Words fail me on this one, so I’ll just commend the article to your reading. September 11th 2001 | America’s longest war | Economist.com ON THE morning of September 12th 2001, Americans woke up to a changed country. They had seen the twin towers of the World Trade Centre reduced to rubble, the Pentagon aflame [...]
Mine does, when I try to make sense of all the stuff going on in the world. Fortunately for the world, I don’t need to make decisions about problems like stem-cell research and US-North Korean relations. But we expect congress to make many such decisions, and columnist Peggy Noonan says that we expect much too [...]
Wasn’t it only yesterday that I was celebrating the beginning of my seventh decade with Bros. Don and Tom in the sunny Napa Valley of California, way out on the left coast? Then how come today I’m kicking off my 76th year? Fortunately no one is planning to “do” my birthday, and I will be [...]
Peggy Noonan thinks so. Read her opinion at: OpinionJournal – Peggy Noonan It’s hard to think rationally about Ken Lay and his career, but it’s not hard to think of him as a human being and family man, and now that he’s gone I prefer to think of him as a grandfather. (I wonder why?) [...]
The Economist honors our annual July Fourth celebration by looking down its journalistic nose at the Declaration of Independence while showing grudging admiration for the phrase, “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Lexington | Pursuing happiness | Economist.com ONE of the most striking things about the document that Americans celebrate with such gusto on [...]
This from yesterday’s Kiplinger Letter, at the tail end of a gloomy assessment of the situation in Iraq. After conluding that perseverence is the only realistic option for the U.S., Kiplinger says, The next year will be a tough one as insurgents step up attacks on Iraqi civilians and security forces, testing the new government [...]
President Bush speaks on immigration tonight. I fear that we will hear mostly silly political posturing, but I’m ready to be surprised. While we wait, this article has some interesting things to say about the situation. Guardian WatchBlog If the President wants us to believe he’s finally heard our demands for a secure border, he [...]
And keep your elbow out of your ear. Sorry. The quote below is from a Kiplinger Letter pitch for a Harvard Medical School report on Bird Flu. It’s hard to know what to do between the extremes of sticking head in sand and wearing a face mask and bumping elbows. I’m guessing the Quick Tips [...]
This piece may not be the most closely reasoned analysis of “the immigrant problem,” but I suspect it reflects the instincts of many of us. It’s a shame that there seems to be no rational debate of the problem within the Beltway. Guardian WatchBlog Imagine waking up to find your neighbor sitting on your couch, [...]
China is having quite a time living in the world of cyber-talk, where almost anything goes. The big Internet companies seem to be making moral compromises to help the Party keep the genie half in the bottle. I strongly suspect that neither the Chinese communist party nor the Googles and Yahoos of the world have [...]
