Switching host provider

I am moving the site to a new host. I hope everything will go without a hitch, but there may be some service interruption. The address of this site will not change.
UPDATE: Well, I made the move, but it was not entirely smooth. My original plan was to both move to the new host [...]

Music of the ’80s that Matters: R.E.M.

[Editor's note: This posting is a slightly abridged version of the one appearing at Gold Coast Bluenote. This editing was done with the permission of the author, Paco Malo.]
Michael Stipe, a military brat known for his surrealistic lyrics (protest or otherwise), saw the broken Viet Nam veterans around him. He saw them leave, and he [...]

He was for it before he was against it

Powerline quotes John Kerry, speaking at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
“When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don’t advance and live up to our own rhetoric and standards, we set a terrible message of duplicity and hypocrisy”
A Powerline [...]

Local Culture

Every once in a while Canadians surprise me.
Judeoscope:
The Quebec village of Hérouxville, 1300 inhabitants, has formally banned this week the stoning of women, face veils, female genital mutilation, or throwing acid at unveiled women’s faces, reports Montreal daily La Presse.
André Drouin, a municipal counselor in Hérouxville, told La Presse, a document detailing the bans and [...]

Only Race Matters

Back in December I wrote to praise the Duke Women’s Lacrosse team for having the courage to show solidarity with the accused male players during the NCAA semifinals. Today I read a much better writer make the same point, and many more, in Only Race Matters. Don’t let the title fool you. This may be [...]

Cornucopia

LONDON (Reuters) - Global warming could exacerbate the world’s rich-poor divide and help to radicalize populations and fan terrorism in the countries worst affected, security and climate experts said on Wednesday.
Well, duh. Global warming also cause baldness, acne, cellulite, sterility, pregnancy, flooding, American Idol, capitalism, Christianity, and shrinkage.