How to be a Man of Principle(TM)
Exhibit A: Senator Arlen Specter. Step 1: First excoriate proposed legislation in no uncertain terms: Specter said hearings before his Judiciary Committee showed that the… Read More »How to be a Man of Principle(TM)
Exhibit A: Senator Arlen Specter. Step 1: First excoriate proposed legislation in no uncertain terms: Specter said hearings before his Judiciary Committee showed that the… Read More »How to be a Man of Principle(TM)
Sully has the video of Hillary’s Break-Through Speech against the Bush Cheney administration’s policy on torture. UPDATE: Russ Feingold was there too.
OK, all you EMACS devotees. Who among you know what EMACS stands for? “Editor MACroS”, that’s right. But what language were these macros originally written… Read More »At last! TECO!!
Andrew Sullivan quotes Vladimir Bukovsky on the consequences of the toleration of torture by Russian leaders: … in its heyday, Joseph Stalin’s notorious NKVD (the… Read More »Bukovsky and Sullivan on torture
I was updating my profile at the UK social networking site, Friends Reunited, and decided to pay attention to a question that I’d hitherto ignored:… Read More »20 words
The replacement batteries for my PowerBook finally showed up last Friday, which is a bit quicker than Apple promised. The instructions state that you should… Read More »Can I take my PowerBook on an airliner now?
Over the years, I’ve tried to find the best record store wherever I happen to be living. The place to go to browse, discover long-lost… Read More »I have found my music
The food cupboards and refrigerator are now fully stocked. Until now, they looked like what you might find in an Embassy Suites hotel during an… Read More »Getting in gear….
Sitting back, sipping my first gin and tonic in the new apartment, I realize that it’s been a long time since I posted a Random… Read More »Time for a random 10
Here are five pictures that I took yesterday, in part to test my new shirt-pocket camera. You can see how arduous my “commute” is going… Read More »5 from Sunday