Her heart stopped when she heard my voice.

I have lived like a fool and wasted my life.

"At some point before too long (probably between 2015 and 2020) India will have more home users of English than the U.S.; not much longer afterwards, there could be more home users of English in India than the rest of the Anglosphere combined ... Bush's trip to India, and the deal made there today, may end up being the single most consequential act ( Read more... )

"The military is funding research into remote control of animals. Using brain implants, scientists have trained rats to navigate rubble and detect explosives. Now they're manipulating monkeys, fish, and sharks ( Read more... )

I wonder whether this port deal was orchestrated to give Republicans an easy means of distancing themselves from Bush (& his terrible approval ratings) in the public's affective imagination without having to substantively critique his other policies (too seriously or exhaustively ( Read more... )

As some of you know, I have an unhealthy & extremely debilitating addiction to the news, which is threatening---if not my health---my life. When I should be reading Tennyson & essays about 19th century American Imperialism, I'm riveted to the electric flow of news & commentary across my computer screen, absorbing endless facets of the Cheney ( Read more... )

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