Milt's File: The Extension 720 Blog
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Milt's File for 11/19/09
GET THE BAD (OR EMBARASSING) NEWS OUT ON FRIDAY.....is the working rule in the White house. So says the former president's right hand man who, here, runs through the dismal Friday releases from... more
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Milt's File for 10/26/09
REMEMBER BOBBIE FISCHER? Someone has to do it and Martin Gardner does so in thus too brief but startling item from the Skeptical Inquirer. more
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Milt's File for 10/2/09
WHAT ACORN IS WORRIED ABOUT......is specified in this memorandum from their legal advisers. This is, by no means, the whole story, but bring it up and read it to learn much more than the hurried... more
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Milt's File for 9/17/09
A HOME AWAY FROM HOME......it isn't but, still, if you need some rocks and a lot of sunshine,this newly mapped planet far beyond our solar system might suit you not too badly. But any property you consider buying... more
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Text of the Bin Laden Tape
As Milt described on the air tonight, here is a link to the transcript of the recent Bin Laden tape. more
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Milt's File for 8/19/09
DID LIFE DROP IN.....from elsewhere in the universe? Sir Francis Crick did so hypothesize some years ago. And now we have more and more evidence that he may have been right. ... more
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Milt's File for 8/4/09
BUDWEISER AT THE SUMMIT? YUCH......says this observer who offers a few light points about light beer and then gets down to the interesting interpretive question of why... more
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Milt's File for 7/22/09
GET TO KNOW HIZB UT-TAHRIR.......because, if all goes according to their plans,they will change your life once they establish universal shia law in the greater ummah (that's the world-wide Muslim... more
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Milt's File for 6/23/09
IF DEVIANT RELIGIONS ("RELIGIONS?") INTEREST YOU...... this guide to a thousand links about scientology ought to be in your file. As a sometime teacher of a course in "the psychology of religion" the proprietor of this blog more than... more
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THIS UNIVERSE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE...
...or so asserts multiverse theory which has become increasingly popular among astrophysicists and particle researchers. One of each type joins us tonight and this article gives you some valuable... more
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MORAL EQUIVALENCY FROM OBAMA IN CAIRO...
...is the focus of these two commentaries from Commentary Magazine. These might be read as preface to our discussion tonight on Extension 720... more
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WHAT IS BOB WOODWARD AFTER...
...as he continues to work on his Obama book? Inquiring readers--and the proprietor of this blog--certainly want to know. more
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FOR THIS WE PAY THE HIGHEST TAXES IN THE COUNTRY?
The shame of Chicago and, thus, of its long-endured civic administration is murder in the streets. And we are apparently off to a bloody summer! more
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THIS RUSSIAN CRITIQUE...
...of the American slide toward state management of the economy (they used to call this "socialism") has been getting a lot of attention. Rather loosely written and impressionalistically presented...but still... more
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SOFT DESPOTISM IS UPON US...
...says Michael Barone who references Tocqueville and the new book on soft despotism whose author (Paul Rahe) was our guest last night on Extension 720. more
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TODAY'S MUSICAL OFFERING...
...is one of the great jazz groups that transitioned toward swing, namely: Red Nichols and his Five Pennies, featuring--among others--Glen Miller, Jack Teagarden and PeeWee Russell. more
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HOW WILL OBAMA FUND HIS VAST NEW PROGRAMS?
The question is raised by Charles Krauthammer and the answer he comes up with involves YOU and how they (the new administration) will diminish your social security and medicare protection. more
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IT LOOKS EVEN WORSE TO THE PEOPLE AT REASON MAGAZINE...
...but, then, they are libertarians and, thus, not particularly appreciative of the spread of government power over our lives. more
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THIS LEFT-WING CRITIQUE OF THE DALEY ADMINISTRATION...
...has just appeared in a Baltimore newspaper! We wonder why it has not been picked up by the Chicago press; but here it is, warts, ideology, anger and all. more
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THE TALIBAN WITH NUKES!
That's the sobering vision (prediction?) conjured up by Gerald Posner in this blogpost in The Daily Beast a few days ago. Posner is no irresponsible scaremonger but, rather, one of the best... more
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AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT JAQUES DERRIDA?
If you have not yet made up your mind or if, just possibly, you don't quite know who he was---this probing, assertive and slightly ambivalent article is meant for you; especially if you care about modern and sometimes fashionable... more
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THE INCOMPARABLE CALLAS:
Some of the many memorable performances by the last century's greatest operatic soprano are available here, including her perfect and thrilling rendering of Casta Diva from Bellini's Norma. more
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LEADING THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION...
...in Chicago is the mayor of the city himself! That's the view from city hall as conveyed to the Tribune earlier today and reported in this story. Tonight, on Extension 720, we will... more
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SO WHAT DID BHO ACHIEVE...
...in Europe, Turkey and Iran? Here's an interesting evaluation from the U.K. Telegraph. The extended interactive commentary from the readers is of more... more
