US Military Deaths in Afghanistan Region at 657
Inspiring Imagination in your Kids
Examiner.com - USA With so many parents turning to home schooling and charter schools, it's easy to see that the education system is flawed. It's up to parents to pick up the ...
The author talks about his youth in an orphanage, his latest book on the story of California, and the state's current budget mess.
Terry Eagleton is vague about God, but rather enjoys it: his contradictions are worn with pride as symbols of a kind of ineffable profundity... more»
Alexander Waugh has but a dim, distant memory of William F. Buckely. As a small angry boy, he thought Buckley was hiding his ping-pong ball... more»
Marshall McLuhan said it was going to be one big global village. He didn’t say the villagers would much like each other. But writing and thinking would be like TV!... more»
Giants' Sanchez pitches no-hitter vs. Padres AP
Potato famine disease striking home gardens in U.S.
Figs with mozzarella, Parma ham and breadsticks
Pint to Pint: The Jug and Glass
The Herschel space telescope's "first light" images demonstrate a remarkable capability even though its set-up is incomplete.
addenda #1 - from PGWNET@HMSSURPRISE.ORG
Sandy Miller did well to draw this to our attention. I only spotted one
questionable factual comment, as opposed to opinion - and that was the
suggestion that the Oldest Member and Mr Mulliner told their stories at the
Drones Club. Good gracious! They weren't even members.
Bill (Just Bill)
PS What is the Onion AV Club, and where is it based?
"The Onion A.V. Club (the satirical paper's serious reviewery section)
writes about Wodehouse today.
http://www.avclub.com/articles/pg-wodehouse,30148/"
addenda #2
Granola With a Perk of Olive Oil
By MELISSA CLARK
Using good extra virgin oil, along with a hefty dose of salt, is a brilliant twist on the usual granola.
Lt Col tells of progress made
Slide Show
The Treasure Hunter
