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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Are we at finally at the ‘Gates’ of racial harmony?
Note: A version of this appeared as the weekend op-ed. In the late ’90s when I was living in Bulgaria, I met a man named Kyril in the capitol, Sofia. (This has something to do with Professor Henry Louis Gates, … Continue reading
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Tameshigiri on YouTube
This is an experiment with embedding a YouTube video on my blog, so have patience and bear with me. This is me doing tameshigiri, straw mat cutting with a samurai sword. The mat was bought at a garage sale, the … Continue reading
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The Gates affair, three takes
Of course by now everyone knows about the arrest of Professor Henry Louis Gates. What would have been a local news event got covered nationally because, 1) the black man in question was a Harvard professor who was, 2) a … Continue reading
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Ricci v. DeStefano
This appeared as the weekend op-ed in the Times-Record. At the end of its term on June 29, the Supreme Court decided the lawsuit, Ricci v. DeStefano 5-4 in favor of the 17 white and one Hispanic firefighter who claimed … Continue reading
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And speaking of swine…
I just got a call from my wife at noon – that would be at night, her time in Warsaw. She just spent the day with an old friend from high school, Klaudyna: sweet, very intelligent, artistic, raven-haired (somewhat unusual … Continue reading
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MoDo and Sarah, Femina lupa femines
Like sharks in a feeding frenzy, they’re at Sarah Palin again. But that red you see in the water is Maureen Dowd’s hair. Palin resigned the governorship of Alaska, and everyone is aghast, right and left. Maureen has yet another … Continue reading
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Anybody notice this?
This is the Doonesbury strip from July 1. Mother Boopsie says, “See how many female protestors there are? That’d be impossible in most Arab societies. Images like that are incredibly empowering to gals all over the Middle East.” Daughter remarks, … Continue reading
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Tea Party, July 4
I went to the nearest Tea Party I could find on the Fourth, which happened to be Jamestown, North Dakota, pop. 15,527, about 30 miles west of me. Oddly, I didn’t find any mention of one in Fargo – though … Continue reading
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The Defense of Ft. McHenry/The Star Spangled Banner
Note: A shorter version of this appeared as an op-ed in the July 4 weekend of the paper. O! say can you see by the dawn’s early lightWhat so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming? On the night … Continue reading
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