A new essay by Walter Donway, "Bob, You Write Well, But..." is now on the Web site www.TouchedByItsRays.com. In the essay, Walter comments on a modern "free verse," which the author then revises with startling results. A fun read. (Read more...)
People of African descent are the most genetically diverse, followed by people from the Middle East, and then Asians and Europeans. Native Americans resemble one another the most on a DNA level.(Read more...)
Last week, the American director withdrew from his role as an artistic adviser to the opening and closing ceremonies of the Summer Games, accusing China of not doing enough to press for peace in the troubled Sudanese region. Officially, the Chinese government has not directly criticized Spielberg by name, expres...(Read more...)
Obama is co-sponsor of a bill to take more money from you for the U.N. to give away in foreign aid. (Tip to Aggrand02 on OL.) The 0.7% of GNP amount is 5 or 6 times recent levels of foreign aid from the U.S. federal government. (Read more...)
How committed is Angelina Jolie to the project? Was progress delayed by the writers strike? Will it be presented as a trilogy? Who is John Galt? Find out in this interview with executive producer John Aglialoro.(Read more...)
The greenback sank to a record low against the euro ... the economy is slowing even as prices are rising. ... Standard & Poor's also reported that U.S. home prices fell 8.9 percent ... It is the sharpest drop in the S&P/Case-Shiller quarterly index's history.(Read more...)
The man we all loved to hate. With friends like this... and all that... His animosity for Objectivism was clear enough. We here learned to look at metaphysical differences between the conservatives and ourselves: religion cannot justify capitalism. Merely "conserving" was not enough: conserving what? blank out... ...(Read more...)
