We Will Survive!
A bi-partisan group of former US military commanders and diplomats held a press conference and issued a very strongly worded call for the defeat of the president this fall. Known as the Diplomats … Read more
how the average middle-class German citizen felt in the late 1930s. (Someone said a better question is: “how did they feel in 1948?”) This editorial from the Chicago Sun-Times is thought provoking, to … Read more
This cake is extremely easy to make, and quite good; it’s very rich and moist with a deep chocolate flavor. Unlike more involved recipes, where various ingredients are added at different times, with … Read more
One morning during our recent trip to Hawaii we drove around the upper of Maui’s two halves. Top down and tunes playing through the radio via the iPod and iTrip, we were ready … Read more
Spinjunkies has released a new album, Jay-Z’s Dead, which “encompasses the entire Black Album by Jay-Z set to the music of the Grateful Dead”. It is a remix, similar to the Grey Album’s … Read more
Legal Torture; a legal memo doesn’t supersede US and international law. The Times and Iraq; a review of inaccurate and incomplete reporting by the NY Times in the period leading up to the … Read more
We’ve been busy the past couple of days, doing something we love: driving! We’ve circumnavigated both lobes of the island of Maui, first going around the top, smaller section, and the next day … Read more