A Delightful Comedy
M.O.D. I just saw the delightful film Thank You For Smoking. It’s excellent. And without a doubt, Rob Lowe’s role as a Hollywood fixer is wonderful. I recommend this film…
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Georgian Wine
I can attest that Georgia produces some excellent wines, but I was warned there to beware of falisified bottles, not so much in Georgia (although friends told me to be…
Iran War on the Horizon?
I’m watching Seymour Hersh on CNN discussing the possibility of a war against the Ahmadinejad regime in Iran. His most recent essay in the New Yorker bears reading. Some of…
Is 40 the new 20? 50 the new 25?
Hugh Hefner on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
I Wonder If That Has Something to Do With It?
Here are the headline and the first paragraph from the BBC’s coverage: Suicide bomber hits Afghan base A suicide car bomber has attacked an Italian peacekeeper base in the Afghan…
More on Liberty in Arabic
I’m setting up a trip to Beirut soon for some university lectures and to meet with Arabic publishing houses, after which — if all goes well — I will head…
Can the President Fire Himself?
I wonder whether this will be the last straw on the back of this administration.
SMS Spam! Ack!
We’ve all long battled email spam. Then there was blog comment spam. And today I got my first sms (text messaging) spam. (It was for discount meds.) I have a…
That Would Put Things in a Different Light
The Gospel of Judas.
Georgia on My Mind….
Tbilisi I’m at work on a conference on “Freedom, Commerce, and Peace” to be held later this year in Tbilisi. The Georgian food is so good, especially the khinkali, that…