Tim Bray posts today about reading the classics, and he leaves out the best justification for doing so, which is to find continued written proof that the more things change the more they stay the same, at least as regards human affairs. Take, for example, this Harpers piece by Lewis Lapham, which compares the justifications [...]
Entries from October 2003
The classics
October 29th, 2003 · Comments Off
Where bad intel comes from
October 29th, 2003 · Comments Off
Juan Cole has an item today that investigates where the bad intel upon which our invasion of Iraq was based came from.
Israel’s wall
October 28th, 2003 · Comments Off
This is the first map I’ve seen that shows the actual plans for the wall Israel is building to separate itself from the Palestinians. I confess that it blows me away, as does the map at the bottom of Qalqiliya.
RIAA Radar
October 28th, 2003 · Comments Off
Awhile back I mentioned that I was going to give boycotting the RIAA a try, and to do so I was going to purchased used CDs when possible. I’ve been remiss in not mentioning that a reader sent me a link to the RIAA Radar, which will let you know whether just about any [...]
No comment required
October 28th, 2003 · Comments Off
Republicans in Kentucky are organize their forces to prevent poor people and blacks from voting.
What’s wrong with the Democratic party?
October 28th, 2003 · Comments Off
George Lakoff probably does the best job of anyone of explaining the larger issues that are the root of the problems for the Democratic party right now. For a brief introduction to his argument, see this interview. Perhaps his most interesting observation is that conservatives put lots more money into building the infrastructure [...]
Forcing the hand of politicians
October 27th, 2003 · Comments Off
Phil Carter makes an interesting point about America’s use of reserves that I didn’t know in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution op-ed:
The story starts with Vietnam. In that war, reservists largely stayed home, due in part to political calculations by the White House that it could not afford to mobilize thousands of reservists from every corner of [...]
Slashdot review of Bitter EJB
October 27th, 2003 · Comments Off
Slashdot reviews Bitter EJB, a book I’ll be looking to add to my bookshelf soon.
My fellow authors
October 27th, 2003 · Comments Off
I’m not a member of the Authors Guild, but I am an author, and I think it’s downright stupid for the Authors Guild to oppose Amazon.com’s full text search feature. In reality, they’re trying to assert authors’ rights against their publishers, but the end result would be to kill an incredible tool to help sell [...]
Left Behind Archives
October 27th, 2003 · Comments Off
The Slacktivist has organized his Left Behind items in one convenient archive. I highly recommend reading it.