Archive for the ‘Culture Wars’ Category
An MLK Day
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Dave Barry
Saturday, January 9th, 2010Dexter Filkins on Afghanistan
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Stanley McChrystal’s Long War.
Dexter Filkins wrote “The Forever War” about the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. I would highly recommend it - not because it is fun or easy to read, but because it is a very well observed and written account of important events in our recent history.
Counting the Demonstrators
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Yeah - I just hate it when my friends break up with my via Facebook…
Yes, I think Facebook is mildly annoying. Yes, I have a Facebook profile. No, I never update it - though I do manage to look at it pretty much every day.
The second reason I posted the article is it is just another example of the growing trend in articles that, when describing a relationship, describe a gay or lesbian relationship. I am pretty sure that percentage of coverage these types of relationships receive in articles, even ones about something completely different, is much higher then the percentage of relationships that are this type. Just one more manifestation of bias? Nah, didn’t think so either…
Michael Totten
Monday, August 10th, 2009John Hughes
Monday, August 10th, 2009A pen-pal’s story. A very interesting story about a Hollywood icon.
Obama’s
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009Canadian Honor Killings?
Friday, July 24th, 2009A League of Their Own
Saturday, July 11th, 2009A fascinating piece on Cuban baseball by Michael Lewis.
Obama and Iran
Monday, June 22nd, 2009Iran on Fire?
Sunday, June 14th, 2009Michael Totten is someone I forgot to add to the set of links on the side. Always an interesting, informative read..