Yesterday, my dad sent me an article about how Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” will be republished without editorial censorship. Society was considerably more conservative back in the 50s so sections of the original were not included because of references to sex and drugs. I wonder how it will change the feeling of the book. [...]
According to the exclusive report, Israeli troops has started constructing a temporary detention compound at a military base in northern Israel, which is to be used for holding hundreds of Lebanese detainees taken during the future operations in southern Lebanon. Just like Uncle Sam. Technorati Tags: guantanamo, israel, lebanon, prison
Spoiler warning: If you haven’t seen Pirates of the Caribbean 2, this may completely ruin it for you, but I’m not really sure. I decided to be a “cool kid” this weekend and go see Pirates of the Caribbean 2. I was disappointed, to say the least. I started to think about how it [...]
I realize it is a tad naive, but one of my favorite cartoons is Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. I find it’s animation and humor quite interesting. The main character is named Blooregard Q. Kazoo, normally called Bloo. Bloo was “imagined” by Mac who could not keep him and had to give him to Foster’s [...]
A few days ago, the Campaigns Wikia launched as a place where people can discuss political causes and issues. After looking through it today, I realized there was no page on torture. In response, I started one. It is quite small right now and I intend to expand it a little later. If you wish [...]
I was looking at my statistics this morning and discovered that my “data transfered” yesterday was significantly higher than almost any other day I can remember. I was a little suspicious of this so I looked a little closer. It turns out that the majority of the hits came from 4 IPs. Also, the most [...]
This summer, I am partaking in an internship that involves researching a global issue that will be discussed in a conference early next year. The topic I was assigned happens to be torture. All I was given was the word (torture) and a list of websites that might come in handy. The direction of the [...]