Sunday, May 21, 2006
Idea: Install Internet Satellites About China (11:59 AM) - I think, for substantiveness and poetry, the e-mail of the week came from Kent Dahlberg, who ably debunked a politically-motivated abuse of Robert Frost. But a very close runner-up is the below, which comes from a Hanover-based student whom I…
Dartmouth Club Sports Commission Report (11:18 AM) - The Dartmouth Student Assembly commissioned a group to study the current state of club sports and prospects for the future. This was the topic of some discussion at the open session of the Alumni Council, at which I spent some…
“One of the largest diasporas in modern history.” (11:18 AM) - An article in the San Francisco Chronicle reports that fifteen percent of Mexico’s working population is working in the United States, and ten percent of Mexicans are living in the United States. The article does not mention how many are…
‘The Wait-and-See Approach’ (09:48 AM) - When the annals of journalistic forma are compiled, the one today invented by the left-wing outfit ironically called Truthout should be very highly featured. The organization reported weeks ago that Karl Rove had been officially charged with some crime. This…
Because I Could Not Stop to Blog, It Kindly Stopped for me (07:16 AM) - A thousand apologies, O constant reader, for the slow posting of late. Duties—many of them—call. Perhaps some link posts today? Meantime, sample the fine selection of writers featured in the list of links to the right. Ellen Simonetti (or to…