I finished Barbara Tuchman’s book on the American Revolution, The First Salute, a couple of days ago. It’s not up there with her very best books (The Guns of August, A Distant Mirror), but I really enjoyed it. The title refers to the “first salute” that the new American flag received. It was given to … Read more
Here’s a scary article. I mean if you can’t can’t trust the internet… !?!? Wikipedia is "the biggest encyclopedia in the history of the world" Snared in the Web of a Wikipedia Liar – New York Times I have actually used Wikipedia, and found it to be pretty decent. And it’s obviously begin used by … Read more
Thursday and Friday were quiet days – the fatigue was in play! Did get to the gym this evening for a brief bike ride (14 minutes – just to warm up) and then did about 75% of my weights program. As always, felt good after the gym. Tim reminded me that he had to watch … Read more
Henninger’s column, in the Wall Street Journal, entitled “What, Me Worry?” on why the administration has offered feeble defense for their Iraq policy, while getting clobbered by the Dems opposition.OpinionJournal – Wonder Land As a bonus, here’s Sen. Lieberman’s op ed in the WSJ a couple of days ago on Iraq. OpinionJournal – Featured Article
From the Washington Post, after the 1,000 execution in the U.S. since death penalty was reinstated in 1976, an article on the declining support for execution (good!). More in U.S. Expressing Doubts About Death Penalty And here’s another column with another twist on killing, off NRO. A jarring comparison.National Review Online (http://www.nationalreview.com)
The fatigue pattern from RICE session #2 is very close to what it was for RICE #1. Here’s what I posted 72 hours after RICE #1 Tom Faranda’s Folly: Nap time. The pattern is very similar. This morning I worked out of the house for a couple of hours, and went to the office for … Read more
A pretty good editorial in the Washington Post yesterday – Let the Debate Begin — Again
The Republican Party in NY State sold out on their principles years ago. And when you have no principles, here’s what happens.G.O.P. Dispute Over Pirro’s Bid Grows Fiercer – New York Times
So, I am finished my out-patient and in-patient chemotherapies – the preliminaries! Now I get to gear up for the “high dose chemo” with an autologous stem cell transplant. (By the way the word “autologous” is not in the microsoft word dictionary – I just had to add it.) See here for the logic of … Read more
I put aside Barbara Tuchman’s “The First Salute” which I have been enjoying, since I didn’t feel like schlepping in a heavy hard cover book for the weekend. Instead I did another re-read. This time, John Paul II’s great encyclical “On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum”. Rerum Novarum was the encyclical letter written in … Read more