Welcome to another edition of NB, in which linkage new and old come together to eat up your valuable time. Enjoy ∞ BooMan says Hillary Clinton is not going to win Texas […]
Sen. McCain and sex? It only seemed like a good story
Perhaps the most disingenuous word a journalist can deploy is seemed. My newsroom godfather taught me that the use of seemed, seems or other forms of the word means the reporter is […]
Nota Bene #11: Return of the Killer Sculpture
Here’s your weekly dose of link love, enjoy. ∞ The U.S. Air Force wants (in addition to the $144 billion it scores each year) an extry $19 bil for, among other things, […]
Nota Bene #10: CREW Cuts and a Blind Rabbi
Once again here’s a blogpourri of hot links aged to imperfection, or words to that effect. Enjoy ∞ Activist group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has launched an ambitious […]
Nota Bene #9: Lost and Found
A quick ‘n’ dirty NB of links new & old across the ‘sphere for your reading (dis)pleasure… ∞ If you can stomach it—and I’m not talking about the sight of our grievously […]
Nota Bene #8: Day Fit for a King
Greetings, readers, welcome to another messy batch of linkage old, new and somewhere in between for your reading pleasure, carefully selected by our panel of experts, i.e., me. ∞ Speaking of linkfeasts, […]
Nota Bene #7: Happy Festivus
Here’s the latest issue of Nota Bene, our roguedelic kalinkescope. Enjoy. ∞ You can’t just blame the heartless bastards in China for allowing lead paint-ridden toys into the U.S. Check what our […]
Nota Bene #6: Fire Organ
Welcome to another edition of Nota Bene, the steamin’ hot pot of S&R link stew. A little bit of old, a little bit of new, a whole lot of yummy. Enjoy! ∞ […]
Nota Bene #5: Try Them for War Crimes
We’re happy to revive a feature that’s been dormant way too long: Nota Bene, the Scholars & Rogues smorgasbord of yummy links from around the blogosphere. We’ve got must-reads, should’ve-reads, gotta-check-it-outs, omg’s, […]
On keeping one’s head in time of crisis
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I became one of only a handful of the 150-plus professors at my university who did not cancel their morning classes. I did not for […]