ESPECIALLY IN CHINA……BUT EVERYWHERE TOO, IF ONE LOOKS CLOSELY ENOUGH….
Dissident’s Arrest Hints at Olympic Crackdown
By JIM YARDLEY
Published: January 30, 2008
Hu Jia, his wife, Zeng Jinyan, and their daughter, Qianci, in November, before his arrest. Photo: New York Times
BEIJING — When state security agents burst into his apartment last month, Hu Jia was chatting on […]
HARRY S TRUMAN’S DAUGHTER PASSED TODAY, REMEMBERED FOR HER PRESIDENT-FATHER’S OUTBURST LONG, LONG AGO AGAINST A MUSIC CRITIC…..
HARRY WAS TOUGH AS HELL….AND HE GAVE AS GOOD AS HE GOT.
FROM THE WIRE SERVICE OBIT……
She made her professional singing debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1947 and gave her first Carnegie Hall concert two years later. […]
ONE HAD ALMOST TO FEEL SORRY FOR THE EMPEROR WITH NO CLOTHES LAST NIGHT, AS HE PRESENTED HIS FINAL STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH. IN OVER HIS SMALL HEAD FROM THE BEGINNING OF HIS TERM, HE HAS PROVED OVER THE COURSE OF EIGHT YEARS THAT IF ANYONE IN AMERICA CAN BECOME PRESIDENT, ANYONE […]
NOT AT ALL, AS WILL LEITCH ARGUES IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND PLAY MAGAZINE…..A FEW YEARS BACK ONE OF MY GRAD STUDENTS WROTE AN INTERESTING MA ON THE DEATH OF SPORT AS TRADITIONALLY DEFINED….LEITCH’S PIECE IS OF A PIECE WITH THIS……
COMMENTS APROPOS!
January 29, 2008,
Critic’s Choice: Thumbs Down on the Spectacle
By WILL LEITCH
TAGS: SUPER BOWL […]
GO TO THE POLLS IN FLORIDA (THAT LAMENTED BANANA REPUBLIC) TODAY. THE GOP IS IN BAD SHAPE, PROBABLY THE WORST IT HAS BEEN IN SINCE 1964, OR PERHAPS 1936. 1964 WAS THE YEAR OF GOLDWATER OF ARIZONA, AND 1936 WAS THE YEAR OF ALF LANDON OF KANSAS…..BOTH MEN WERE SWAMPED BY LBJ AND […]
A POSSIBLE FINAL EXAM QUESTION LURKS HERE……
SPORTS ETHICS ISSUE 1
New York Times: January 27, 2008
Officials Make Deals to Learn Who Made Drug Deals
By MICHAEL BRICK
PLANO, Tex. — A black Hummer pulled into the Hooters parking lot as dusk fell. Arthur Dale Atwood, a professional bodybuilder with a 61-inch chest, opened the tailgate for a […]
THERE IS NO REASON FOR RMC TO BE COMPETING AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL. BOTH TEAMS HAVE SET THE GAME BACK TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, AND THIS DESIGNATION IS KIND. INDEED, IF THIS IS A MEASURE OF THE ATHLETIC PROWESS OF THE MILITARY, HOW IN HEAVEN’S NAME CAN CANADA EVEN PRETEND TO BE DOING […]