by admin | Mar 20, 2008 |
There are many things to like about Costa Rica, but it’s the monkeys that get most of the attention from the tourists. On several occasions I saw small groups of people gathered beside the road pointing cameras into the rain forrest or at a solitary palm tree. In Costa Rica that means they had spied a group of either White Faced or Howler monkeys, two of the four breeds that populate the country. Howlers are easy to identify because they, well, howl. I mean they really howl. There’s no mistaking it. And the White Faced monkeys are likewise easy to identify because they have, well uh, white faces. If only all naming conventions so…..uncomplicated....
by admin | Feb 16, 2008 |
OK. I’ve finally had it. I could go along with being ecologically friendly. I could even go along with sitting in a darkened theatre while Al Gore intoned on man’s quest to destroy the environment. But when D Magazine devoted an entire issue (and no telling how many trees to create the pulp required for the 112 pages of seven color glossy “green” tips), I finally crossed over. My conclusion followed my normal contrarian philosophical bent. Anything getting this much press, becoming this politically correct, requiring this much ink and other media attention must have a dark, or at least suspicious, underbelly. So where did the notion of “green” come from...
by admin | Feb 12, 2008 |
By this time late in the news cycle every sentient being who has even the faintest interest in politicos and their fellow travelers knows that David Shuster of MSNBC has been suspended, sacked, fired, reprimanded, savaged, or muzzled. All this at the hands of Hillary or Bill, or a surrogate or all of the above. And of course we all know the reason. In an otherwise sane, but boring dialogue with Bill Press on one of the interminable talking head shows that pass for new/entertainment, Shuster opined, “but doesn’t it seem like Chelsea’s sort of being pimped out (emphasis mine) in some sort of weird way.” Press ran for cover before the sound waves had died, but...
by admin | Jan 22, 2008 |
Not coincidentally, last week also saw the introduction of a new documentary which attempted (with some success) to unravel the many facets of this complicated man. I believe that the documentary concludes that he is neither the consummate paragon of conservative political thought that many would have him be, nor the ultimate example of political buffoonery that others believe. The truth for Reagan, as for most, lies somewhere in-between. As you will see by reading or, for some of you, rereading the posting I published in the heat of the 2008 elections, my inclination is toward the buffoonery end of the continuum. I remain, however, open to debate. In one...
