Saturday, October 28, 2006
The Split-Vote Fallacy (08:08 PM) - In a letter of October 27 to the editor of The Wall Street Journal, reprinted below, Dartmouth alumnus Robert Downey claims that the proposed constitution for his alma mater would make trustee elections more democratic. Mr. Downey’s heart is in…
The payge of Gowere! (04:24 PM) - I’ve linked several times—because in my geekiness it amuses me—to the Chaucer blog. You should know that there is eke a Gower blog….
You Down With The A.P.? (11:52 AM) - The Associated Press, ostensibly a serious news agency, has produced this hot remix of the season’s political attack ads:…
“profiteering” drug companies (11:16 AM) - TigerHawk composes a trenchant memo to New Jersey voters, warning them of Democrats’ intentions to step toward drug price controls should they win control of Congress….
Welcome Back, King of Crete (12:23 AM) - Mozart’s “Idomeneo,” which was recently rended from the stage of the Deutsche Oper in Berlin for fears that one of its scenes would offend Muslims, will now return, after police told the opera company that there is “no concrete danger”…