a shameful waste of madhouse time

I’ve read “Thomas Benton’s” articles before in the Chronicle of Higher Education, one of the things to note before all others is that he uses a pseudonym. My guess is that there are things he says in here that might irk his colleagues in academe, especially the ones who have the most invested in the [...]

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Yeah, we know. Unfair fight. David v. Goliath. But that’s what this article is about:
“Most of my friends and colleagues like Western pop music as we appreciate their sense of taste,” said Samuel Zhu, a recent graduate of Shanghai’s elite Fudan University. “Traditional Chinese music is very outdated and I find most of the [...]

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Of course, you have to pay — from the China Post:
Taipei is now the world’s first large-scale wireless city, with wireless Internet access reaching up to 90 percent of its public spaces.WIFLY, a wireless service offered by Q-Ware Corp. under the commission of the Taipei City government, uses about 4,000 access points (APs) — by [...]

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From the Sydney Morning Herald
Before the war began, more than half a million Shiites were believed to be living in Dahiya, the suburb most heavily targeted by the Israelis. The Lebanese authorities opened dozens of schools at the weekend but these are now overflowing. The Chakib Arslan school in Verdun was considered suitable for up [...]

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Were made because he didn’t know that the microphone was still on.
The president was expressing frustration at the United Nations’ stance on the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict in Lebanon. (Watch Bush use the ’s’ word during a chat with Blair — 1:31)
Apparently not expecting an open mic to pick up his remarks, Bush told Blair: “See the [...]

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From abc news
On Sunday, the G-8 leaders had struggled to come up with a unified position on how to deal with the escalating warfare between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. The leaders’ statement said extremist groups cannot be allowed to plunge the Middle East into violence. It also urged Israel to exercise restraint in [...]

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