Month: October 2003

  • The Gateses have created a foundation worth $25 billion, the largest in the world, and have pledged to give it most of the rest of their $41 billion fortune, derived largely from stock in Bill Gates’s company, Microsoft Corp. I can’t think of a more fantastic way to waste that much money than to spend…

  • The media is having a fit over Sharon’s decision to build more settlements on the western side of Jerusalem. Fortunately, this decision shows that he is not totally whipped by the White House…yet. Meanwhile, the terrorist group known as Hamas says Israel’s fence “means the early failure of the road map project.” Um, I think…

  • “Women In Islam: Oppression or Empowerment?”

    This evening, I went to hear “Women In Islam: Oppression or Empowerment?” – a presentation given by the Muslim Students Association. It was part of an “Islam Awareness Week” that was highly promoted by the University. (Coming up next is “Coming Out Week,” organized by the “Gender Issues Education Services.”) I was interested in hearing…

  • A third spy has been caught at Guantanamo base. As Sean says, Another translator has been arrested for spying at Guantanamo. Once is a fluke. Twice problem. Three times is a conspiracy. Think I’m off my rocker? Well, two of the three arrested had ties to Syria.