I ran across this editorial in the Wall Street Journal and couldn't help laughing.  Oh, how true . . . Harvard?  Enough already!Here's a great quote that should have the Kremlin-on-the-Charles frothing with impotent rage:Most important, the media h

DARTH VADER HAS A BLOG!  (Um, does this mean that the blogosphere is the Dark Side?  I guess it is, if you're a member of the mainstream media. But I digress!)One of the funniest things I've seen a long while!  And just in time for the the upcomin

Just in time for the summer!  Play ball!And baseball isn't only an American pastime, you know.  It's all over Taiwan.But the big news . . . The New York Yankees have just called up Wang Chien Ming -- who's supposed to be a good pitcher in the minor

Here's the news story, and here's the notable quote:"We hope that this is the start of Beijing finding new ways to reach out to President Chen and his Cabinet," White House press secretary Scott McClellan told reporters at his daily press b

More nerd-blogging!  The semester's rocketing to an end, and everything -- and everyone -- on campus is in a state of mega-accelerated chaos.I've been TA'ing a couple classes, and now the students are beginning to panic about grades.  That means s

Well, hey!  Not all of us on Ivy campuses are PC-spouting automatons!  Check out this student editorial from Harvard today, entitled "The Death of Discourse":American society has moved steadily towards an intolerable absolutist form of po

It's the last week of classes, so campus is PURE UNADULTERATED CHAOS.I'm completely worn out myself and too tired to do anything.  But speaking of chaos. . . Doddering KMT leader Lien Chan is in China, all pomp and circumstance cozying up to Beijing

Rejoice, "Firefly" fans!The brand-new trailer for the "Serenity" movie is online as of yesterday.It is FABULOUS!  "Serenity" hits theaters on September 30.  I'm so excited I'm back to watching all my "Firefly"

Alas, I did not have the wit to come up with this great little blurb -- someone else did, and I found at at a third-party's blog.But here it is in its entirety, because -- well, aside from the bit about Australia (I not being an Aussie myself), it pr

Evreybody in academics (or heck, out of academics too) knows that graduate students are the scum of the earth, the low man on the totem pole, the wage slave who's not even really a wage slave because we basically get tuition remission plus scarcely p

This is too crazy to believe.  But believe it all the same, because it actually happened.  More media integrity in action!The BBC was last night plunged into a damaging general election row after it admitted equipping three hecklers with microphone

The Taipei Times just interviewed US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Mark Stokes, who served for seven years as the Secretary of Defense's country director for Taiwan.He has some really intreesting things to say about Taiwan, defense, and the Taiwan St

I watched the inaugural mass for Benedict XVI this morning.  And there were delegations from over 100 nations as world leaders flocked to Rome. Still, pageantry and all that aside (glorious and beauitful to watch though they are), I was after the ne

Taking a study break to bring you some cartoony goodness "borrowed" from the fine folks at Filibuster Cartoons:Given the state of historical memory among today's young people -- oh, heck, of people in general! -- need we remind everyone wh

It's Saturday.I'm young, fun, and drop-dead-gorgeous.  (Well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad -- and I'm not going to tell you which 2).So what have I been doing all day?  And what will I be doing all night?  I've been and will be chained to my computer pou

No, I'm not making this up!Maybe the zoologists out there among you can clear up the mystery, but the news is reporting exploding toads in Germany.Weird!

Time to look at another unsung American ally.Here's something new from our friends the Aussies, who have been hard at work fighting terror.They've been training the Iraqi Army in logistics, and Australia has just sent more troops to Iraq.  The new c

Read it and weep, far lefties.  Check out this new poll from Harvard.  The majority of college students are (a) concerned about Social Security and (b) in favor of private accounts a la the Bush plan.Nearly 70 percent of college students are somewh

Just took this fun Internet survey thingamajig.  No surprise I ended up Italian!  Loooooove the boots, too.And remember, Italians aren't like "other" Europeans.  (And a very good thing too.)Your Inner European is Italian! Passionate and

This is one of those crazy stories from academics that makes you want to scream.  It hails from Alhambra High School in . . . .well, California.  (Sorry, all you Californians out there.)Here, check out the uproar.  Columnist Robin Zhou has been th

As usual, France hits bottom . . . and proceeds to dig.Here's the sordid tale, as French Premier Raffarin heads up the latest example in French perfidy: not only is France still pushing for the EU to lift the arms embargo on China, but it's also thr

The report from Princeton campus was that the administration threatened the . . . er, freewheeling students with disciplinary action.So . . . The Princeton University Varsity Streaking Team has now been disbanded.  I guess campus athletes will have

I wonder if this news report explains the constant Chinese posturing and strutting as just an attempt to make up for perceived . . .  masculine inadequacies.Hilarious!  How do you say "Viagra" in Mandarin?

Is it just me, or has anyone noticed that the new Pope Benedict XVI has already been targeted by various media outlets?  A lot of people seem to be really, REALLY upset that he's not liberal enough -- that he's "too conservative" or even t

Check it out!Denzel Washington is playing Marcus Brutus in the new Broadway production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"!I wonder how Denzel looks in a toga?  Once I scrape up enough pennies, I intend to find out.And if you haven't had the