Monthly Archives: March 2011

GOOD IDEAS AND LOCAL NEWS

Today, especially, I miss my old neighbors. Every St. Patrick’s Day the mostly Scandinavian-surnamed lot of them would “drop in” after work, sure of their Irish coffee and soda bread, to argue the important question: were the Irish here before … Continue reading

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ARRRGGGH!

How do I go nuts? Let me count the ways. 1. Reading about plagiarists, most recently, the German Minister of Defense whose Ph.D. thesis he apparently plagiarized. This has hurt his credibility (yes!) which, in turn, may cost him the … Continue reading

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