From the Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch: Frederic Arthur (Fred) Clark, who had tired of reading obituaries noting other’s courageous battles with this or that disease, wanted it known that he lost his battle as a result of an automobile accident on June 18, 2006. True to Fred’s personal style, his final hours were spent joking with […]
This article in the New York Times notes that the Library of America has given Cole Porter his own volume in their American Poets series. Porter is my all-time favorite songwriter and possibly the best songwriter America has ever produced or likely ever will — I have a hard time seeing someone else turn out […]
…but posting will be light over the next few days as I will be on the road. ..bruce..
Some links of interest (hat tip to Real Clear Politics) Robert Samuelson – always one of my favorite commentators Mark Hertsgaard – a view from the doomsayers John Stossel – a view from the skeptics And a weather report (ht to Instapundit): No tornadoes so far this year in Kansas and Nebraska (55-year record) ..bruce..
I once proposed this same ‘thought experiment’ some decades back to a good friend who had sincere concerns about the role of the United States in the Cold War. My response: first imagine the world without the United States, then imagine the world without the Soviet Union — which would you prefer? Little did I […]
First, I miss writing. Back in the 1980s and into the early 1990s, I wrote constantly about information technology—roughly 150 articles and product reviews in a little over ten years. I had columns in a series of magazines (The Space Gamer, Computer Gaming World, Softalk for the IBM PC, BYTE, Turbo Technix, Macworld) and actually […]
