Category Archives: Agora

Wahoo

Posted on October 18, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

Every time the Cleveland Indians baseball club makes it to the playoffs, a sense of unease sets in with the euphoria. It’s only a matter of days, if not minutes, from the time they step into the national spotlight before … Continue reading →

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Turkophilia

Posted on October 10, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

The Armenian genocide resolution (H.Res. 106) is due for a committee vote today. Last week the Turkish government took out a full-page ad in section A of the Washington Post in an attempt to throw sand in everyone’s eyes, and … Continue reading →

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Marching

Posted on September 16, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

The Iraq war protest on Saturday was much smaller than in January, and there were more counterprotesters lining a section of the route to engage in colloquy (ahem) with the antiwar folk. The most common preprinted prowar signs said “PEACE … Continue reading →

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Tormentee

Posted on September 4, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

The association where I work has just published a book for those who wish to be “mentors” in science education. That’s all well and good. The problem is that the persons at the receiving end of this guidance are called … Continue reading →

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Zinger

Posted on August 15, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

Joe Conason is not only a well-informed and savvy guy, he’s also a stylish writer who can be wickedly funny at times. Along with the rest of the world, he wrote about Karl Rove’s “retirement.” (If you think that conniving … Continue reading →

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Impeachment

Posted on July 16, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

I’m for it. (Just thought I’d get that out there.) Actually, impeachment × 2. I’m not alone, of course. I’ve resisted the urge to talk about it, though, because I felt it was a dead issue. In a chat with … Continue reading →

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CDB

Posted on May 29, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

The bees are dying: one quarter of the US commercial colonies collapsed last year, and news accounts indicate that Europe has the same problem. Initial speculation centered on cell phones—supposedly the radiation is at just the right frequency to disrupt … Continue reading →

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Watched

Posted on May 20, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

Who said it? I’m struggling with seeing the deployment of cameras in our local villages as being a benefit to policing. If it’s in our villages—are we really moving towards an Orwellian situation with cameras on every street corner? I … Continue reading →

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Fallout

Posted on March 8, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

The New York Times ran an analysis of the Libby case today that argues the verdict will change the way the press covers the government. Would that it does. “Every tenet and every pact that existed between the government and … Continue reading →

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Armenophobia

Posted on March 8, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

Thomas Nephew has done such a fine job demolishing the insipid op-ed by Jackson Diehl in the Washington Post on H.R. 106 (the Armenian Genocide Resolution) that it seems almost sufficient to merely point to his blog entries (here and here). … Continue reading →

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