Daily Archives: February 26, 2011

6 February 2008 3 from James Carroll Filed under: Political, Zen — wizzard @ 2:03 pm Every few weeks I catch up on Jame Carroll’s excellent editorials and feel compelled to share them. See 3 of his most recent just … Continue reading →

What’s Your Consumption Factor? Filed under: Random — wizzard @ 2:23 pm By JARED DIAMOND Published: January 2, 2008 TO mathematicians, 32 is an interesting number: it’s 2 raised to the fifth power, 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 … Continue reading →

8 November 2007 Chickens Come Home to Roost Filed under: Political, Zen, WAR! — wizzard @ 1:14 pm Jonathan Diamond How’s this for ceding the moral high ground? Ahmed Raza Kasuri, a senior legal advisor to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf … Continue reading →

29 October 2007 Forgotten faces of war Filed under: Political, WAR! — wizzard @ 2:27 pm By James Carroll | October 22, 2007 ONE NEWS story from Afghanistan last week told of two tragedies. In Paktika Province a young man, … Continue reading →

13 September 2007 Forever the victims Filed under: Political, WAR! — wizzard @ 10:23 am By James Carroll | September 10, 2007 TALK ABOUT bad timing. It is unfortunate that the much-anticipated September accounting of “progress” in Iraq, centered on … Continue reading →

17 August 2007 Watercone – An Ingenious Way To Turn Salt Water Into Fresh Water Filed under: Zen, Environment, Science — wizzard @ 10:31 am Written by The Naib [see also: their site] The Watercone is an ingenious device that … Continue reading →

27 July 2007 STOP! Filed under: Zen, WAR! — wizzard @ 2:19 pm An interesting idea that I just may have to duplicate… Bush’s Legacy Stagnant Pay and the Lowest Rate of Job Creation in the Last 40 Years Filed … Continue reading →

27 June 2007 Do You Know What Really Happened In Iraq? Filed under: Political, WAR! — wizzard @ 2:24 pm Charles Ferguson As the Bush administration tells us that more troops will finally yield victory, the parallels between Vietnam and … Continue reading →