Daily Archives: April 1, 2003

Ellsberg v. Brown

Go check out this transcript of what Daniel Ellsberg had to say to Aaron “Tracks Of My Tears” Brown recently. You tell him, Daniel! Link via Blah3. Continue reading

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Failure of imagination

I see that ol’ Hootie Johnson might have a trump card to play in his ongoing battle with Martha Burk: Though Augusta National has yet to meet the demands of Burk, who is the chair of the National Council of … Continue reading Continue reading

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Tuba lips and guitar nipples

I got this fascinating article about injuries, mostly of the reptitive-stress type, that professional musicians often suffer from a mailing list I’m on for the Rice MOB. Though I’ve played the alto sax for 25 years (once again, for longer … Continue reading Continue reading

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This post may or may not have been written by F. Bacon

I see from my referral log that this post about Michael Drosnin and his moronic Bible Code has served as a starting point for this longer and more elegant post about the persistent belief that Francis Bacon was the actual … Continue reading Continue reading

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Moderation in defense of extremism

If we do not hang together, then we will surely hang separately. — Benjamin Franklin I suppose I ought to join in with pretty much everyone else and comment on Kevin Drum’s piece about extremism versus moderation. There’s already been … Continue reading Continue reading

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