Links With Your Coffee - Monday
Thanks to all of you who recommended online classical stations for my perusal. There are great classical stations everywhere. The search for a favorite reminded me of a scene in William Styron's wonderful novel Sophie's Choice. When Sophie a, Polish-Catholic survivor of the concentration camps of World War II arrives in New York she discovers the classical radio stations that are available there. After years of being deprived of her favorite music she is amazed and overjoyed at her good fortune.
Like Sophie I'm thrilled to find such wonderful offerings so readily available. I'm most taken by Classical KUSC recommended by many and a gem suggested by Connie, the Swiss station Radio Suisse Classique Thanks again for all your help. The coming year will be better for it.
- EzraKlein Archive | The American Prospect
No deaths and few injuries. "Deeply disturbing." Hamas lacks the technology to aim its rockets. They're taking potshots. In response, the Israeli government launched air strikes that have now killed more than 280 Palestinians, injured hundreds beyond that, and further radicalized thousands in the Occupied Territories and millions in the region. The response will not come today, of course. It will come in months, or even in years, when an angry orphan detonates a belt filled with shrapnel, killing himself and 25 Israelis. At which point the Israelis will launch air strikes killing another 70 Palestinians, radicalizing thousands more, leading to more bombings, and so the cycle continues.
- The Satirical Political Report - An Offbeat Look at the Hot-Button Issues of the Day » Your Top ‘Out of Your Head-lines’ of 2008
- Scientific illiteracy all the rage among the glitterati - Science, News - The Independent
- Reboot America — Listics
America needs more than a reboot. We need some snazzy new peripherals–new energy generation and distribution system, new mass transit system, new telecom infrastructure, massive clean-up and realignment of wealth–it’s time to tear down the blue drapes that have given our statue of Justice a false aura of modesty and put the old girl to work again for all of us.
- Joho the Blog » Two order of magnitude quizzes: Crowns ‘n’ Crosswords
- God Wastes Miracle On Running Catch In Outfield | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
HEAVEN—Rather than use His almighty power to breathe life back into the 130,000 people who perished in the Myanmar cyclone, rebuild an earthquake-destroyed China, or bring a lasting peace to the Middle East, the Lord God wasted a divine miracle Monday by granting Angels centerfielder Torii Hunter the ability to make a dramatic but otherwise routine running catch in the outfield. . .
- 2008: The Year in Fiction: Online Only: The New Yorker
- Where to find the best new short stories | Jacket Copy | Los Angeles Times
- Commentary: Ideas that could save humanity - science-in-society - 17 December 2008 - New Scientist
GOOD ideas and striking insights are not so common that they can be allowed to float away on the slipstream of time without making a difference. That difference might be to change the way we think about ourselves and the world. Sometimes it might even affect the way we act - which is obviously more important, and less forgivable to forget. By way of example let me offer two ideas, one of each type. . .
- ChessBase Puzzles
Comments
Thanks for providing the links to radio KUSC and Radio Suisse Classique. I've been listening to KUSC mostly and liking it.
Thank you, Norm for posting the link to Ezra Klein's comment, called "Israel, Wrong". Aside from the immorality of bombing mosques and refugee camps and killing upwards of 400 in "retaliation" for series of homemade rocket attacks (which have killed maybe a half-dozen -- total), he also talks about the futility and counterproductivity of such action. Perhaps Israel's goal is to eliminate the Palestinians, rather than find a way toward mutual respect. If so, then their actions make sense. It's about victory, not reconciliation.
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