I've been pretty busy the past few days with teaching and laughing my head off over the Republican presidential candidate promising to clean up W…
Read moreI've just noticed that a video shown in the visitor's center at the 9500 year old early farming site of Catalhoyuk in Turkey--the subject of …
Read moreLike most Obama supporters, I have been aghast to see the national polls swing from a comfortable lead for Obama to an undeniable lead for McCain i…
Read moreA note from Rick Pettigrew, head of The Archaeology Channel: Friends and colleagues: Historical archaeology takes on special relevance and visibil…
Read moreThis particular event is for us in Boston, but the stamp will of course be launched nationwide. Speaking of the film world, I saw the Coen brothers …
Read morePlease give me a break. A number of pundits are now saying that Sarah Palin was confused by Charlie Gibson's question asking her to define the &…
Read more"Enough of the Jerusalem Mantra." That's the title of a guest commentary on the Washington Post/Newsweek " PostGlobal " sit…
Read moreAs I don't need to tell many readers of this blog, the level of dishonesty of the McCain- Palin campaign has already reached heights previously …
Read moreAs regular readers know, yours truly is a former regular contributor to Bon Appetit magazine, and I still keep in touch with the old gang. Here is th…
Read more"EVERY GUN that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed…
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