Almost as predictable as fruitcakes and latkes this time of year are critics’ "best of" lists. Ranging from humorous to pretentious, they can be a worthwhile reminder of ’06 (that was a rad show!), a welcome tip for last-minute shopping (dude, my mom would totally dig Lady Sov. Done and done!), or merely an aching […]
Warning Voice ! What every driver needs
There should be a “Warning Voice” that tells the driver to keep their hands on the wheel, with the exception of using the gear-stick, choke and only allowing the switching on and off the radio or changing tapes at the start of the journey or when moving slow. The other current dangerous act is drivers […]
Heard by a Bird
"If you meet the Buddha on the road, ask him for his autograph."– Angelina Jolie My friends are listening to the palindromic jam band Gem Tune Nutmeg. A Letter After years of living in the Catskills, one learns to hear fog. It sounds like a distant bassoon. R. T. Superintendent Search? This copied from a […]
A book review
As if the Stern Report wasn’t enough to highlight the potentially cataclysmic nature of global warming, the UN has published its own book “Tore and the town on thin ice” for children. Tore, the protagonist, lives in an arctic village and enters a sled race. During the race he rides over thin ice, which breaks […]
Chief surgeon denies testicle fiasco
Rıza Sarıbabıçcı, chief surgeon of Konya Numune Hospital, on Sunday, December 17 rejected reports published in Turkish daily Hurriyet that female observant Muslim members of his staff refused an ultrasound to an adolescent male suffering from testicular torsion. The boy, Ali Faruk G., according to hospital registers, came to the hospital’s urology department seeking treatment […]
ErdoÄŸan speaks out
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, drawing from previous communication between Ankara and the UN, answered questions from the international press on a visit to New York. One journalist asked, “You are promising to give rights to Cypriot Turks. Are you ready to give the same rights to Kurds?” ErdoÄŸan responded, “The Kurds don’t have […]