I found this report absolutely hilarious! You'll have to tell me what kinds of dreams you have, gentle reader.My last funny dream involved me telling a professor that I thought he was a socially inept idiot (not a professor on my current campus,

A Canadian college student and talented cartoonist has a very piquant commentary on Noam Chomsky right here .Do take a look. Some academics still are in love with the idea of Communism -- the theory of it. Alas, whenever the theory has b

Nowadays everybody seems to be apologizing for everything, especially about things that happened a long, long time ago.Here is an interesting editorial about this. Here is a piece of it:Tony Blair has apologised for Britain’s failure to

Yes, I know, Taiwan-born Wang Chien-Ming plays baseball for the New York Yankees.  I still will blog about him -- just don't tell the rabid Boston Red Sox fanatics who live up here, or else they will surely hunt me down as a "sports tr

I'm too busy right now to comment further, but here is an interesting post by blog friend Atlantic Review on the state of higher education, especially in elite schools.The post has several links that are well your time to follow. The genera

Even in the world of academia, this story is pretty darn weird.I think I'd prefer to look at Michelangelo's David during my art classes.

Somehow (maybe because I am evil), I found this headline weirdly amusingly appropriate: "Irritable Bowel Syndrome Hits Anti-Chen Protestors." Was this really a headline? Yes, it was. Really. Watch out, pan-blue a

Can this dreadful news report be true? Bloomberg reported this:Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Berlin's Deutsche Oper canceled four planned November performances of Mozart's "Idomeneo'' on concern that the production's referenc

What is the condition of Scottish cuisine?According to one top chef, it's "dire."  Is it really that bad? Ouch!Oh, by the way, have any of you gentle readers actually eaten haggis?  I'm curious!  

Killer teddy bears! EVERYBODY PANIC!

Shinzo Abe has easily won election as Japan's new prime minister .From the looks and sound of it, Beijing may absolutely hate this man.  Among many reasons is Abe's support for a more robust Japanese military and closer ties with the Uni

Well, this tells you almost all you need to know about Chavez. And Chomsky.Here is the BBC story , complete with photo of Chavez holding up Chomsky's book at the UN. Well, this kind of tells you almost all you need to know about the U

Here it is! Oh, by the way, you get bonus points if you know what a "Goldberg Device" is.

Brussels Journal has a little essay on the problem of creating jobs in Europe.I link to it also because the first words echoed in my soul. Why? Read it!Assume you were a graduate student trying to make as much money as possible during the summer. Yo

The EU keeps collecting official languages!  Pretty soon the only language that isn't an official EU language will be Mandarin Chinese.  Or Swahili. Or Esperanto.  But I digress.Anyway, the newest EU language is now Irish Gaelic,

As you all know by now, Bernard Lewis, professor emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton, is a giant in his field of expertise.  Whenever Lewis talks, it's good to listen.  You are under no obligation to agree with everything he s

I found this while reading the comment thread on an editorial.  The editorial itself isn't too remarkable, but the commenter who left this little historical quiz clearly has a razor-sharp wit that is worth sharing.  I believe he is tryi

Worthwhile reading, from the comments on an editorial.  Here it is: Add to this the current uproar over the Pope's anti-Islamic remarks (perceived as anti-Islamic, mind you). As a Muslim, I am sick and tired of seeing the self-appointed

Bring on the cuteness! Mozilla is hosting a contest for a cute design.  The goal?  An advertisement to introduce Firefox to Japan.  To enter the contest, you must use an image of Foxkeh, a cute cartoon fox.  Well, OF COURSE he'

I am starting to like the Canadian prime minister more and more and more.Take a look at what he said in his first speech at the United Nations.I also, since I am horribly evil and a constant critic of the UN, have to point out this part of the speech

Read this. Read this all.Moral?  Do not, repeat NOT, use the internet to issue death threats against your professor's dog, not even if you are not serious.Idiot!  Of course, idiot used MySpace.com too.

You have probably heard of this already, but I thought I would post this anyway because it is interesting and rather refreshing.Here is the CNN story.Even better is the news video of New York Representative Charles Rangel.This reminds me a lot o

This is fabulous.Link xie-xie to Ninme.

The world has (or had) a new Chinese terra cotta soldier . . . but not in the way that you might expect.Check out this funny news story, courtesy of Bruce Chang.

Ahoy, me hearties!Avast and shiver me timbers, but today be "Talk Like a Pirate Day!"  So make sure you be talkin' like a sea dog, or you'll be a-walkin' the plank!(Hm, where is Captain Jack Sparrow when you need him?)