Ah, what is college without a good prank or two?And it's the Ivy League, and I unabashedly poke fun at every Ivy campus, including my own!Now I just heard about this prank that Yale managed to pull on Hahvahd, and it's pretty funny:In a rivalry tha

Late afternoon at my grad school Cloudcuckooland -- thinking about fleeing home as soon as possible!Busy day...met with some more Nerd Lords...did some research in the Library of Doom...ran into a lot of panicky undergrads since we've all officially

Lien Chan and James Soong making another stab at the Taiwanese presidency in 2008?I read this in the Taiwan news, and all I have to say is . . .SAY IT ISN'T SO!Would these clowns really run again? Of course, since they're still filing lawsuits over

That's right -- the entire lot of the latest issue of Yale's conservative student paper Yale Free Press was stolen over the holiday weekend. So much for diversity of viewpoints? Anyway, here's the sordid tale:The entire run of the November issue of

PELLA, Macedonia -- (HNN -- Hoplite News Network) -- The group Phalanx Veterans for Truth has come forward with a scathing review of the recently released Oliver Stone film "Alexander."The film portrays Alexander as a conqueror more inte

Today's match is . . . Beijing versus McDonald's, Siemens, Mercedes, Audi, and General Motors!And why, exactly?Because these corporations have listed Taiwan as a "country" on their global websites.Taiwan is a democratic country and has no i

No need to "Guess Beijing's Reaction" at any Taiwanese having the sheer effrontery to say that they have a literature of their own!Here's the story and blurb:Historians and literature scholars yesterday gathered together at the National Mu

And I'm back to being glued to the news.(Note to Lien Chan back in Taiwan -- don't get your hopes up, buddy. The Taiwanese election results stand, backed up by the Taiwan High Court.)FYI, here's the tale from the Kiev news:Ukraine's parliament on Nov

Gentle reader, I got in some holiday moviegoing, and let me tell you, I reeled out of "Oliver Stone's 3-hour disaster "Alexander" howling pretty much just one thing:"AAAAAAAIIIIIEEEEEE, MY EYES, MY EYES!!!!"Yeah. It was that

I'm utterly amazed and delighted that the Blogfather (i.e., Instapundit) actually linked to one of my posts!Of course, it was reading Instapundit last year that made me want to start my own blog in the first place. Thanks, Instapundit!And yes . . . W

Check this out! Some folks across the pond seem tired of having their faith steamrollered over, and want the new EU constitution to recognize Europe's Christian roots and even (*gasp!*) mention . . . GOD.Some of you gentle readers will remember I was

FYI, A Fistful of Euros notes how Vaclav Havel is an international leader we can ALL like. Yup, that's the same Havel who was just in Taiwan. The Taiwanese like him, that's for sure.

A few weeks ago I said that I was "all electioned out" and hopeful that there'd be no more nail-biting elections this year to watch.Boy, I couldn't believe just how TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY WRONG I was. I'm back to election-watching -- and th

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!There's so much to be thankful for. Michelle Malkin is on the money (again) with her latest column, "Grace, Gratitude, and God." I'll also note here a snippet or two from Washington and Lincoln's Thanksgiving p

The campus has become a ghost town as of yesterday afternoon. I can't tell you how many undergrads I saw fleeing campus, lugging what appears to be a semester's worth of dirty laundry!As for me? No Library of Doom today, gentle reader! It's the day b

Amorous cellphone users, beware! Check out this wild story from, of all places, the land of amore itself, Italy!ROME (Reuters) - Italians love their mobile phones and often carry out love affairs over them -- but they must beware, flirting with text

Vaclav Havel, the distinguished former Czech president, is winding up his 6-day visit to Taiwan.  (More here.)Yesterday, President Chen awarded Havel the Order of the Brilliant Star to celebrate Havel's efforts at improving Taiwan-Czech ties and als

Here's an interesting piece from the Wall Street Journal's op-ed page . . . What do America's colleges and universities need?How about some intellectual diversity?Check out the crazy stats in the article. Wild!But my favorite quote out of the whole t

For the Sibling -- and for anyone else who enjoys fortune cookies! Just got back from a little visit to a much-favored buffet. Tonight's pearl of wisdom? Neither pearly nor wise, but entertaining all the same.You understand how to have fun with othe

Congratulations to the newest Rhodes Scholars!Read the article -- there are some great stories about these talented students. For instance, 3 immigrated to the U.S. from the former Soviet Union. The American Dream is alive and well!And which institut

There are days when I feel rather alone as a politically center-right sort of person in the Ivy League. And then there are days when I feel not so alone after all.Like today. Check out this op-ed today from Cornell: "In Defense of Patriotism.&

Check this out. Not everyone in Europe is an effete appeaser, and we'd be stupid if we stereotyped. Here is an interesting (and fiery) critique of European attitudes against Islamofascism, written by Matthias Döpfner, Chief Executive of German pub

Monday morning, back in the Ivy League on a gorgeous autumn morning. Squirrels are playing, the sun is shining, undergraduates are pondering how many classes to skip so they can leave early for Thanksgiving. As for me, dissertation? What dissertation

This guy rules!The incident actually happened a couple days back, but I've been unable to post until this morning. (Blog service burps.) But here it is, and none the worse for the waiting . . .Headline: "Bush Pulls Top Security Agent from Fracas

It's FRIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!I'm off! And I leave you with a suitably silly Frivolous Friday headline: "Record Haul of Fake Legos to Go Up in Smoke"Check this out (and no, I'm not making it up!):HELSINKI (Reuters) - More than 10 tons of Chi