Monthly Archives: August 2004

I’m tired of reading about the slowest Swift Boats this side of Mai Lai. Seriously. I’d say let’s move on to more important matters but apparently there are no such thing. We have always debated the meaning of “bled” and … Continue reading →

Human Rights Archives: The first in a series of blog entries. The National Security Archive is one example of a human rights archive, a place that collects materials documenting the ongoing struggle for human equality. Internet access to archival material … Continue reading →

Via Patrick Neilsen Hayden, I found this fascinating essay entltled, What Is Conservatism and What Is Wrong with It?: From the pharaohs of ancient Egypt to the self-regarding thugs of ancient Rome to the glorified warlords of medieval and absolutist … Continue reading →

If you thought Jason Vs. Freddy was a good idea and are thinking of seeing Alien Vs. Predetor, then you need to check out Defective Yeti’s March Madness-style Cinematic Supervillain Showdown sheet. Five bucks says Darth Vader makes it all … Continue reading →

From my wife (passed on from our friend, Shane) I bring to your attention Manybooks.com, a website that offers free access to more than 10,000 ebooks by such authors as Charles Baudelaire and L. Frank Baum (I only got as … Continue reading →

I’ve just acquired a copy of both Schott’s Original Miscellany and Schott’s Food & Drink Miscellany. I had hoped that they would be invaluable references but I was not prepared for the sheer mass of fascinating trivia contained in these … Continue reading →

In These Times: I Love You, Madame Librarian By Kurt Vonnegut I, like probably most of you, have seen Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. Its title is a parody of the title of Ray Bradbury’s great science fiction novel, Fahrenheit 451. … Continue reading →

The Guardian: Nasa has decided to try to save the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope by sending a Canadian-made robot to fix it, say agency officials. [edit] “Everybody says, ‘We want to save the Hubble’ – well, let’s go save the … Continue reading →

John Kerry: The Most Liberal Senator? An Analysis

Fellow LC member, Scout at AND THEN… has a great post concerning latant UN hatred on the right: But it seems like maybe the UN would have saved us a lot of misery if only we listened to it. And … Continue reading →