Tuesday, June 27, 2006
As I was walkin’ round Grosvenor Square (09:43 PM) - Is it just me, or is Jimmy Buffet’s performance of Scarlet Begonias better than Jerry Garcia’s original?…
IAF aircraft blow up bridge in northern Gaza Strip (05:34 PM) - Jerusalem Post has late-breaking updates….
Dartmouth as Political Microcosm (02:18 PM) - In today’s The Dartmouth, Sara del Nido reflects on the national attention recently brought upon Dartmouth as the powers that be attempt a constitutional overhaul. An excerpt:The answer perhaps lies in the universality of the issues being debated… the proposed…
Ward Churchill Out At University of Colorado (09:52 AM) - The quack professor will be fired after an investigation turned up repeated infractions of the rules of scholarship, but he has, in turn, promised to sue if let go….
Congratulations to Mark Levin (09:21 AM) - The perennially outraged broadcaster will now, ABC Radio has announced, be heard in eight more major markets, including Tampa, San Diego, and Baltimore….
If You’re Givin’ While You’re Livin’, You’re Knowin’ Where It’s Goin’ (06:21 AM) - I noted yesterday that the world’s largest do-good organization, that of Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife, is about to double in size after investor Warren Buffet decided suddenly to give away much of his wealth during his lifetime….
“My Policy Views Equal Worldwide Law” (06:08 AM) - At the Volokh Conspiracy, David Bernstein writes on an irksome argumentative tactic: The cult of ‘international law’….
Saddam Hussein Skips a Meal (12:21 AM) - Greg Gutfield has typically insightful commentary: “I could never do a hunger strike. I think about food constantly. I am thinking about food right now as I type this very word (food). Today I had a bacon and avocado sandwich,…
In Texas, Fighting to Keep Brahms on Air (12:12 AM) - Dan Wakin, in the New York Times, spins a yarn about a little Texas radio station, KTPB, struggling for survival. Fighting to keep Johannes Brahms’ sweet, sad symphonies on the air….