Tuesday, October 10, 2006
In Which I Am Corrected on a Point of Grammar (11:19 PM) - My post of this morning on Popular Mechanics’ February 1950 issue, in which the writer predicted life in the year 2000, has invited some e-mails, but of special note is this one from John Buckholz, who makes a very keen…
Technology is Grand (08:59 PM) - The Metropolitan Opera in New York City and Sirius Satellite Radio have collaborated to launch Metropolitan Opera Radio, which replaces Sirius’ former Classical Voices channel. This is very neat. At this very moment I am listening to Mozart’s Idomeneo, which…
David Zucker’s 2006 Opening Salvo (08:23 PM) - David Zucker is the director of absurdist comedies like “Airplane!” and “Naked Gun.” He is also a recently converted Republican. (He is one of many who thinks that everything changed on September 11.) Zucker recently completed work on a one…
How to Disarm the Rich and Powerful: Vote. (09:06 AM) - Well, then. I suppose it is safe to say that Dartmouth alumni governance has become intensely politicized in recent months. The small group which has dominated it for years—that is, those who control the debate, make the decisions, and listen…
On-Message, Facts Be Damned (08:42 AM) - In an effort to shellack into permanance the Culture of Corruption line, newspapers in recent weeks have been downplaying the past sexual escapades of Democratic congressmen and upplaying (or in some instances just fabricating) historical Republican wrongdoing. Here is a…
Tory Television (08:39 AM) - 18 Doughty Street is a web-based political channel launcing today….
Not So Ronery, Anymore (08:30 AM) - Dan Collins: “Evlybody prease conglaturate Nolth Kolea on successfur exprosion of nucreal device!”…
Have You Shopped by Picture Phone Today? (08:10 AM) - Sam Rendall sends a link to an excellent website which contains a complete copy of the February 1950 issue of Popular Mechanics. The feature was written by Waldemar Kaempffert, then science editor of The New York Times. It concerns what…