Monthly Archives: December 2007

On Giants-Eagles, 12/9 – Are You McNabb Haters Going To Blame Him For This One?

Let’s get this out of the way now: that Giants pass rush is ferocious, and with targets like L.J. Smith and Reggie Brown doing their best to jog to and sit down in completely covered zones, McNabb’s avoiding the rush was quite frankly spectacular. He’s moving incredibly well and with good speed. Oh, and in

The New World: On "Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure" by The Weakerthans

Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure The Weakerthans (lyrics confirmed here, alternate discussion, lyrics and the song itself at songmeanings, The Weakerthans’ Myspace) It had something to do with the rain leaching loamy dirt And the way the back lane came alive half moon whispered “go” For a while I heard you missing steps in

International Relations 101: How did Post-Cold War US Policy Create The Russia Of Today?

An executive summary of the Sept. 2000 Congressional report “Russia’s Road To Corruption,” authors listed here. (btw – free and fair elections in Russia today) The report accuses the Clinton administration of neglecting foreign policy generally, and getting too chummy with Russian officials who might not have been completely honest: “In 1995, CIA officials dispatched

Why Does Marketing Exist? Hasn’t Dilbert Proven It’s The Most Worthless Department In Any Business?

The differentiation between the actual material development of a product, the cost-setting and accounting involved in making/selling the product, and the actual selling of the product leads us to think there are three distinct “arts” involved in business, at least. There is the art of the engineer, the art of the accountant, and the art

Why Conservatives Should Be Kinder To Truthers

Note: What is below is pure speculation. I wanted a grounding that assigns Truthers to the Left more than the Right. I don’t think I got there, and what’s weirder is that talking about conspiracy theory tends to make one sound like a conspiracy theorist. Oh well. Michael Neumann, a philosopher, and CounterPunch contributor, at

Suggestions Welcome

Don’t wake me, I plan on sleeping.- The Postal Service, “Sleeping In”I was supposed to have essays for y’all on Descartes and Othello – that was supposed to happen in September. Boy did that not happen.Before that, there were supposed to be essays on Bacon, Romeo and Juliet, Rashomon, and Shakespeare’s Sonnets. That hasn’t happened