Monthly Archives: July 2006

Being Wronged is Not Enough

7/27/2006 – 9:38 am

Phyllis Diller says that even into her late 30s, she didn’t understand the significance of a solitary, upturned middle finger. “On the other hand,” she said, “at the time I didn’t know how to drive.”
There are moments in all of our lives as drivers when a jerk cuts us off in traffic or runs [...]

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As High As The Sky

7/20/2006 – 10:48 am

Three months ago, I predicted airlines would feel the first pinch of peak oil. They’re pinched and passengers are screaming. My ears are full of complaints from friends who’ve been traveling in the past month. I’ve got to fly in 10 days; I’m not looking forward to it.
The price of oil is [...]

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The Sacred City

7/13/2006 – 9:56 am

If you walk down Church Street, Burlington’s downtown retail/pedestrian mall, you can see scribed in stone, the names of cities and towns around the world with which Burlington has a relationship. Some are “sister cities,” including Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua.
It’s nice to walk down Church Street on a summer evening with the vending carts out, [...]

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Fading Away

7/6/2006 – 10:33 am

As this year turned, the People’s Republic of China was busy persecuting journalists and democracy activists with the assistance of American internet service providers like Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google and Cisco. Spokespeople for the corporations pleaded that their companies need to “operate within the laws, regulations and customs of the country in which they are [...]

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