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March 2003

James Woods as Rudy Guiliani

'Rudy', a made-for-TV film about Rudy Guiliani, shows tonight on USA TV. (In twenty minutes, in fact.) Catherine Seipp writes...

An American Hubris

Yourish argues, most persuasively, that Rachael Corrie died of a peculiarly American form of arrogance. While I'm not sure Europe...

Beat the Press!

Deb's hacked off at the media, and wants them to answer a number of thought-provoking questions. Some very good points!...

Who Armed Iraq?

NewsMax has a very informative article on this topic. In short, Russia, France, and China. If what the article says...

Opinion: Hating Iraqis

Imagine you're an Iraqi: You're trying to protect yourself and your family from the local Baath party contingent, and you discover Syrians and Jordanians are supporting them and supplying them with the very weapons they are using to threaten you and your family...

Do Iraqis Hate Their Government?

I'm watching Hannity & Colmes: Some talking heads are discussing the "peace shields" who changed their stance on the war,...

Norfolk Island: Fate of the 'Bounty'

A random link from Yahoo! brought me to the place where the mutinied crew of the HMS Bounty finally ended...

An Iraqi Kid Named 'Dick Cheney'

This is hilarious!...

BBC: Reporter Angry About Bias

Who would have believed it? The BBC's coverage of the war has come under fire from one of its own...

CNN: Idiotic War Polls

I'm watching CNN. They're going over poll results which show, they allege, a "credibility gap" for the Bush administration. The...

Alaskan Natural Gas

Did you know that some types of natural gas, produced as a byproduct of Alaskan oil, can be converted into...

Absurd Legal Awards

I'm no fan of tobacco. Cigarettes killed most of the previous generation on my father's side of the family, many...

The Philosophical Inconsistency of the Left

Kevin from FunMurphys inadvertantly pushes one of my buttons in a comment regarding Boycott France?: If a woman has the...

Boycott France?

I've heard the argument that its absurd, gingoistic, closed-minded, etc. to consider boycotting French products. That it would show low...

Saddam Lives?

I'm not trying to take a position of armchair quarterbacking our efforts... but I am, and have been, having trouble...

Academy Awards

I did my part. I joined a record number of Americans who didn't tune into the award cermonies last night....

Expecting Less

Joanne Jacobs comments on research by Claude Steele which finds that peoples' tested intelligence can be raised or lowered by...

BBC and the Scuds

Okay, so what's up with the BBC and the scuds? On the first day we saw missles being fired towards...

The Grenade Attack

The minute I heard it was one of ours, I was pretty sure I knew the religion of the guy...

BBC & The Wounded Child

I'm watching BBC coverage of the war. Fifteen minutes in, and I've seen the sane 4-5 minutes of Iraqi-sanctioned footage...

Glitterati on Hunger

"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor, starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I...

Franco-Turkish Alliance?

Thousands of Turkish troops have crossed the Northern Iraqi border, lest the Kurds have a decent life of any sort....

Peace Protestor vs. Iraqi

Those who support the war have certainly had plenty of time to test and justify their ideas in the public...

A Visit to the Whole Foods Market

Today (diurnal-rhythm-wise), I visited a local "Whole Foods Market". The kind of place which specializes in free-range chicken and cruelty-free...

Ask Yourself: Why Do They Like You?

Well, the U.S., despite French assertions to the contrary, isn't totally alone. There are a number of people who, believe...

Cedar Point Rocks!

My good friend Harry informs me Cedar Point is busy constructing the "Top Thrill Dragster": Forty-plus stories, 120 miles per...

Catholics and The War

Here's a couple of entries from a Catholic blog. The first quotes an American bishop on the war: Therefore I,...

Recent Stem Cell Miracles

Now that I've disgorged a lengthy explanation of my position on stem cell research, I can say, in my most...

Embryonic Stem Cell Ethics

During a lecture, Nobel prize-winning* physicist Richard Feynman once said, regarding science, ethics, killing, and war......

Daschle's Comments

Tom Daschle is an odd creature. Apparently, he recently said: I'm saddened, saddened that this president failed so miserably at...

Why "The X-Files" Worked

A few thoughts after watching a "Cops"-style X-Files episode: (a) Dana conspires to make us believe Fox. There's an old...

Thou Shalt Not Warblog: Hamza

Oh well, so much for that idea. But I couldn't help but share some highlights of this 2001 Frontline interview...

Salem Witch Trials Revisited

Somehow I got the impression that the Salem witch trials were just another instance of Christians persecuting those who were...

"Terminator" Notes

Man, Random Observations is fluff-y today!... Several notes while watching "The Terminator": When "The Terminator" sees things, there are (Apple)...

Sobering M*A*S*H Observation

I was watching an episode of M*A*S*H recently, and heard a line which I remember hearing as a child: Hawkeye...

$45.8 Million -- for ME?

Looks like my life is going to get interesting. Mr. Ahmed Savimbi from Angola has contacted me. Something about $45.8...

Smart: Thank You For Your Prayers

While pulling an all-nighter this morning, I was watching replayed coverage regarding the return of Elizabeth Smart. Someone on TV...

A&E: The "Murder She Wrote" Channel

Perhaps its just my imagination, but once upon a time, didn't A&E feature other daytime dramas than just Murder She...

Warblogging

I have this problem. You see, I'm well aware I don't actually have enough information to know whether going to...

How Laws Are Made

Yours truly has been away for a while; no net access; profuse apologies. Its been said that lovers of law...

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