Sound Research - WSJ.com
Stimulus Shouldn't Be an Excuse for Pork - WSJ.com
A group of the nation's mayors got together and decided their wish-lists are now "vital infrastructure projects" that they need government bailout money for.
A Japanese General Rewrites the Past - WSJ.com
World War Two didn't happen the same way in everyone's history books.
Most Presidents Ignore the Constitution - WSJ.com
Yup, it's true.
America's Other Auto Industry - WSJ.com
Yeah, the profitable, popular, successful one. You know which one.
If this Isn't Terrorism, What Is? - WSJ.com
The BBC shows itself afraid of giving offense to anyone by refusing to call the massacre in Mumbai a terrorist attack, terrorists terrorists, and refusing to even mention one of the targeted sites as being a Jewish center. It was randomly chosen, they said.
Georgia Acted in Self-Defense - WSJ.com
It seems like everyone accepts Russia's version of events...but actually, Georgia is the one that was playing by the rules. It was Russia that issued passports to citizens of another country, without them residing in Russian territory or being Russian citizens. It was Russia that invaded Georgia's airspace. And what Georgia did was not illegal - the places it "invaded" were Georgian territory. Its government was trying to prevent the country from being broken up. I am sure you are aware that America did the same in the South during the Civil War, and that was perfectly fine (unless you're an old-time Southerner).
WELCOME TO SLANGUAGE.COM
It claims to teach you how to speak like the locals in cities around the world. It falls short of that claim, but it does have some good slang and pronunciation cues.
Plain Language Humor: High Tech Humor
This is how engineers write the world. The story of Little Red Riding Hood is nearly unrecognizable. I like it.
Over-used Buzz Words & Buzz Phrases
Exactly what it says. Connect four in a row to see if you've got management potential!
Amazon.com: Down and Dirty (Viking Time-Travel): Sandra Hill: Books
Yeah, it's what it says it is. It's about a time-traveling Viking princess who falls in love with a Navy SEAL. There is more than one book in the series. Can romance novels get any better?
TopatoCo: Telegraphed Revolution BLACK Shirt
A shirt proudly proclaiming that "The Revolution will not be Telegraphed." It features a betop-hatted man.
The researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging to gauge activity in 18 people's brains as they listened to obscure 18th-century symphonies. The team found that activity in the regions of the brain associated with paying attention, making predictions and updating events peaked during the short periods of silence between movements.
Politics/Opinion
Stimulus Shouldn't Be an Excuse for Pork - WSJ.com
A group of the nation's mayors got together and decided their wish-lists are now "vital infrastructure projects" that they need government bailout money for.
A Japanese General Rewrites the Past - WSJ.com
World War Two didn't happen the same way in everyone's history books.
Most Presidents Ignore the Constitution - WSJ.com
Yup, it's true.
America's Other Auto Industry - WSJ.com
Yeah, the profitable, popular, successful one. You know which one.
If this Isn't Terrorism, What Is? - WSJ.com
The BBC shows itself afraid of giving offense to anyone by refusing to call the massacre in Mumbai a terrorist attack, terrorists terrorists, and refusing to even mention one of the targeted sites as being a Jewish center. It was randomly chosen, they said.
Georgia Acted in Self-Defense - WSJ.com
It seems like everyone accepts Russia's version of events...but actually, Georgia is the one that was playing by the rules. It was Russia that issued passports to citizens of another country, without them residing in Russian territory or being Russian citizens. It was Russia that invaded Georgia's airspace. And what Georgia did was not illegal - the places it "invaded" were Georgian territory. Its government was trying to prevent the country from being broken up. I am sure you are aware that America did the same in the South during the Civil War, and that was perfectly fine (unless you're an old-time Southerner).
And now, for some fun things.
WELCOME TO SLANGUAGE.COM
It claims to teach you how to speak like the locals in cities around the world. It falls short of that claim, but it does have some good slang and pronunciation cues.
Plain Language Humor: High Tech Humor
This is how engineers write the world. The story of Little Red Riding Hood is nearly unrecognizable. I like it.
Over-used Buzz Words & Buzz Phrases
Exactly what it says. Connect four in a row to see if you've got management potential!
Amazon.com: Down and Dirty (Viking Time-Travel): Sandra Hill: Books
Yeah, it's what it says it is. It's about a time-traveling Viking princess who falls in love with a Navy SEAL. There is more than one book in the series. Can romance novels get any better?
TopatoCo: Telegraphed Revolution BLACK Shirt
A shirt proudly proclaiming that "The Revolution will not be Telegraphed." It features a betop-hatted man.
