Monthly Archives: July 2009
War Without End
Earlier this morning, I finished watching the last episode of The First World War, an excellent 10-part Channel 4 documentary made in 2003 based on the condensed version of Hew Strachan’s one volume survey of the same name. The series … Continue reading
Filed under History
And That’s the Way it Is
Walter Cronkite, who pioneered and then mastered the role of television news anchorman with such plain-spoken grace that he was called the most trusted man in America, died today at the age of 92. Update: Rachel Maddow talks with Dan … Continue reading
Filed under Media
Whole Earth Heresies
Some fascinating food for thought about the moral obligations attached to the concept of the current “Anthropocene” era in addition to several other challenging ideas concerning the environment…
Filed under Environmental Policy
Franken Grills Sotomayor…
About the RARE triumphs of Hamilton Burger, Esq. Hmmm… Good one! A trick question perhaps? After all, it could have been “The Case of the Deadly Verdict”… But then again, the correct answer may well be “The Case of the … Continue reading
Filed under Legal Issues, SCOTUS
Sotomayor v. Twatwaffles
Much better than C-SPAN (with all due respect to that fine public media service).
Filed under Humour, Legal Issues, SCOTUS
M423 “Dragon Tank” Axed
As part of President Obama’s commitment to reduce military spending* the White House announced it plans to scrap the Pentagon’s multi-billion dollar program to build a gigantic tank in the shape of a dragon. Backers of the project say the … Continue reading
Filed under Humour
“Prisoners of Power”
Macleans National Editor Andrew Coyne provides his scathing assessment of the Stephen Harper “Conservative” Party at the Manning Centre Conference 2009 in Ottawa (which I believe took place several months ago, back in the spring, but the video was just … Continue reading
Hardball: Bill Maher
A funny discussion about the outnumbered progressives that are “marbled in” to the so-called red states of the South. Towards the end of the interview Maher makes an interesting point about Governor Mark Sanford relative to other cheating politicians that … Continue reading
Filed under Humour, US Politics
