Our media is so pervasive that sometimes I wonder what it would be like to go without it entirely. Even in remote Uzbekistan, I had shortwave radio and satellite TV. I am particularly interested in reading James Howard Kuntsler’s second book in the “World Made By Hand” series titled The Witch of Hebron. I long [...]
President Obama has selected Steve Chu to be Energy Secretary. Chu is a seriously brilliant scientist and economist. In 2007, he served on the “Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century,” which was created in response to the following Congressional query: What are the top 10 actions, in priority order, that [...]
Tomorrow I take my first law school exam. Yay. In other news, I am very pleased with what Obama had to say about the automobile industry. He was tough on ‘government oversight,’ and clear about protecting the people (we’re largely less well off these days if you haven’t noticed.) I like the way he speaks [...]
Okay, so most of the people I know are not too happy that W has got himself another 4 years at the helm of this country. If you read my last post, I noted that at the time I was feeling disappointed, and that the anger would come later. Well it has. But, this time [...]
Fools and Flags
Our media is so pervasive that sometimes I wonder what it would be like to go without it entirely. Even in remote Uzbekistan, I had shortwave radio and satellite TV. I am particularly interested in reading James Howard Kuntsler’s second book in the “World Made By Hand” series titled The Witch of Hebron. I long [...]