Yearly Archives: 2005
In the Red Zone
October 8, 2005 – 11:50 pm
Steven Vincent authored In the Red Zone almost a year before he was murdered in Basra, Iraq. When I read about his death, I knew I had to read the book. A freelance journalist (actually a former art critic), he wrote articles from Iraq that were published in the National Review and The New York […]
Limited Amusement
October 5, 2005 – 5:46 pm
A little humor via my friend Greg. Or, “I feel like we were destined for each other.”
Yoda Origami
September 30, 2005 – 2:26 pm
My talented wife’s been trying origami recently, so she did this Master Yoda that appeared on digg today.
The Great Bridge
September 28, 2005 – 6:53 pm
We visited New York recently and on the advice of JRC walked the Brooklyn Bridge at dusk. The experience inspired me to pick up David McCullough’s book The Great Bridge. McCullough, who won a Pulitzer for his biography of Truman and whose book about the Adams was a best-seller, knows how to tell a story. […]
Law and Revolution
September 24, 2005 – 10:30 am
I’ve been reading the Gulag Archipelago on and off for a while. Solzhenitsyn wittily lances the Soviet insanities while recognizing that the problem is not mainly with a particular government but with the human condition. I credited myself with unselfish dedication. But meanwhile I had been thoroughly prepared to be an executioner. And if I […]
Lunchtime View Today
September 22, 2005 – 8:43 pm
What better place to accomplish some reading? Sailboats sailing, rowers rowing, couples picnicking, runners and bicyclists passing by, and a sandwich digesting–that’s one fine afternoon.