(Although I wrote this article a couple of years ago, it is still as true today as it was back then).
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The first couple of days in the new year have taken on huge significance for me during the last 19- plus years.
To understand why, you would really have to be [...]
Oh, would I love to see this. I’m sure Trump could give that weasel Eliot Spitzer a good run for the money.
Donald Trump is considering running for governor, a leading Republican said Friday. Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno on Thursday suggested that a big-name candidate could be flirting with entering the 2006 contest. On [...]
The Islamic Jihad suicide bomber, who recently killed a member of the Israeli Defense Forces, was originally planning on blowing up a children’s Hanukkah celebration.(via Jihad Watch)
The Islamic Jihad militant group claimed responsibility Friday for a suicide bombing in the West Bank that killed one soldier and two other Palestinians.
Islamic Jihad activists in the West [...]
The Feds are investigating how friends of a prominent fundraiser for Illinois Governor Rod Blaogojevich managed to obtain leases for restaurants at Illinois highway toll plazas. Needless to say, having a restaurant in such a locale can be quite profitable.
Federal prosecutors issued subpoenas looking at how restaurants with connections to a Gov. Blagojevich fund-raiser [...]
Celebrating Mozart’s life by wearing a musical bra seems a bit odd.
One of the first Mozart Year visitors to Salzburg will be Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, who will be attending a brainstorming session entitled The Sound of Europe. Whether the accomplished pianist will be impressed by Salzburg’s avalanche of Mozart kitsch — [...]
I love the last sentence of this report: “Would you pay $175 for a pound of coffee beans which had passed through the backside of a furry mammal in Indonesia? . . . Kopi Luwak beans from Indonesia are rare and expensive, thanks to a unique taste and aroma enhanced by the digestive [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Vox Populi — Dr. John Ray @ 9:43 amIn The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, the White Witch forbids the celebration of Christmas in part because she thinks the celebration is a waste of resources. Likewise, in Politically Correct Holiday Stories by James Finn Garner, Scrooge is as much a New Age acetic as he is a [...]
Comments (2) Filed under: Vox Populi — Frederick Meekins @ 9:29 amWell, 2005 is just about history, but it brought some fun moments as far as my columns, stories, essays, and other stuff is concerned. Of course, there was the release of my book late this summer, but my main focus has always been on my weekly column, along with some newspaper op-eds and other stories [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Uncategorized — Doug Powers @ 8:28 amAs I was watching that titanic 50-38 defensive struggle between UCLA and Northwestern yesterday, I realized that the stupid anti-male TV ads are alive and well.
Of course there’s the cell-phone ad of the old white guy “sticking it to himself” but there is a new genre of black, asian and now Indian men having to [...]
December 31, 2005
Elisheva and I just got a new camera for our Mac. It has this program called Photo Booth and we just cannot get enough of it. Enjoy!
Our cat Lotus makes an appearance.
But seriously, a New Year’s kiss from Sushi Kiddush.
Think locally, act locally and globally! Your thoughts, intentions, and actions [...]
Comments (2) Filed under: Vox Populi — Akira Ohiso @ 5:53 am