Monthly Archives: August 2004

Andrew Sullivan appears to have completely bought in to the mainstream media’s Bush-orchestrated “smear” theory of the swift boats controversy. Does he seriously believe that 254 naval officers and enlisted men, admirals and medal of honor winners, are uncredible Republican … Continue reading →

Simon Schama begins his magisterial book on the FRENCH REVOLUTION, Citizens, by relating the reply of Chinese Premier Zhou En-lai to a question about the significance of those 1789 events: It’s too soon to tell.

My mother objects to my characterization of her as a life-long atheist. I should have known better. Here is her statement: From: BettySeward@aol.com Date: August 25, 2004 12:00:19 PM CDT To: jns@pubblog.com It’s not true that I’m a “lifelong atheist”. … Continue reading →

I would love to say something insightful (or even inciteful) and profound about the whole Najaf Al Sadr holy shrine of Imam Ali engagement, but the truth is I have no idea whether it has been handled brilliantly or badly. … Continue reading →

Piper Jaffray is the first analyst to agree with me that Apple is already set to dominate the emerging music download market.

Candace and I went to the Station Inn the other night, because we heard that Pat Flynn was playing with some other people. Pat is a masterful guitar player and he plays on Candace’s CD, so we didn’t want to … Continue reading →

I’m a programmer. I’ve spent my life programming computers, in a dozen different languages, on all kinds of computers, from Atari game machines to IBM 360s. I’m like those guys who have spent their lives playing guitar, or being machinists, … Continue reading →

We have a few photos, more on the way. Here’s a QuickTime slide show(2.9 MB). If you need QuickTime for Windows, you can download it here.