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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Nation of gadget whores
This article is a review on popsci.com about some new phone on the Sprint wireless network. The person doing the test is an iPhone owner. He readily admits that his iPhone/AT&T wireless combo drops calls all the time and that … Continue reading
Modern relationships
Here’s an interesting article from City Journal that nails down many of the strange but true points of modern male/female relationships (remember those?) from the guy’s perspective. Some poignant lines: Men are finally waking up to the ever-present fact that … Continue reading
Proposition 8 – we gotta blame somebody
Regarding these Proposition 8 in California opposition protests. You know a conversation like this occured in a room somewhere over the past couple weeks: Ok, who are we going to protest against? African Americans? No, because though many of them … Continue reading
Palmer Raids
Let’s pretend you don’t know anything about the Palmer Raids or the politics of early twentieth-century America. Reading this quote about Secretary of State A. Mitchell Palmer in Time Magazine’s worst cabinet ministers of all time article: Charged with enforcing … Continue reading
Posted in history, politics
Tagged Mitchell Palmer, palmer raids, sedition act, woodrow wilson
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