July 30, 2005 Archive

Books

• Squandering Aimlessly by David Brancaccio

  Review in Books — by Murphy — on Jul 30, 2005

• Book Review: Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation That's Changing Your World by Hugh Hewitt

  Review in Books — by Damian Penny — on Jul 30, 2005

Politics

• Sign of the Times

  Why are our highway departments putting up signs for Illegal Immigrant Crossings?

  Satire in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Jul 30, 2005

• London Terrorists: Do they have the right Suspects?

  So much for going out in a blaze of glory to meet Allah.

  Opinion in Politics — by Blog Bloke — on Jul 30, 2005

• Psst. Are We Supposed To Forget The "War On Terror?"

  In his weekly radio address, the president not only failed to say "war on terror" -- he essentially skipped the subject.

  Opinion in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jul 30, 2005

• Why can't they admit the terrorist threat?

  What will it take before Lefties admit that there's a real and persistent terrorist threat?

  Opinion in Politics — by Mark Edward Manning — on Jul 30, 2005

• Time to end the London bomb hysteria

  Fifty-two have died, less than a week's road death toll. Where are the demands for traffic safety laws?

  Opinion in Politics — by Natalie Bennett — on Jul 30, 2005

• The I. R. A. Disarms

  ...when peace is finally worked out for the people of Ireland ... it will have been in spite of the I.R.A. not because of it.

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Jul 30, 2005

• Frist backs expanded stem cell research

  Opinion in Politics — by Leoniceno — on Jul 30, 2005

Music

• Beulah - A Good Band is Easy To Kill

  A superb "band on tour" documentry about one of the finest indie pop bands who never made the big time.

  Review in Music — by Triniman — on Jul 30, 2005

• Judging Jessica Simpson

  Jessica's version is about shoving her boobs in a police officer's face. Which, really, who hasn't done that?

  Opinion in Music — by Mei Flower — on Jul 30, 2005

• REVIEW: Johnny Cash: The Legend Disc 2 of 4 - Old Favorites and New

  When 'I love you' slips my mind at least every other day will you still love me?

  Review in Music — by Temple Stark — on Jul 30, 2005

• Michael Jackson: The Public Has, Um, Spoken

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 30, 2005

• CD Review: B5 by B5

  B5's self-titled debut shows that these guys have a lot of potential.

  Review in Music — by Sterfish — on Jul 30, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Spacey space guys

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Barbara Payne — on Jul 30, 2005

• It's Time to Ditch Cisco and ISS

  Michael Lynn revealed no new vulnerabilities but only shot down the deception peddled by Cisco that their devices can’t be taken over.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by John Bambenek — on Jul 30, 2005

• Will Bush ban video games?

  Will Bush ban certain video games? Read between the lines.

  Satire in Sci/Tech — by Mark Edward Manning — on Jul 30, 2005

Culture

• Love Biatch: Putting Out

  Opinion in Culture — by Love Biatch — on Jul 30, 2005

• Stress

  ...being stressed is probably the sanest reaction possible.

  Opinion in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Jul 30, 2005

• NASA quantifies "acceptable risk"

  What the hell is with NASA?

  Opinion in Culture — by Lisa Hoover — on Jul 30, 2005

• Two wonderful women

  Varying circumstances took me to web resources on two fascinating women

  Opinion in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Jul 30, 2005

• Is surfing the Net better than sex?

  Opinion in Culture — by Adam Ash — on Jul 30, 2005

• Why Lightning Never Strikes Twice

  Because aren't we all just a little screwed up over our first love?

  Opinion in Culture — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Jul 30, 2005

• Vanishing From The Edge of Heaven

  On July 22, 2005, Trevor Stokol disappeared from Mt. Everest...

  News in Culture — by Steve Huff — on Jul 30, 2005

• 10th planet? Not so fast

  If this does indeed turn out to be a new planet, I have a couple of comments about it.

  Satire in Culture — by Lisa Hoover — on Jul 30, 2005

• Day By Day for July 30, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for July 30, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jul 30, 2005

• Blogging: The good and the bad

  Opinion in Culture — by Regina Avalos — on Jul 30, 2005

Gaming

• Xbox Review: Oddworld - Stranger's Wrath

  The best Xbox exclusive this side of Halo.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jul 30, 2005

• Xbox Review: Batman Begins

  Misses everything it could have been.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jul 30, 2005

Video

• Box Office Queen Conquers Broadway

  News in Video — by Film Laureate — on Jul 30, 2005

• MSNBC (AKA Fox News-Lite) To Add Another Conservative To Nightly Line-Up

  Tucker Carlson is the latest conservative to find no love on MSNBC.

  Opinion in Video — by David R. Mark — on Jul 30, 2005

• review - Stealth

  There's lot to dislike about Stealth, which is a bit like Team America meets XXX. But it's highly entertaining.

  Review in Video — by Triniman — on Jul 30, 2005

• DVD Review: Cleopatra 2525: The Complete Series

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 30, 2005

• Saving Carrick, hardly

  Opinion in Video — by OC hairball — on Jul 30, 2005

• T-Boz & Chilli 'R' the Real Stars of R U The Girl

  Opinion in Video — by Joe — on Jul 30, 2005

• Review: Sky High

  When the film is most enjoyable is when it is spoofing the super-hero genre. There is a secret lair...

  Review in Video — by Leoniceno — on Jul 30, 2005

Sports

• Player demands not met by the NHL

  Provisions the NHL Players Association, for one reason or another, did not get from the league during labor discussions

  Satire in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Jul 30, 2005