil interests.

Instapundit.com/Glenn Reynolds has been posting tons of stuff about Kerry/Edwards since it was announced.

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I’m not going to see Michael Moore’s 9/11 film.

lilithchilde argues that yes it’s a manipulative performance piece but, "If you're going to draw your conclusions from shallow and slanted sources (which most of us do), it's still probably best to get several slants to work with." Yes, i know everyone has agendas/biases, but i try to avoid actual shallowness ( ( Read more... )

( double-standards including Iraqi prisoner torture, Kofi Annan, international organizations; also why the Iraq war was a good thing )

[Yes i know this is weeks old. I haven’t seen anything about in a while, but it was sitting on my computer, so i thought i’d finish it and post it.]

Neil Gaiman wrote:Sunday, February 01, 2004

Or dead again, anyway

You know, in a world in which Bush and Blair can be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, "for having dared to take the necessary ( Read more... )

InstaPundit tackles the "Bush lied about WMD [weapons of mass destruction] in Iraq" question