Bush broke more laws on some single days than some of his predecessorsdid in their entire terms in office. January 31, 2003, stands out in my mind. Thatwas when Bush met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the White Houseand proposed possible ways to provoke Saddam Hussein into an attack, whichincluded the painting of […]
Writer Gregg Easterbrook brings the overlooked details of college & NFL football to our attention every Tuesday, but usually there’s a fair amount of non-sports commentary sprinkled in as well. Recently he’s been pointing out some of the misconceptions of the financial “crisis”: What is going on is a financial panic, not an economic collapse. […]
In honor of PORTAL: Prelude, an unofficial fan-made (mod) ‘prelude’ to the original game, being released to the inter-tubes last week…I whiled away my downloadin’ time by trawling for some Portal-themed goodies, and found 2 heart-warmers: First, here’s a typography version of the final song by Trickster: Portal – Still Alive typography from Trickster on […]
Boing Boing has a post today regarding a stellar vizualization of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights done by Seth Brau. Well worth a watch, and even better is the high quality version at www.humanrightsactioncenter.org. It was a forming moment for me, looking back, when I discovered that there was such a thing as a […]
My original home town. After moving to New Orleans, I felt connected there more than I ever did to Ohio, but I still have friends & relatives there. Embedded video from CNN Video