Dowbrigade

A
brain scan to identify racists? But how do we get the suspected racists
to submit to scanning? And what do we do with the racists once we identify
[...]

THONG HAI HIN, Laos — The first time Sousath Phetrasy saw the huge stone
jars
scattered in a grassy field, he was entranced. Carefully avoiding old unexploded
bombs in the ground, the Laotian businessman walked among hundreds of the ancient,
lichen-covered containers, each one large enough to hold a person. The biggest
weighed more than 6 tons.
Perhaps 2,000 years old, [...]

It’s about time, after years of abuse, mistreatment and embarassment,
that BU faculty, students and alumni found the spine to stand up to
an incompetent administration. Many of the Dowbrigade’s colleagues
[...]

Geez, high school kids nowadays have all the fun.  When the Dowbrigade
was in high school we needed to use smoke signals or carrier pidgeons to spread
the word about a hot party. Then they invented the telegraph, and
the whole [...]

There is a fascinating article in tomorrows
(todays) Washington Post about blogging. The author, Jennifer Howard,
launches into a savage attack on the phenomenon, as though she feels
somehow betrayed by her growing addiction [...]