KOREA ANNOUNCES NUKE POLICY
North Korea startled a six-nation conference in China on East Asian security by announcing its intentions to formally declare its possession of nuclear weapons and to carry out a nuclear test, an administration official said Thursday," according to The Associated Press.
(CATO)
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Thursday, August 28, 2003
GEORGE CARLIN's DECALOGUE
"The list of ten commandments was artificially and deliberately inflated to get it up to ten. Here's what happened... "
(unearthed by Joel Sogol)
"The list of ten commandments was artificially and deliberately inflated to get it up to ten. Here's what happened... "
(unearthed by Joel Sogol)
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
TONS OF MORALITY
"This is nowhere more evident than in a small church in Forkland, Ala., about two hours west of Montgomery, where a delicately wrought stained-glass window depicts the tablets inscribed with Hebrew lettering. The window, I was told, was a gift of a Jewish family in the area who used the church on Saturday mornings for their Sabbath services. This elegant rendering of the Commandments stands in stark contrast to the two-and-a-half ton monument of them standing in the middle of the courthouse.
Those engaged in the controversy seem to have lost sight of the Ten Commandments' real meaning, turning them instead into a political symbol to be shoved this way and that."
(NYT Op-Ed by Mobile Register Reporter Roy Hoffman)
"This is nowhere more evident than in a small church in Forkland, Ala., about two hours west of Montgomery, where a delicately wrought stained-glass window depicts the tablets inscribed with Hebrew lettering. The window, I was told, was a gift of a Jewish family in the area who used the church on Saturday mornings for their Sabbath services. This elegant rendering of the Commandments stands in stark contrast to the two-and-a-half ton monument of them standing in the middle of the courthouse.
Those engaged in the controversy seem to have lost sight of the Ten Commandments' real meaning, turning them instead into a political symbol to be shoved this way and that."
(NYT Op-Ed by Mobile Register Reporter Roy Hoffman)
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
A PARODY? OF FOXNEWS? GO FIGURE.
FILM AT ELEVEN
Fox News on Monday dropped its trademark infringement lawsuit against Al Franken and his publisher, Penguin Group, that aimed to stop sales of the liberal satirist's new book but instead turned it into a top seller.
U.S. District Judge Denny Chin said the title was clearly a parody protected by the First Amendment. He said Fox's motion seeking the injunction was "wholly without merit" and that its trademark was weak.
(FINDLAW)
FILM AT ELEVEN
Fox News on Monday dropped its trademark infringement lawsuit against Al Franken and his publisher, Penguin Group, that aimed to stop sales of the liberal satirist's new book but instead turned it into a top seller.
U.S. District Judge Denny Chin said the title was clearly a parody protected by the First Amendment. He said Fox's motion seeking the injunction was "wholly without merit" and that its trademark was weak.
(FINDLAW)
Monday, August 25, 2003
ALABAMA/CUBA PACT
The delegation met with Cuban President Fidel Castro for more than three hours, talking about relations between Alabama and Cuba and about establishing trade relations.
(Miami Herald, unearthed by CubaNews Digest)
The delegation met with Cuban President Fidel Castro for more than three hours, talking about relations between Alabama and Cuba and about establishing trade relations.
(Miami Herald, unearthed by CubaNews Digest)
Sunday, August 24, 2003
MARS HOLDS COURT
As Mars readies for its close-up on Wednesday, the Red Planet already has gained a growing fan base of casual sky watchers eager to see new details during the planet's closest swing-by in 60,000 years.
(HOUSTON CHRONICLE)
As Mars readies for its close-up on Wednesday, the Red Planet already has gained a growing fan base of casual sky watchers eager to see new details during the planet's closest swing-by in 60,000 years.
(HOUSTON CHRONICLE)
BUSH FALLS IN POLL
"The poll marked the first time in a Newsweek survey that supporters of Mr. Bush were out-numbered by those who would not like to see him back remain in office. In April, 52 percent of voters backed the president for a second term, while 38 percent did not. "
(VOA)
"The poll marked the first time in a Newsweek survey that supporters of Mr. Bush were out-numbered by those who would not like to see him back remain in office. In April, 52 percent of voters backed the president for a second term, while 38 percent did not. "
(VOA)
REVIEW:
MATT AND BEN
"Set in 1995, when Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were struggling actors, the play has Ben fantasize about being famous. 'I'm going to meet Daisy Fuentes,' he says. 'I like Latin women.' "
(NYT)
MATT AND BEN
"Set in 1995, when Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were struggling actors, the play has Ben fantasize about being famous. 'I'm going to meet Daisy Fuentes,' he says. 'I like Latin women.' "
(NYT)
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