Anne Applebaum on the legacy of Jacques Chirac: Ponder closely, for example, what Chirac has had to say about Africa, where his country has enormous influence, in many places far outweighing ours. During a visit to the Ivory Coast, Chirac once called “multi-partyism” a “kind of luxury,” which his host, president-for-life Félix Houphouet-Boigny, could clearly… Continue reading
Yah…welcome to Boston. We’re ah…cultured heah.(sheesh)
It’s been five years since I started this blog with my father, who has since passed away. I was looking back at some of his posts from 2002. As time does fly, I think now I will note this here, so that I can look back in another ten years and see if Mr. Ambrose… Continue reading
Credit Where Credit is Due Dept. This is PZ Myers at his best, in my opinion.
I just noticed, three copies of my long-lost novel, Doctor Janeway’s Plague, just showed up on Amazon. (I’m flattered they’re charging so much for them.) Get ’em while they’re hot!