I was going to write up something about the just passed fourth anniversary of the beginning of the U.S. war in Iraq, but I’ve decided I’m too tired. Maybe tomorrow. Instead, I offer this quote, from Edmund Burke: The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of… Read more →
Day: March 21, 2007
Cellblock America
I’m not going to talk a lot about the history or positions of the Cato Institute–if you’re interested in that, you can go do the reading yourself. The very short version is that they are essentially right-wing libertarian types. I’m a bleeding heart left wing socialist type. You’d think we would agree on nothing. You’d be wrong. While we wouldn’t… Read more →
I could wake up to that
While I maintain that the ne plus ultraYes, I think I am prepared to make a case that these audiobooks are “better” in some sense than the printed form. It’s a very rare argument. form of Wodehouse‘s Jeeves & Wooster stories are the Jonathan Cecil unabridged readings from Audio Partners, the voice I hear in my mind when I think… Read more →
