Perhaps we are simply destined to live in a world where local cultures exist only as residue preserved for the sake of tourists. If our children’s children want to know about hand-grinding barley on a stone or spreading manure on fallow fields, they can read about it in “Hungry Planet.” A review of the book,… Continue reading Hungry Planet
Author: Stable Genius
I am the very model of a Stable Genius Liberal.
the chicken pimp
An article on being a low pay mall worker during the holiday season.
Leading New York Mayors Endorse Spitzer
New York, NY (December 5, 2005) – Spitzer 2006, Eliot Spitzer’s campaign for Governor today announced the support of 35 city mayors and mayors-elect from across the state. The list of supportive mayors includes all of the largest upstate cities, as well as leading mayors from smaller cities. For more, head over to the Spitzer… Continue reading Leading New York Mayors Endorse Spitzer
a few words on Iraq
This post by blogenlust makes me wonder if Osama issues red shirts to his number three men. The American approach shows little sense of Middle Eastern history and politics. As one prominent Kuwaiti academic explained to me, in the Muslim world the best way to deal with your enemies has always been to assimilate them… Continue reading a few words on Iraq
this time, someone really does have to be fired.
This time, someone really does have to be fired. The revelation that Defense Department money, not even authorized by Congress for the purpose, has been outsourced to private interests and then used to plant stories in the Iraqi press is much more of a disgrace and a scandal than anyone seems so far to have… Continue reading this time, someone really does have to be fired.
fact checking
I have no idea whose sick mind conceived the false, malicious “biography” that appeared under my name for 132 days on Wikipedia, the popular, on line, free encyclopedia whose authors are unknown and virtually untraceable. There was more: Interesting story on how mis-statements can become facts.
swiftboating
It is a sad day for democracy when swiftboating enters the lexicon.
Health Care for Hybrids
On Nov. 17, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., introduced a “Health Care for Hybrids” bill that outlines a new approach for boosting fuel efficiency in Detroit. It would offer struggling U.S. automakers a voluntary but potentially enticing deal: relief from some of the high health care costs they pay for retired… Continue reading Health Care for Hybrids
AAAS issues warning to Pat Robertson
“We’d like to say to the good Reverend Robertson: if there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to Science, you just rejected it from your life,” AAAS said on its daily television show broadcast from Washington, the 3.14159 Club. From here
the paradox
The current (renewed) national debate on the Death Penalty and ongoing debate about the use of torture has been on my mind as of late. And the one thing that really bothers me about this is the position that the hard line GOPers take on this. The bizarre paradox of Big Government and their distrust… Continue reading the paradox