Da Bears, part XIX…racism and old-time baseball
By now you’ve all seen the picture of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, sitting on the sofa with the giant bear skin, so bruins could be center stage in the final push to November.
Today\’s World Order
Reinhold Niebuhr, who always warned against Americans’ ambitions and excessive faith in their own power, also believed, with a faith and ambition of his own, that ‘the world problem cannot be solved if America does not accept its full share of responsibility in solving it.’
For the week 8/25-8/29
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili: “This story is no longer about my small country, but the West’s ability to stand its ground to defend a principled approach to international security.”
Adventures in Communication Technologies
Bortrum tries to enter the world of cell phones, communications package deals and the like
Bye-Bye, Beijing
The Games conclude, thoughts on China, sex in the Olympic Village, and feral pigs in New Jersey.