How a Speech Won the Cold War – New York Times

02Mar06

NYT Op-Ed piece about Khruschev:
How a Speech Won the Cold War – New York Times
By WILLIAM TAUBMAN
FIFTY years ago today, the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gave a “secret speech” at the 20th Communist Party Congress that changed both his country and the world. By denouncing Stalin, whose God-like status had helped to legitimize Communism in [...]

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Looking for Paradoxes

02Mar06

In an NYT Op-Ed piece, Matthew Pearl talks about the recent Larry Summers eviction at Harvard and ties it to larger historical developments. He starts out normally enough:
How the Liberal Arts Got That Way – New York Times
By MATTHEW PEARL
BEFORE Lawrence Summers announced his resignation as president of Harvard on Tuesday, the last upheaval of [...]

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Staralfur — Sigur Rós

02Mar06

Currently playing on my iTunes: Staralfur by Sigur Rós. Its a nice, haunting song (Epitonic will even let you legally download it), though the more uppity types might find it (as always) pandering or trite. One way to identify the uppity types is by their unfaltering admiration of Springsteen — I think the [...]

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