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 [...]
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 [...]
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 SHOULD NOT [...]
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 [...]
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 FDR, RESPECTIVELY…..NOW [...]
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 [...]
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 ANYTHING POSITIVE [...]