The greatest track and field performance of all time?
I could mount an argument for Daniel Komen’s 7:20.67 3000 meters race from 1996, equivalent to a 7:55 for 2 miles.
Monbiot.com » Impervious to Learning
Quote of the day: “Journalism is a mistake waiting to happen. With tight deadlines, big rewards for shock and awe and small rewards for methodical, less spectacular work, with an inverse relationship between volume and truth in public life, reporters tend to stumble from one accident to another.”
–George Monbiot
Yglesias » The News From Iceland
Years of growth wiped out. But Iceland is still doing better than Ireland, etc.
3 Oregon deer attack and injure barking dog – Odds and Ends – GMANews.TV – Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs – Latest Philippine News
So this is why Zoe has stopped barking at the deer in our yard…
Ah, London
Who and what are we?
So many fundamentalist Christians seem to model themselves on the God of the Old Testament, that vengeful, wrathful, judgmental Deity. But they (and we) are not vengeful, wrathful, judgmental deities; we are fallen, flawed creatures for whom humility is the correct response to the riddle of life and compassion the correct response to the suffering of our fellow humans.
On An Overgrown Path: Now we rise and are everywhere
“Evensong sung by the college choir in the 15th century chapel is one of the great free experiences of the Western world”
And one of these days…
On An Overgrown Path: WFMT Chicago shows the Brits a thing or two
Everyone should be reading “On An Overgrown Path.”
On An Overgrown Path: WFMT Chicago shows the Brits a thing or two
More on torture
Torture is the act of inflicting pain and suffering on an individual over whom we have complete control. As such it is the exemplar of extreme human cruelty. I can accept that someone may be driven to torture because of circumstances that are overwhelming at the moment. That person I can forgive. I cannot accept torture as policy. Leave aside the illegality. Leave aside the sophistry that would have us believe that after centuries waterboarding is no longer to be considered torture. To torture is to darken one’s soul. As an instrument of national policy, torture darkens the nation’s soul.
Outstanding. Now all we need is a deck of cards. 