PUBLIC OCCURRENCES

FUTBOL IN AMERICA chelsea and a.s. roma drew 25,000 in pittsburgh last night. manchester united and glasgow celtic drew 55,000 in philly...

TRUE CRIME STORIES in court yesterday waiting for the end of calendar and the start of my trial, a wretched combination of boredom and a...

started again to read john bunyan's "pilgrim's progress." don't know why it's considered such a classic of litera...

"...i only thought to make i knew not what; nor did i undertake thereby to please my neighbour; no, not i, i did it my own self t...

ON, "THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS," II i registered my objections to what little doctrine or prescription there was in CLASH in ...

ON "THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS," I ah, man. just finished CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS (the book). what a disappointment. i have repeate...

i'm going to try to start a mini-revival of james fennimore cooper. one of the first truly american novelists he took up writing later ...

REASSESSING II were i president i would be satisfied that the definition of our enemy should be expanded be...

REASSESSING I if i were suddenly made president, what would i do about this war? the first thing i'd want...

A HUMBLE BLOGGER why do i blog? one reason is because, as i found out, writing is hard. it is good brain exercise....

gosh dang, just finished reading WAR AND PEACE. it's hard to even begin a reaction to it, which is common according to john bayley w...

there some pertty, pertty pitchers in this month's vogue. nicole kidman by irving penn is stupendo. the cover photo is stunning, some...

Books: War & Peace the most meaningful description of the death experience that i have ever read i have read just now in WAR AND PEACE o...

"What a Wonderful World" Department Dave johnson's horse racing calls. I was coming home from work last Saturday, turned on s...

was just spending my 15 minutes a day channel surfing and reminding myself how exasperating tv is when i happened onto clinton's speech ...

why does the new york times continue to give a forum to william safire? his hiring was widely believed to be the result of an affirmative...

those most basic principles show iraq, and brooks' commentary on iraq in a new light. the muddled thinking and writing on iraq are part ...

david brooks is "crushingly depressed" over the events of the last few weeks and of the situation in post-war iraq generally. w...

The Night Vigil, Shen Zhou "On a cold night sleep is very sweet. I woke in the middle of the night, my mind clear and untroubled, and ...

manchester city should fire manager kevin keegan. this will be considered sacrilege because city has just clinched a third straight seaso...

reading woodward's plan of attack . fascinating account of decision-making in a bureaucracy. the life-changing course i took in grad sc...