Letter to the Editor, New York Review of Books, Vol. 52, No. 12, July 2005
In “Survival of the Smallest” {NYR, March 10], István Deák writes on page 22: “In ancient Egypt, dwarfs were often venerated like gods.” Deák here is discussing pathological dwarfs. However, Paul Schebesta, Die Bambuti-Pygmäen vom Ituri (Brussels: Institut Royal Colonial Belge, [...]
Category Archives: unpredictable things
Unabomber weighs in on ancient Egyptian dwarf-worship
February 24, 2010 – 12:55 am
Greenspan’s mea culpa
December 20, 2008 – 11:56 am
Alan Greenspan reflects on how his ideological belief in the ability of markets to self-regulate has been shaken. Henry Waxman, Chairman of the Oversight [pun?] and Government Reform Committee is on a bit of a self-righteous crusade and is obviously looking for a sound bite from Greenspan (which he gets). But it’s an effective approach, [...]
A first step towards “justice after Bush”?
November 21, 2008 – 8:00 pm
In a surprising and almost (but not quite) faith-restoring move, Dick Cheney, Alberto Gonzalez, and others have been indicted by Texas DA on charges related to prisoner abuse in a privately run prison in which Cheney had personal investments.
For actual justice to be done, of course, much more is demanded. In “Justice after Bush: Prosecuting [...]
Obama, McCain, Palin, Biden, and… Chuck Norris?
November 11, 2008 – 9:29 pm
From Google’s Top Searches on Election Day (part 1):
Top Political Personas
Obama
Palin
McCain
Tina Fey
Joe Biden
Chuck Norris
Cindy McCain
Bristol Palin
SNL Palin
Colin Powell
In case we didn’t already know that GW Bush’s presidency was a joke…
August 1, 2008 – 9:37 pm
Bush says “goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter” and pumps fist in air.