Neil Aspinall - just one of the "mad lads…"

Seeded on Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:46 PM EDT (Scholars and Rogues )

Neil Aspinall, friend of Paul, George, John, and Ringo worked with his fellow "mad lads" who became music legends as only their friend could do.

entertainment, music, beatles, pop-culture

State Dept. inspector general resigns - and gets all Biblical about it…

Seeded on Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:08 PM EST (Scholars and Rogues )

Howard Krongard, State Dept. Inspector General, has not only announced his resignation, he's perhaps invoked divine wrath on himself doing so....

politics, ethics, blackwater, busheviks

John, John, and John…into the Boomer mystic, (part 1)…

Seeded on Fri Dec 7, 2007 10:46 AM EST (Scholars and Rogues )

Boomers face tough choices in the '08 election season and need to remember the heroes of their generation as they decide about those choices.

politics, boomers

Crossing the bar in South Carolina…

Seeded on Wed Dec 5, 2007 4:26 PM EST (Scholars and Rogues )

Politicos in South Carolina seem to have gotten bar exam results changed so their daughters could pass.

politics, corruption, nepotism, judicial-ethics

Tell Me Why They Shouldn't Lose Faith in America?

Seeded on Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:43 PM EST (Scholars and Rogues )

High school students who peaceably protested the Iraq War and are threatened with expulsion will learn a hard lesson about the cost of free speech.

education, 1st-amendment, antiwar-protesters

Cacophony

Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 4:48 PM EST (Scholars and Rogues )

In a culture overwhelmed by "torrents of images and sounds" to quote Todd Gitlin, Americans have a choice - enjoying sensationalism or defending freedom....

media, education, civil-liberties

Jena for Cave People...and the Empire Strikes Back....

Seeded on Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:06 PM EDT (Scholars and Rogues )

Despite efforts by some to redefine the issues in the Jena 6 case, "separate but unequal" standards of justice remains the issue many are least willing to discuss.

media, politics, race-relations, jena-6

The White Album - The Fabs in Autumn (II)

Seeded on Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:53 AM EDT ()

Continues the examination of The Beatles White Album as a work with autumnal qualities begun in Part I.

entertainment, beatles, popular-music

The White Album - The Beatles in Autumn (I)

Seeded on Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:32 AM EDT ()

A re-examination of The Beatles classic, "The White Album" that focuses on the album's autumnal qualities.

entertainment, music, beatles, popular-culture

Secession and Other Simple Solutions to Complex Problems

Seeded on Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:06 PM EDT (Reddut,cin)

Groups on both the left and right are meeting to find ways to further their secession causes these days, driven by what they view federalist imperialism and intrusive government policies.

constitution, politics, liberals, secession, theocrats

Elvis is King...of His Own Destiny, Anyway...and That Says a Lot...

Seeded on Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:32 PM EDT ()

Elvis Costello has morphed from Angry Young Man to Serious Musician...and he thus controls his destiny....

entertainment, elvis-costello, popular-music

Prisons Culling Books on Faith from Libraries...Why?

Seeded on Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:20 PM EDT ()

In response to a Department of Justice report, the federal Bureau of Prisons is purging books on faith and religion from its prison libraries and ordering them replaced by "acceptable" books as selected by a Bush administration panel of "experts."

education, censorship, 1st-amendment

Patrick Henry College: "God's Anointed" Get Their Harvard

Seeded on Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:26 PM EDT (Scholars and Rogues)

Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, VA, is a new type of evangelical college - one that aims at competing with the Ivy League and achieving political power for evangelicals through its programs....

education, republican-party, at-patrick-henry-college, joshua-generation, evangelical-education

Lincoln was right - Goebbels was, too, unfortunately...

Seeded on Thu Sep 6, 2007 11:58 AM EDT (Scholars and Rogues)

New psychological studies show that people tend to believe what they're told first, even if later denial proves it false. This may explain why so many people believed Bush administration claims that Saddam Hussein was connected to 9/11...

education, fox-news, george-washington, social-psychology, abe-lincoln