Archive for the 'controversy' Category

Politeness in Rejection

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

A response letter from the Smithsonian institute in regard to a recently submitted archaeological specimen. Just precious.
Now if only I could be so politic when addressing the wild claims of those around me. It’s especially fitting because a good friend of mine recently gave me a thirty-page treatise on why the theory of [...]

“Peace”-keeping

Saturday, June 19th, 2004

My personal take on the whole peacekeeping business is that it just doesn’t work. There are deep seeded reasons why these people hate each other (or us, or whomever it is they hate) that go back hundreds or even thousands of years. There is absolutely no way that we can force these people [...]