Monday, March 31, 2008
JUST UNBELIEVABLE
The National Association of Head Teachers, a U.K organization, doesn't seem to feel that knowledge should be given a very high priority in the educational process.
1:14 PM
Sunday, March 30, 2008
THE ZEPPELINS ARE COMING
...to the U.S.A.
See my post at Chicago Boyz.
7:39 PM
Saturday, March 29, 2008
SERIOUSLY PATHETIC
Kevin Meyer tried to respond to a customer survey from United Air Lines. Read about his (very brief) experience.
5:36 PM
Thursday, March 27, 2008
WORTHWHILE READING
Dennis Prager wonders why so much more attention is paid to Palestinian issues than to the plight of the people of Tibet. He offers six answers to the question.
I think his reason #1 is key. It's pretty clear that for many Western "progressives"--especially those in academia and the media--violence is not a bug...it's a feature.
2:48 PM
Saturday, March 22, 2008
MORTGAGE ANIMATION
An interesting exercise in the visual display of quantitative information, in this case the characteristics of bank mortgage loan portfolios over the last several years.
(via Gongol)
6:41 AM
Friday, March 21, 2008
WANT TO BUY A BOOKSTORE CHAIN?
See my post at Chicago Boyz.
4:57 AM
Thursday, March 20, 2008
AMAZING GRACE
Here's a 1986 interview with Grace Hopper. She was a computer-age pioneer who was especially influential in the development of high-level programming languages, and a career Navy officer who retired as a Rear Admiral.
The guided missile destroyer Hopper is named after her.
(link via Yourish)
8:43 AM
WHAT YEAR IS THIS?
...because it increasingly seems that the first 3 digits must be one, nine, and three.
Rabbi attacked in Brooklyn.
Fire bomb attack in Rhode Island.
Doesn't look like there was much media coverage of either of these attacks.
UPDATE: See also this unbelievable story from Russia.
8:17 AM
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
A PATCHWORK OF PERSPECTIVES
...on the war in Iraq, from Americans and Iraqis. (This is a Washington Post site, with registration required.)
The link and the phrase "patchwork of perspectives" are from Neptunus Lex, who also remembers his own experiences at the beginning of the war.
See also this article by Fouad Ajami.
12:33 PM
Monday, March 17, 2008
LIQUIDITY AND SOLVENCY
Fund manager John Hussman writes about the difference, and about the limitations on what the Fed can do.
8:30 AM
Thursday, March 13, 2008
BBC RUNS FALSE NEWS REPORT
On Friday, March 7, 2008, the BBC World News aired footage purporting to show the demolition and burning of a house belonging to to the family of Ala Abu Dheim, the terrorist who murdered eight Yeshiva students and wounded nine others. The BBC announcer stated that the demolition had been done by "Israeli bulldozers."
On March 11, CAMERA (the Committee on Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America) posted about this news program and observed that the story could not possibly be accurate, inasumch as the house in question was still standing.
Yesterday, March 13, the BBC made an on-the-air statement admitting that its original story had been incorrect and that the images shown were of another demolition.
While it's good that the BBC issued the correction, misreporting of this magnitude raises some very serious questions. The BBC owes its public some detailed answers on how this happened and what measures have been taken to prevent similar gross inaccuracies in the future. And, given that the Public Broadcasting System carries BBC World News in the U.S., I think PBS is failing in its responsibilities if it does not insist on, and broadcast, a clear explanation by the BBC about this incident.
8:05 PM
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
WORTHWHILE READING
The playwright/filmmaker David Mamet eplains why he has moved away from liberal orthodoxy, here.
The Village Voice's server appears to be overloaded, so it may take a few tries to get this.
2:04 PM
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
VICIOUS CIRCLE, WITH TEETH
Robert Rapier looks at ethanol subsidies and mandates.
8:37 AM
Monday, March 10, 2008
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Berkeley, California, and Ramadi, Iraq.
In one of them, the U.S. Marines are welcome. In the other, not so much.
Which is which?
(via Dean Esmay)
2:22 PM
MCCARTHYISM, THEN AND NOW
See my post at Chicago Boyz.
9:33 AM
Saturday, March 08, 2008
GOON SQUAD
You've surely heard about the bombing of the Times Square recruiting station. Michelle Malkin says there is a long history of leftist attempts to shut down American military recruiting activities, and provides plenty of examples--some of which have involved violence.
UPDATE: See also this unpleasant story from Britain:
Commanders at the Wittering air force base, 90 miles from London, have advised members of the military not to wear their uniforms in the nearby city of Peterborough because of episodes of verbal abuse from opponents of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Defense Ministry said that incidents in Peterborough had not gone beyond verbal abuse...
More here. The Queen is not pleased.
(via Neptunus Lex and Bookworm Room)
12:58 PM
Friday, March 07, 2008
THE AUTOMOTIVE CENTURY AND MASS PRODUCTION
See my post at Chicago Boyz.
1:54 PM
ANTI-AMERICANISM: WHERE?
An interesting analysis of the countries in which America is liked most vs those in which it is liked least.
People in Kenya, the Ivory Coast and Ghana have a more favorable view of America than Americans do.
5:43 AM
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
THEDA BARA
Robert Avrech has an interesting piece about the silent-film star.
3:28 PM
INTERESTING DATA & ANALYSIS
...on inflation, featuring some thoughts by Martin Wolf of the Financial Times.
On the other hand, the argument made here is that commodities are currently in a bubble which will, in the not too distant future, be punctured.
3:14 PM
Monday, March 03, 2008
WORSHIPPING THE WIZARD
Listening to you I get the music.
Gazing at you I get the heat.
Following you I climb the mountain.
I get excitement at your feet!
Right behind you I see the millions.
On you I see the glory.
From you I get opinions.
From you I get the story.
(from Tommy, by The Who)
Some of Obama's supporters are more than a little scary. Watch the video linked by NeoNeocon, and read her analysis.
See also Bridget Johnson.
2:22 PM
Saturday, March 01, 2008
STUPIDITY--COMMUNIST-STYLE AND CAPITALIST-STYLE
See my post at Chicago Boyz.
10:33 AM
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