Of course, this is where I was while Marvin Wilson was being executed. It is truly amazing to be able to drive up and be allowed to park right next to a library like that, or lock up your bicycle and walk right in. The rabble tell me it is prestige I should want, but … More Perry-Castañeda Library
From my mailbag: You can sell illegal arms for many years and then sell your company, maintaining all of your contracts with groups such as the CIA. Your fine will be 7.5 million dollars. Nobody will face criminal prosecution for their crimes. Blackwater admitted to selling satellite phones and defense services to Sudan, illegally building … More On Blackwater, and on the road to H* being paved brick by bloody brick.
This is a book, and an author I would like to read. Axé.
Tómate esta botella conmigo En el último trago nos vamos Quiero ver a qué sabe tu olvido Sin poner en mis ojos tus manos Esta noche no voy a rogarte Esta noche te vas de a de veras Que difícil tratar de olvidarte Y que sienta que ya no me quieras Nada me han enseñado … More Siguiéndola con Chavela Vargas
Así. Axé.
SIDI BOU SAÏD It is quite possible that the model threw her head back over the backrest and made god take notice of her hair tumbling behind with magenta flowers spiked at unequal distances within it, and the only thing left then was to add heat and humidity to the centre, and palm trees in … More Rethabile Masilo
Texas authorities executed Marvin Wilson, a 54-year-old death row inmate, on Tuesday night after his attorneys failed to convince state and federal courts that he was mentally retarded and ineligible for the death penalty under a 2002 Supreme Court ruling. Wilson was declared dead at 6:27 p.m. local time. He cried out to his gathered … More Marvin Wilson
If 54-year-old Marvin Wilson is put to death on Tuesday, it will not be because Texas denies that he is intellectually disabled, or as the legal literature puts it, “mentally retarded.” This much, the state recognizes. It just does not believe that Wilson is disabled enough not to be executed in Texas—a flagrant violation of … More States of Barbarity
Those small blocks of time are good for many things, including reading. If I am reading a dense or difficult book and I want to truly follow the arguments and remember them — such as to be able to describe them cogently, for example, when the need arises and without notes — I like to … More Those small blocks of time
I think the reason women say they need big blocks of time to get work done in is not that they do not know how to work efficiently. As I keep saying, anyone who got a PhD and a job does know how to work efficiently. Where the front time goes, the first half of … More Those big blocks of time
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