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The Dowbrigade considers himself a normal, red-blooded American
news-junkie, not sick or subversive or overly enamored with schadenfreude.
Lately, however, we have had to question our taste if not our sanity,
for when [...]
World’s Biggest Snake Discovered in Indonesia
Its
a good thing Norma Yvonne is on vacation, far, far away from here, or
she wouldn’t go near the computer for a week just from seeing a snake
[...]
Cards
that can be read from your pocket, without having to be swiped? Incredible
convienience, or an invitation to electronic pocket-picking? How long
til your student ID chip is implanted under your [...]
People
considering a tandem skydive would trust cartoon character Homer Simpson
over US President George Bush, according to research.
The public voted the
daft dad of hit TV show "The Simpsons" as their [...]
The Globe’s political coverage takes a turn for the lyrical, as
Peter Canellos whips up some wacky images in a review of the convoluted
rhetoric concerning
foreign policy flying [...]
James
Caroll, in a
Boston Globe op-ed piece, mentions some alarming statistics concerning
the US criminal justice system. He makes the argument
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December 30, 2003 - Washington — The FBI is warning police nationwide
to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular
annual reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather
trends could [...]
photo via T. Adams
Blogging,
or keeping a weblog, is often seen as a solitary effort. An individual
can type frequent updates onto their log, sharing opinions or ideas with
anyone with Internet access. The future of blogging [...]
The Dowbrigade, whose social life makes Airport Ramada look like
Paris Hilton, has been invited to a party tonight. Not exactly a New
Year’s Eve party (that would be too much to ask [...]
Joan Anderman, writing
in today’s Boston Globe, has some very interesting observations on inter-generational
taste in music. She
is a music critic, and up on Foo Fighters or Ben Harper or Korn or Sheryl
[...]
This story from today’s Globe highlights the lack of consistency in
resolution of legal conflicts, especially if one of the parties is a
citizen and the other is not. And extra-especially if one of the parties
[...]