The press is not free in Zimbabwe, and the state-controlled news organs are little more than cheerleading mouthpieces for the Mugabe regime. Independent weekly The Zimbabwean recently started a Sunday edition that’s become the country’s most-read Sunday paper. How? It’s printed in South Africa and distributed by truck; except that this Sunday’s edition won’t be [...]
Entries from May 2008
Zimbabwe: Truckload of Newspapers Burned
May 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses
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Customization of Cutline Theme: Nicely Done
May 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Mini-Posts, The Never-Ending Bloga
Cold Climate Gardening — Hardy plants for hardy souls
is a gardening blog using the Cutline theme, with a very nice color palette and an intriguing use of Pictobrowser.
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Einstein Letter
May 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek Out!, Mini-Posts, Religion
New fuel for religion-science debate — – chicagotribune.com
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LTTE: Polygamy From A Modern Girl’s Perspective
May 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Hot Off The Presses, Only in Utah...
The Salt Lake Trib’s letters to the editor often contain some interesting insights into life in Utah; I haven’t lived there for more than 30 years, and I feel I know the place because I can read the opinions of the cranks and the apologists and the activists and the completely whacked-out religious nutcases.
This time, [...]
Francis Baker, cooper of Yarmouth
May 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Dear Mom, Mini-Posts
Francis
According to the genealogy files so laboriously compiled by my Aunt Nibby in the pre-Internet dark ages, Francis Baker was the first direct ancestor on Pop’s side. He came over in 1635, although some of the details she had conflict with the ones on this website.
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