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  • Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,But to be young was very heaven...William Wordsworth, The Prelude (1805) World events in the last few days have left me absolutely awe-struck. Progress in Egypt; possible peace in …

  • Freedom on the march: I woke up this morning to the news that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has endorsed a constitutional amendment allowing more than one person to run for president (novel idea!). So American influe…

  • Good news and bad news: I found a pair of sunglasses that had been missing for four months... but I have a sinus infection. And this morning's opthamologist appointment went well; my nearsightedness isn't any worse, but…

  • Yesterday I finally finished reading the 9-11 Commission Report. Here's my review; detailed thoughts to follow soon. I am working on a long post (or possibly a PoliticsAndPrinciples.com article) on immigration, since e…

  • Well, it's just about time for me to make the big decision: where will I be spending the next four years? The public comment period has been extended before binding action is taken. Speak now or forever hold your peace…

  • Very interesting article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday about "The New Evangelicals." The author discusses the mass advent of what she calls "ethnic evangelicals" and has a few words about their politics. She say…

  • What am I doing with my free time these days? Mostly reading Shakespeare. After 8 years, I am approaching the end of the Complete Works. (9 plays and the sonnets and a few major poems left.) I read Measure for Measur…

  • So everybody says, "Jacob, you need to get a Xanga..." And I guess they're right because everyone else has one. (Not literally everyone, of course; just the "cool" people.) And last night when I discovered that you n…

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