| DAY ONE: There is in England a description of the Establishment as "The great and the good," but the clear, simple truth is that there are the great and there are the good and they all too rarely coincide in any single human frame. The good went to the chaotic rehearsals and the great expected no less... KEVIN CAREY "PAGEANT" - More
CARTOONS BY GASPIRTZ: A droll sense of humor, a twist of fate. OLIVER GASPIRTZ. MEMOIRS OF THE INFORMATON AGE: "CARNIVORE" is what the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation calls the machine they "park" at Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to cull your e-mails. The Department of Justice says they have to get court-orders, much as they would get for wire-taps of your telephone. The difference is... NOBODY knows if CARNIVORE only looks at the e-mails on the court order.... BILL STEVENS "Trust Me!" - More MY GLASS HOUSE: The worst part of the e-mails I receive from G21 readers, both those published in VOX POPULI and sent privately, is that I feel pressure to be both entertaining and "sagely" every week. Nobody can do that. Certainly not me ... ROD AMIS "The Man Behind the Curtain" - More POWERSSOUND: Lets talk about the blues. No music can reach into the depths of the listeners soul better than the blues. Its electric, its exciting, and it can make you cry. Experiencing the blues is a feeling like none other. - BOB POWERS "Picking Up On Blues" More PLANETARY MADNESS: Whether you are retaining unwanted water or whether you are finding it difficult to let go of mawkish sentiments (or resentments), your pinscher-sporting inner Crab is reluctant to release anything (or anyone).....JENNIFER BLUE "JULY, 2000" RECOMMENDED DAILY REQUIREMENT (RDR): Germany, and Europe for that matter, does not need a World Cup. In footballing terms, Germany had one in 1974 and Europe (which is relatively small) has had one in two of all the World Cups since 1930. Politically, Europe is a largely united continent, and socio- economically, Germany and Europe are positively booming. Contrast with South Africa/Africa. The continent is more than twice as big as Europe, politically divided, economically fragile, potty about football and without a World Cup to ever reminisce about. AL DUNSMUIR "South Africa World Cup." RDR 07.19.00:RAKESH AGRAWAL helps us in "Understanding the Kashmir Problem." RDR 07.17.00: THOMAS HART believes we have relegated Western youth to "Anime & Theme Parks." RDR 07.14.00: ROD AMIS explores the spiritual in "A Man of God." LOOKING FOR A PREVIOUS "RDR" Essay? Visit our complete ARCHIVES. VOX POPULI: From Douglas McDaniel, Newton, MA, USA: SUBJECT: "A Man of God" Rod,
Shoot at the darkness until it bleeds daylight.
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Anime & Theme ParksTHOMAS HART
If you don't answer fast enough, and *positive* enough, then they want to send you to a therapist.
That's the perfect time to go up to your room --- if you have one --- and jack into the Nintendo or the Dreamcast...
LETTERS FROM CHECHNYA:Movsar's StoryRENDT GORTER
Taking back-roads out of the city and through the lowlands, he succeeded in reaching his home village of Chiri Yurt.
Movsar was born in this little community. He showed me pictures of the stunning scenery. The steep gorges of the mountains are covered with tall forests. Beyond, the peaks of the Caucasus mountains that mark the continental divide to Asia tower over the valleys. To Chechens, that are still very conscious of their mountain origins, this is the hallowed home land.
The Conservative AllergySTEVE VIVIANCertainly, t/A> FEED THE HUNGRY. You can help someone else in this world and IT WON'T COST YOU A DIME. If you simply remember to drop by The Hunger Site every day that you surf and click a simple button ONE LESS PERSON WILL GO HUNGRY. The food is distributed by the United Nations World Food Programme and paid for through the sponsorship of companies that care. Do your part. SITE SEARCH: Find what you desire by author or subject. OTHER EDITIONS
(TABLOID HART says the Clinton's are our National Curse; BOB POWERS looks at the recovery of a lost Stan Kenton concert in POWERSSOUND... and more, always more!)
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I expect that lots of teenagers right now are just about as cynical and alienated as Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in The Rye and as I was when I was going through that special Hell of not being an adult or a child. That age-ist limbo land where you aren't supposed to drink (but you still do if you have a mind to) and you have NO rights and your hormones are raging and EVERYBODY expects you do decide what you are going to do with THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
As the Russian troops advanced into Grozny, and bombs started falling in the hospital grounds, it was clear to Movsar and the remaining medical staff that they had to leave. The surgeon crammed his car full with all the medical supplies he could fit, and fled.