Last week, the European Parliament awarded its human rights prize, aptly named for Andrei Sakharov, to Chinese dissident, Hu Jia. Hu has made something of a career out of making...
Donadio’s fine post on the madness of Mr. Krauthammer put me in mind of the wonderful poem by Constantine Cavafy, “Waiting for the Barbarians”: What are we waiting for, assembled...
I have no idea what effect Billy Joel’s endorsement will have on the Obama campaign, but, speaking personally, I can only agree with Joe Queenan’s assessment that BIlly Joel has...
Passing through campus today, I noticed a copy of Chicago Weekly, an independent University of Chicago newspaper, with a cover story on community-supported agriculture, tastefully titled “The Great Leap Forward.”...
The nation of Australia. Australia bans word ‘drought’ as too upsetting for farmers Via the Daily Mail.
Matt Frost, over at the American Scene points out some useful commentary from Lee “Scratch” Perry on the financial crisis. Granted, one might want to think twice before taking economic...
