McCain gets it wrong about Iraq timeline
McCain, trying to score a few desperate points against Obama, gets the Iraq time line drastically wrong. CBS does its part to cover up fr McCain.
Picasso’s Simpler Bulls
I spotted this beautiful progression of drawings on Reddit and decided to publish the original link, which features a short series of bulls drawn by Picasson in late 1945. Beautiful drawings start with a full bodied bull and end with an incredibly simple and elegant version. When I was a…
If you like romance and music, I’ve got a movie for you: “Once” (2007)
I knew something was up when, in the opening scene of the film, an actor was playing the guitar but he really knew how to handle that guitar. "Once," which was written and directed by John Carney, is a low-budget ($160,000) Irish love story that deservedly won a slew of…
Question the significance of the “gross domestic product” (GDP)
I just finished reading a terrifically clear and concise article on measuring "the economy" by Jonathan Rowe, published by Harpers. It is entitled "Our Phony Economy." Please allow me to set the scene. Haven't you wondered why politicians and the news media so often obsess about the rising and falling…
The Grand Basin at night
This is a favorite spot of mine. It's called the Grand Basin and it's located in the middle Forest Park in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. I enjoyed this image of the area because it contains views of some rather large objects (like the St. Louis Art Museum and…