Diary

Gates: Europe is not paying for its defense!

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The outgoing secretary of defense gives a blunt analysis of how little Europe contributes to world security. Gates: NATO alliance future could be ‘dim, dismal’  By ROBERT BURNS and DESMOND BUTLER, Associated Press BRUSSELS:  In a stern rebuke, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Friday that the future of the historic NATO military alliance is at risk image [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Boys Don’t Cry

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I knew nothing about the plot of Boys Don’t Cry. But somehow the title was so familiar. It must be a famous movie. For the past year or so I have been participating in a video rental service that sends me in a new film from my wish list whenever I send the previous one image [Read More]
Curious News, Diary

87-year-old Nigerian faith healer has 86 wives

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Other countries, other customs. Arnold Schwarzenegger apparently remarked upon reading this story: “Life is unfair!” An Islamic faith healer in Nigeria has married 107 women. The wives seem happy, but religious authorities are not amused. By Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times He fell in love with his first wife because she was sincere and eager to please. His image [Read More]
Diary

Breaking News: The Terminator is Terminated

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I don’t share the politics of Arnold. But I feel for him. He was the American dream. He even wanted to get the constitution changed to become president. But then the dream stalled. He didn’t turn California around and now is marriage crumbles. This was not how the Arnold story was supposed to end. See image [Read More]
Books, Fiction

The Postman

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I received The Postman as a birthday present, fittingly in the mail. I felt obliged to start reading it. After a while it dawned on me that I encountered the plot before in a movie, which I had found terribly disappointing. It walked out of the theatre and wen to dinner early. But the book image [Read More]
Movies, Phantasy

Never Let Me Go

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The book on which the film is based was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and was nominated by Time magazine as the best novel of 2005. Every basic ethics discussions ponders the question whether it is moral to take organs of one person to save a few other persons. The film is sophomoric, disgusting and image [Read More]