A Former Terrorists Cites the Trouble with Islam
Tawfik Hamid was once a member of Jemaah Islamiya, the Islamist terrorist group. Now he’s a doctor who is trying to convince the world that radical Islam is wrong. Very wrong. He wrote a piece in yesterday’s WSJ called The Trouble With Islam. “Indeed there is much that is clearly […]
The Diary of a Swinger Reveals It’s Not for Everyone
Scottish writer Ewan Morrison recently published a book about his experiences as a newbie Swinger. The book is called “Swung,” and philosophically explores the motivation behind people who choose to have sex with strangers. Here is how he reflects on the experience, after realizing it was not for him. “My […]
Cellphones That Read Billboards
Read some amazing stuff in newspapers the past few days. Yesterday it was the NY Times, about cellphones in Japan that read billboards and provide links to websites for passing motorists. It is a new technology that uses square designs similar to barcodes that impart much more information…and open up […]
Would You Blog for Cash?
Secret Negotiations for a New Monetization Scheme: We’re in negotiations for a new branch of our business–Blogging for cash. We aren’t gonna tell you who and we aren’t gonna tell you how much, but leave it as we’ve figured out another clever monetization technique and we think the numbers will […]
Immigrants Are The Best Thing to Happen to Cities
Immigration is a loaded word, and in Hazelton PA, the mayor is on the warpath against what he sees as the biggest problem the scrappy town has ever faced. But in a thoughtful column by Julia Vitullo-Martin in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday, a cogent argument was made for […]
The Farmers Don’t Show
Today I am in the cafe and I’ve reached a conclusion. The farmers in this area are not interested in starting a farmer’s market in South Deerfield. I sent out letters to twenty area farmers, hoping to interest them in setting up a town market on Saturdays. I set up […]
Friday in the Big City: Paradiso and Jazz
Northampton is the big city to those of us who live in small towns and in the country. So that’s where we always meet, in the big city, and the restaurant that we almost always gravitate to is Pizza Paradiso. Friday night it was cold and windy, and we agreed […]
A Cold Blooded Killer of Birds is On Trial
The Eagle Killer has now faced justice. It’s all over the papers, Michael Zak Jr, who we wrote about back when he was arrested, is on trial this week for the downing of an eagle, as well as the cold-blooded murder of more than 250 other birds. “Hatchery Owner Detested […]