Stephen Cook has a great series of discussions going on over at Biblishe Ausbildung regarding the above mentioned topic. I am working my way through it now and I think I am in agreement with Cook against Wrong. I have some thoughts on this topic and hope to share them […]
I watched this skit live and it was (in fact the whole episode) one of the funniest things SNL has done in a long time. (Tina Fey is great as Palin but I have never found her writing very funny. SNL has a long way to go to return to […]
From our beloved IOTS President Willem Smelik: Dear members of the IOTS and other interested parties, The IOTS has long discussed the desirability of new editions of (most of) the Targums. A first task, the collection of data on targumic manuscripts, has already started and has come to a promising, […]
One of my favorite bands playing on the beach in Santa Monica. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na4iqZ3eJf0
…to blog. Things will slow down a bit in the middle of the week, but next week I am on the road again. I have some news to report and thoughts I wanted to share but that will have to wait. In the meantime, a little monarchical humor. Get it? […]
TechCrunch is offering this bit of gallows humor. Any college basketball fans who’ve been watching the bank failures and consolidations recently will understand and appreciate this September Madness chart. This was reportedly created by a general partner at Sansome Partners named Mark Slavonia. I wonder if the U.S. Congress will […]
I watched the trailer some time ago. I am not terribly impressed but I got the sense that I would be uptight if facts concerned me, since they apparently don’t trouble Maher very much. Read the NYTimes review. A few snippets below. Kevin Scanlon for The New York Times Bill […]
Or at least that is what they are saying. When is mud not mud? I received this voicemail today from the Obama campaign: Obama Voice Mail
It is not that the so-called bailout is good, but where are the options? So far those opposing this action have not offered any reasonable plan to cope with this situation. Roll call vote.