A lot of Americans have heard the word “Kosovo” but aren’t sure what it means. Some of those who know a little more on the subject are still fuzzy on the finer […]
TunesDay: video loved the radio star
When I was in high school back in the Dark Ages we didn’t have music video channels. Kinda like today. But we did have this great show called The Midnight Special, which […]
Merely adequate: the new superb.
by greg stene, ph.d. As I recall things – a while back, an excellent TV sitcom, NewsRadio, had an episode where a local publication rated the performance of the staff on the […]
Microsoft, Google and the joy of a competitorless world
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, believes that a Yahoo / Microsoft tie-up would be awful for the Internet. Schmidt issued the vague sequitur that we should all beware of, “the things that […]
And the news the media say is most important these days is …
Newly minted New York governor David Paterson and his wife had extra-marital affairs. Former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey says he and his wife, Dina Matos McGreevey, engaged in three-way sex with […]
Obama: perfecting our union
Sen. Barack Obama today delivered what will hopefully be remembered as an important speech in the history of American race relations. It is proper, as he notes, that race (and class) should […]
Why did Spitzer do it, you ask? Why wouldn't he?
How could Eliot Spitzer be so stupid? What made him risk everything he worked and stood for? How could he betray his wife, his children, and the citizens of New York, not […]
Progressives lead on national security: a responsible plan to get us out of Iraq
Goldy has the details at HorsesAss.Â
Nota Bene #14
Appearing weekly, Nota Bene attempts to provide an overview of the week’s news. Meanwhile, in its appendix we cull trenchant comments to articles and posts, as well as those heard in person […]
Can the Earth survive?: Weisman's The World Without Us
by Chris Mackowski The World Without Us by Alan Weisman Thomas Dunne Books–St. Martin’s Press 324 pp. What would the world be like if the human race just up and vanished? “Unlikely, […]
