like Santayana said…
those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Party expels MP over Jewish rowGermany’s opposition begins the process of expelling an MP who is accused of making anti-Semitic remarks. [BBC News]
Tag: art
going
Off to the airport soon, so I blog instead of pack. Time for the annual Bayit Chadash board meeting. I have to find Tarrytown, NY. I am told, by Yahoo maps, that it is reassuringly close to Manhattan. Things to read on the plane: Maigret, and God, Man and History by Eliezer Berkovits. That’s part … Continue reading going
Maigret and the cold weather
Currently reading: Maigret and the Murderer by Georges Simenon. Currently on the TV but being somewhat ignored: The Ring. I love the Maigret novels because they are short and spare and perfectly formed. Not a lot of extra philosophizing or gratuitious anything. I don’t think Simenon was against violence — he simply did not seem … Continue reading Maigret and the cold weather
it begged me to read it
No, I swear it did. NetNewsWire has a lot to answer for, I figure. I mean, lemme ask you, what do you say to an entry like this? And this is the whole entry! Saturday, November 1, 2003 Power tools � There are a surprising number of sentences that start with �Now that I have … Continue reading it begged me to read it
white pebble 