No. It’s not the United States or Israel… not even close. An interesting article from John R. Thompson, who has spent over 40 years living in Moslem countries. He identifies the primary sources of Moslem deaths: The Bangladeshi fight for independence from
Month: August 2007
History’s Top 10 Most Overlooked Mysteries
The LiveScience site has an interesting list of “History’s Top 10 Most Overlooked Mysteries“. Among the top 10 is Who was Robin Hood? Evidently, the hunt for the real-life Robin Hood has turned up entire scrolls of suspects…
Journalistic Mistakes
An interesting article in American Thinker where Randall Hoven has organized a list of journalistic mistakes. He has captured over 60 transgressions from the past 10 years, including the most recent, Scott Beauchamp who invented stories about soldiers in Iraq, and
How to Avoid Speeding Tickets
For those of you that insist on driving faster than the speed limit, there is an interesting posting on the AutoBlog, which describes the best ways to get out of a ticket… “One of the best ways of getting out
Israeli Doubles Team Wins Cincinnati Tennis Championship
The Israeli doubles tennis team of Jonathon Erlich and Andy Ram appeared in their fourth final of the year. They beat the famous Bryan brothers in the ATP Master Series Final in Cincinnati (Last year they lost to the Bryan
Jewish Dinner at the White House
Israeli leader Ehud Olmert comes to Washington for meetings with George W. For the State Dinner, Laura Bush decides to bring in a special Kosher Chef and have a truly Jewish meal prepared in honor of their guest. At the
Tennis Master Series – Quarterfinals
We made our third trip this week to the Western & Southern Financial’s ATP Master Series Tennis Tournament (By the way, what kind of name is ‘Western & Southern’? That’s almost as bad as ‘Fifth-Third’ Bank). It was the quarterfinals
Revenge of the Bulls
The people from PETA would really enjoy this video… it shows a bull literally jumping from the ring into the grandstands… Take a look: [youtube]KvYkkPLB3yM[/youtube] 29 sec
American Opinions on Race
An interesting survey result highlighted in Volokh Conspiracy… Based on a recent public opinion survey of American voters that were asked this question: “As you may know, the Supreme Court recently ruled that public schools may not consider an individual’s race
Critical Life Lessons
From JohnPlaceOnLine, there is a nice summary of the 21 Critical Life Lessons… I would agree that these are very useful topics to explore for young adults. Among the list of 21 are: 1. Choosing a Mate 12. Frugality 21.