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Monthly Archives: November 2004
The Time When Reason Triumphed Over Unreason
Having just finished Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, Confusion, and The System Of the World), I finally picked up James Gleick’s biography of Isaac Newton.
Bob Dylan: Still Legal
The Secret Service paid a visit to some high-school students who were planning to read aloud the lyrics to Bob Dylan’s “Masters Of War,” the final verse of which was construed by some students and parents as a threat to … Continue reading
South Brunswick, Part II
Remember that pretty spot I photographed on my drive a few weeks ago? Guess what I saw there this morning? Seems that it’s going to suffer the same fate as all the nice spots where I grew up in Staten … Continue reading
Magazine Covers We’ll Never See
Perhaps this is the new “Coastal Edition” of Time magazine?
Who, Meme?
I never meme, but here we go. The first, via silvertide: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 23. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal…along with these … Continue reading
Federalism?
Is it, perhaps, time to give up on a national consensus? Allow the red states to become as red as they like? Let them pass more and more restrictive and oppressive laws until they drive every intelligent and tolerant person … Continue reading
“Come home. All is forgiven.” — E II R
Richard Thompson concluded his 1,000 Years Of Popular Music tour in Princeton tonight, kicking off with what he said was the first known round in the English language, from the early 1200s, and finishing up with his version of Britney … Continue reading
An encouraging (?) thought
Xeni Jardin quotes her father: Get over it. The way you feel now is exactly how I felt when Nixon won a second term — crushed. I just couldn’t believe America was that stupid. But remember what happened to Nixon … Continue reading
“I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired”
As much as I’ve joked about it, even leaving the country seems like a poor option; there’s nowhere in the world that’s not affected by what the United States does, and this is the only place in the world that … Continue reading
Here’s Hoping
My polling place was mobbed this morning; I was the 162nd voter in my election district. In the primaries, I was the 11th. Let’s hope this is happening in states where it matters! My big disappointment was not being able … Continue reading