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Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. — Frank Zappa

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From Commentary – Writing on the Brain: Writing on the Brain Joseph Epstein I was recently asked what it takes to become a writer. Three things, I answered: first, one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form of profitable work. This must be accompanied, second, by a haughty contempt for all the forms of Continue reading No comment

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As seen in Meryl’s weblog: Ha’aretz is reporting that the IAF hit a car carrying Pediatrician of Death Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, which would be a cause for great celebration here. I may have to bring candy in to work. t’s not final yet (writing this just prior to 2 p.m. EST), but I am hoping Continue reading One more down..

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Found via Vodkapundit. David Warren comments on the necessity of Yassin’s assassination: On the moral question, whether it was right for the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, to order the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, there is no difference from the question whether it would be right to assassinate Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden co-founded Continue reading reprisals