Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Technology Equalizes

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Another example of how advances in technology equalize our capabilities and reduce the cost of living for everyone in the long run comes cou...

'The Envelope, Please . . .'

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For those of you who went to sleep Sunday night -- or was it Monday morning ? -- thinking that Martin Scorcese was the big winner for his tw...
Friday, February 23, 2007

Neal Boortz Coming to Charlottesville

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No doubt I am not the first to note this, since it was announced Wednesday morning on WINA, but talk-show host Neal Boortz is coming to Char...
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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Gay Stories with Odd Angles

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Tomorrow's edition of The Forward features a report on the large number of gay men and lesbians who exhibit an interest in Yiddish cul...

I Read It on the Internet, So It Must Be True ...

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I found this study cited on the "Terra Incognita" page of the March 2007 issue of Liberty magazine. It was originally reported b...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Listen In

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This just in: I have been invited to be a guest on the WINA morning show tomorrow (Wednesday, February 21) during the 8:00 o'clock hour...
Friday, February 16, 2007

'"Doubt" Is Divine'

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About two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of conducting a telephone interview with actress Caroline Stefanie Clay. Now on tour with Doubt , s...
Friday, February 09, 2007

150 Years and Counting

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My alma mater (one of them, that is) is featured in the cover story of Small Business Times , a weekly publication with a readership throug...
Thursday, February 08, 2007

Carnivals

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Two blog carnivals provided links to my post called " Is 'Income Inequality' a Legitimate Worry? ": The first is the Carni...
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New Lifetime Movie?

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Is it just me, or does the saga of diapered astronaut Lisa Nowak sound like the rejected plot of a Lifetime made-for-cable movie? It has all...

The Hazards of Paper

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There was a terrific letter to the editor in Tuesday's Fauquier Times-Democrat , drawing attention to the flawed and hurried nature of ...

African History Lesson

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There is an odd juxtaposition of sentences in an op-ed piece in today's Washington Post . In " 400 Years After Jamestown ," St...
Friday, February 02, 2007

Speaking of Harry Potter ...

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More news from Britain , definitely not the disappointing sort: The final Harry Potter book is slated for release on July 21. Scholastic Cor...
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Disappointment from Britain

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British television viewers must be crying in their tea upon reading this news, as reported in The Guardian : Channel 4 has postponed transmi...
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A Penny Saved Is a Nickel Earned

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An interesting proposal circulating among economists suggests that the government should "rebase" the penny and make it worth five...

Is 'Income Inequality' a Legitimate Worry?

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In his 1996 book, Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life , polymath economist David Friedman wrote: When a psychiatrist wants to get ...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Happy Birthday, Carol Channing!

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Today is Carol Channing's 86th birthday, and by all accounts she is still -- you should pardon the expression -- "going strong....
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Harry Potter, Shirtless

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For the (quite literally) hundreds of visitors to this blog pver the past couple of days who have arrived looking for "Daniel Radcliffe...
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Chillier Near the Lake

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In an action that has a touch of irony, the administration at Marquette University has refused to grant recognition to an organization calle...