Fri 8 Jan, 2010 10:09 am - I've been teaching myself Mandarin Chinese and Farsi (in addition to brushing up on my heavily rusted Spanish).
Have you tried ConversationExchange.com?
I've found it immensely... (view)
Fri 14 Aug, 2009 08:13 am - Part of the satisfaction one receives from reading authors like Melville, Milton, and Joyce, lies in the challenge their works provide.
Their styles, while very different from each other, remain... (view)
Thu 13 Aug, 2009 10:39 pm - Herman Melville is one of my favorite authors. His mastery of the English language sets him apart from most writers, even the greats.
A cherished, poignant line from [I]Billy Budd[/I]:
"In... (view)
Sun 15 Mar, 2009 09:50 pm - [I]"If party politics constitutes a system of demagogue, then does that render a large portion of Western liberal 'democracy' a Fascist demagogue?" (Doobah47)
[/I]I think that... (view)
Thu 22 Jan, 2009 07:47 pm - ...as voiced by Ishmael in [U]Moby Dick[/U]:
"Men may seem detestable as joint stock-companies and nations; knaves, fools, and murderers there may be; men may have mean and meagre faces; but... (view)
Wed 21 Jan, 2009 12:24 pm - I agree that the matter comes down to personal responsibility, and my last remark was made somewhat facetiously (hence the emoticon).
Still, my point remains that the law is so convoluted and... (view)
Wed 21 Jan, 2009 10:32 am - Good post, Khethil.
In addition to arguing the voluminous nature of the law, I would also stress the complex, counter-intuitive way in which the law is frequently written, and the average... (view)
Tue 20 Jan, 2009 10:51 pm - I said that the alien abduction phenomenon was unheard of until the 60s. Perhaps there were a few cases in 1950, but everything prior to the 1961 Hill case was generally of a different vein... (view)
Tue 20 Jan, 2009 10:25 pm - "This is what has baffled me. With literally 1000's upon 1000's of sightings and obductions claimed every year, I wonder how much evidence is needed before aliens are more than... (view)
