Politics

Cactus Flowers on Meadowlark Trail

Fun With Numbers

Via Doc comes word that there is much fun to be had by analyzing the results of a variety of search results at the White House web site. Seems Brian Dear has spent … Read more

Mark Twain: The War Prayer

This thought provoking work by Mark Twain was written around 1904-5, but was not published until 13 years after he died. He had this comment regarding its’ publication: “No,” he said, “I have … Read more

Sober Words; Sober Times

I’m almost speechless in light of the decay of the political situation in the US these days. The dual assault on the constitution, coupled with a willful ignorance of the world’s thoughts wrt … Read more

Signs of the Times

I found a list of the best slogans seen at a recent NYC peace rally, and also a slideshow of some of the best posters (a couple are shown below; the photo above … Read more

Make Love, Not War

Lysistrata, a Greek comedy written over 2000 years ago, is assuming a modern relevance which culminates on March 3rd, 2003. That’s the day when over 600 groups will perform public readings of the … Read more

They’re at it Again!

We’ve all heard that “Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom“*. In light of the current assault on our constitution, truer words were never spoken! After the TIA (Total Information Awareness) proposal (which … Read more