Monthly Archives: July 2007

Taking a few blogging days off…

…I have tons to write about. Just not right now.Should be back Friday or Saturday. Powered by ScribeFire.

July 10, 2007 – 2:18 am | By ashok | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Fun with the DC Police

Just go read it, please. The more people that know, the better.Technorati Tags: washington, police, dc Powered by ScribeFire.

July 8, 2007 – 6:12 pm | By ashok | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (1)

Notes on Ezra Pound’s "A Virginal"

This was written a while ago, and is an interpretation I’m still very uncertain of. These are just notes. A Virginal Ezra Pound No, no! Go from me. I have left her lately. I will not spoil my sheath with lesser brightness, For my surrounding air hath a new lightness; Slight are her arms, yet …

July 7, 2007 – 12:46 am | By ashok | Posted in poetry | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Interview: 3 Questions for Sharon Loo

Sharon Loo’s immense learning and established skills in editing and writing serve her well in academia, as well as make her a genuinely public intellectual: someone accessible and thoughtful and perhaps just flat-out interesting. Her work in feminism can be introduced through this issue of the journal Panorama, where you will find an article not …

July 6, 2007 – 2:39 am | By ashok | Posted in politics | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Life in Jersey = Apathy

Ah, Jersey. The new workers place New Jersey fourth among states in total public-sector hiring growth, the census shows. Just three states—California, Florida, and Texas—hired more government workers than Jersey has since 2000, and they’ve got much larger populations. Also, those states’ populations expanded at least as fast as their public workforces did. Jersey’s population, …

July 5, 2007 – 10:25 pm | By ashok | Posted in politics | Comments (0)

Interview: 7 Questions for Rob Wilcox of By Surprise!

Rob Wilcox is on Y-Rock at XPN Wednesdays 5-8 pm and is a member of the band By Surprise! The interview below is not short, and I debated breaking it up into shorter entries. I think it’s best to leave it as is, and let Rob speak for himself fully – in person, he is …

July 4, 2007 – 9:53 am | By ashok | Posted in music | Tagged | Comments (0)

Is Lying To Yourself Dangerous? A Thought Experiment To Try And Define Conservatism.

I was watching Hillary Clinton get all upset about President Bush using his power to commute the sentence of Scooter Libby and immediately thought back to her husband’s last day in office.I wanted to throw up at such rank hypocrisy at first, but then I quickly recovered so I could ask a slightly deeper question …

July 3, 2007 – 1:24 pm | By ashok | Posted in politics | Tagged | Comments (2)

Five Questions for Henry Midgley of Westminster Wisdom

Henry Midgley of Westminster Wisdom fame was kind enough to answer a few questions recently about himself and his blog that would only be asked by incredibly nosy people like myself. I hope you get the same enjoyment I do out of hearing people talk about what they love and hope for: thanks so much …

July 2, 2007 – 1:09 pm | By ashok | Posted in academia, education | Tagged , , | Comments (3)

If We’re Going to Talk About Wisdom and Happiness…

…I might as well get my two cents in. This is excellent, this is the post that started it all, and if you want further reading: Does the search for wisdom stem from the same sort of knowledge as the empirical sciences? If not, where might it come from? Is love greater than wisdom? What …

July 1, 2007 – 10:32 am | By ashok | Posted in personal | Comments (0)