Eroica
The San Francisco Symphony has produced a fabulous on-line exposition of Beethoven’s Symphony #3 in E-Flat Major; the Eroica. You …
Monthly Archives: October 2006
Climate Change: Stern Warning
The 700 page climate change document released yesterday by the British govenment has claimed coverage around the globe. We hope …
Sunday Evening Moving On
It’s Sunday afternoon. Outside the hummingbirds are making last dashes at the feeders swung off the balcony rail. Once in …
War
“No one had the vaguest idea what we were in for. The wisest were just the poor and simple people. …
In Translation
I’ve been away from political keyboarding for a few days, at a translation conference in Bellevue, Washington. Two hundred or …
War Support Flaming Out
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A poll conducted for CNN over the weekend suggests support among Americans for the war in Iraq …
Race and (Psuedo) Science
The Holocaust Museum in D.C has mounted a major exhibition in Dresden, Germany about the “scientific” eugenecist interest throughout the …
Retirement Bridge
This isn’t our usual posting fare but it struck me as such bleak humor about the state of our country. …
Christian General
Yes it’s a good thing to hear: Great Britain’s top soldier says UK troops should be withdrawn from Iraq. It’s …
Free Speech Hero
Thought you’d be interested to meet Mike Stark, ex-Marine. In 2002 Stark, an ex-Marine, was “sitting at home, watching TV …
Two Stupids Don’t Make A Smart
So, in Turkey it is a crime to say that the Turks of 1915 slaughtered Armenians in genocidal proportions. A …
Books In the News
Scott Ritter has a new book out: Target Iran: The Truth about the White House’s Plans for Regime Change. You …