Ramadan Haters and Other Anti-SemitesI wrestle constantly with how to respond to the various haters who post comments here. The majority...
Month: January 2005
Sounds from Tsunami Lands: the Drums of Sri LankaThis is the third and perhaps final post about the musical heritages of those lands worst hit...
Sounds of Tsunami Lands: Carnatic Music of South IndiaMuthuswami Dikshitar, Thyagaraja and Syama Sastri—the trinity of Carnatic music (credit: Artindia.net) When the tsunami hit, I...
Garden in WinterAndrew Wyeth, Winter Farm Scene A few years ago, I read a wonderful column by the New...
PBS Caves to Government Attack on Children’s Program or…
Why Does Margaret Spellings Hate Buster the Rabbit?Margaret Spellings: America’s new ‘guardian of cultural values’ (credit: ED.gov) It seems that Margaret Spellings wants to...
Why Does Margaret Spellings Hate Buster the Rabbit?Margaret Spellings: America’s new ‘guardian of cultural values’ (credit: ED.gov) It seems that Margaret Spellings wants to...
The ADL’s Political Misuse of the Holocaust or…
Is Ted Turner a Holocaust Abuser?It appears that if you’re a liberal Democrat the ADL is a lot more likely to accuse...
Is Ted Turner a Holocaust Abuser?It appears that if you’re a liberal Democrat the ADL is a lot more likely to accuse...
Salumi: Armandino Batali’s Lunch Oasis in Downtown SeattleArmandino Batali, proprietor of Salumi (credit: Barry Wong/ Seattle Times) I’m delighted that Greg Atkinson, the Seattle...
Google Introduces Video SearchGoogle has introduced Google Video, which promises to be helpful to bloggers who write about TV (not...
Iraq Veterans Turn Against WarIn September, I wrote a post about Sue Neiderer, the mother of Lt. Seth Dvorin, who was...
Pentagon Power Play: Will No One Tame Don Rumsfeld’s Megalomania?Fresh from the breathtaking bellicosity of George Bush’s Inaugural Address, Don Rumsfeld has decided to one up...
Tsunami: Hating the VictimsOver the years, I’ve gotten a smattering of hate mail from people who detest my views of...
Hamas Recognizes 1967 Borders for First TimeA truly mind-boggling thing has just happened within Palestinian society. Hamas has unequivocally accepted that Israel has...