Observations, thoughts, reminiscences, and occasional rants on anthropology, linguistics, old-time banjo, and anything else that crosses my path...
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Friday, February 27, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
New rule*
Am I the only one who gets a twinge of cognitive dissonance when I hear the name of the terrorist group Al- Shabaab? Shouldn't they be required to pick a more evil-sounding name, rather than one that makes me think of a 50s doo wop song?
*Apologies to Bill Maher.
*Apologies to Bill Maher.
Friday, February 13, 2015
Darwin Day!
Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. Here's a little tribute to him by a banjo-playing friend up in North Carolina, Donald Zepp.
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After a year: genocide by any other name
And the name, I learned this week, is: The Dahiya Doctrine. Mehdi Hassan explains here .
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