Monthly Archives: November 2002

Finally, a sensical trade proposal The Bush Administration today propoased eliminating all tariffs worldwide on industrial and consumer goods by 2015. It’s about time. Tariffs, subsidies and other trade barriers cause price increases for consumers and distort capital flows from … Continue reading →

God and China In an OpEd piece in this morning’s New York Times, Nicholas Kristoff describes how in many parts of China Christians are still tortured and murdered. I hope that if I were ever tested in the way Ms. … Continue reading →

It’s Ronald’s Fault Some shyster has filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s for causing obesity in several teenagers. Said the mother of one of the plaintiffs, “[I had] always believed McDonald’s was healthy for my son.” In a word, phooey. While … Continue reading →

It dawns on me that I haven’t mentioned to many folks where I am singing currently. I’m singing the role ot l’Ufficiale (one whole word!) in Madama Butterfly with Opera in the Heights through November 23. On Sunday, December 1, … Continue reading →

But I’m working on changing that, too. I still haven’t converted all the stuff on my old main page into seperate new pages, so please bear with me. If you find something broken, please let me know.

On Liberty, by Thomas Paine I’ve had this on my quotes page for a while, but it bears repeating at the moment: “He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he … Continue reading →

I’ve always been fascinated by storms and water flow. I still enjoy playing in the rainy aftermath of showers by building little dams in the gutters and removing them, watching the water wend its way around or over or through … Continue reading →

My passion for dining out has become legendary. I keep meaning to put together a restaurant guide, especially now since Zagat has decided to stop publishing their Houston version (their reviews were off the mark as often as not, but … Continue reading →

Sign Up for Mars! You can get your name on a DVD that is going to the Red Planet by clicking on the above link by November 15 at 11pm Central time….so hurry!

Where were the Florence protestors when Iraq invaded Kuwait? Where was their moral outrage when the Serbs overran Srebenicia? Where were their howls of indignation at the slaughter in Rwanda? As for their original reason for being in Firenze, might … Continue reading →