We consider ours a singular age of individual psychology and self-awareness. Isn't it strange, then, that recent presidents have had nothing either modest or insightful to say about themselves in their first inaugural addresses, while the earliest presidents in their earliest moments spoke openly of their failings,...
Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede
The Examiner
The Examiner
Comment RSS Email Print Snow White and Rose Red cover I went to the book store yesterday and stumbled upon a book I've wanted for ages, Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede. This was...
It upholds the equality and dignity of citizens
The Times of India
The Times of India
Text: July 2, 2009 will remain a historic moment in India’s history and in the struggle for the human rights of queer people. The judgement on the Section 377 case in...
Ravings lead to real consequences
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
I have twice had the privilege of sitting, poorly shaved, on the floor and attending the Friday prayers that the Iranian theocracy sponsors each week on the campus of Tehran University, in Iran's capital. As everybody...
First Europeans were cannibals: Spanish archaeologists
The Times of India
The Times of India
1 Jul 2009, 0846 hrs IST, AFP Text: ATAPUERCA, SPAIN: The remains of the "first Europeans" discovered at an archaeological site in northern Spain have revealed...
First Europeans `ate children'
Hong Kong Standard
Hong Kong Standard
The remains of the "first Europeans" discovered at an archaeological site in northern Spain have revealed that these prehistoric men were cannibals who particularly liked the flesh of children. //--> Thursday, July 02,...
First Europeans were cannibals with a taste for youngsters, say archaeologists
Taipei Times
Taipei Times
An historic discovery of the fossilized remains of the ‘first European’ humans was made in Spain, and revealed they liked to chomp on children The remains of the “first Europeans” discovered at an archaeological site in...
A fortuitous collaboration
The Examiner
The Examiner
Comment RSS Email Print Arthur Sullivan and William S. Gilbert reunited after one of their quarrels by Richard D'Oyly Carte (from Wikipedia entry for Gilbert and Sullivan) Summer Music West is the summer...
Iran's leaders love their Western plots
The Australian
The Australian
I HAVE twice had the privilege of sitting, poorly shaved, on the floor and attending the Friday prayers that the Iranian theocracy sponsors each week on the campus of Tehran University. As everybody knows, this dreary,...



