Chicago Boyz (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
I have been as guilty as anybody of indulging in Palin-Mania, or Palin Obsessive Disorder. Like most people, my thinking has been overly fact-lite, if not fact-free, about Gov. Palin. So, as the need to think about other things asserts itself, it is a relief to read a brilliant summary from Jim Bennett [...]
Music City Oracle (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
Quoting Jim Bennett, Glenn Reynolds finds it ironic that American liberal repudiation of western culture finds its roots in the Calvinism of American Puritans. The quote from Mr. Bennett is as follows: This is primarily an effect of the Calvinist Puritan roots of American progressivism. Just as Calvinists believed in the centrality of the depravity of man, with the exception of a miniscule...
Chicago Boyz (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Jim has been quiet lately, and his insights have been missed. His analysis is too good to be left buried in the comments: The McCain-Palin campaign needs to address the experience question head-on, and they need to do so by working from Palin’s strengths, not by sweeping objections under the rug. This should be done [...]
Dayton Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
... She was sentenced in Common Pleas Court to 10 months on each charge, to be served consecutively.Jim Bennett, first assistant county prosecutor, called the sentence "appropriate. It was what the family wanted."Morrow provided home care for the 88-year-old. The woman's family said Morrow came with good references. But after becoming concerned about unexplained bruising and other marks, the...
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
One of the many benefits of being a KEXP supporter is access to exclusive live performances, like this one of Okkervil River live from the Triple Door last month. Members of the KEXP 500 Club get invitations to four exclusive VIP Club Concert Series performances. In the past, these intimate events this beautiful venue have [...]
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Last week’s 3-night bender that was the 21st Annual Shake the Shack Rockabilly Ball was a blast for all of those involved. Thanks to our sponsors, Pabst and the Tractor Taver, everybody who came out, danced and dressed up, and all of the great bands: Omar Romero / Dusty Chance & the Allnighters / Texas Steve / Slim Sandy/ Little Rachel / James Intveld / Rocky Velvet / The Royal Deuces / Jimmy Sutton...
hi spirits (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
... | Mark Weiss | S.K. Kelen | Stephen Vincent | Tad Richards | Barry Alpert | Martin J. Walker | Jim Bennett |Gerald Schwartz | Peter Riley | Robin Hamilton | David Bircumshaw | Candice Ward | Peter Howard | Joanna Boulter | Jill Jones | John Kinsella | Randolph Healy | Bob Marcacci | Liz Kirby | Max Richards | Andrew Burke | Peter Larkin | Cindy Lee | Caleb Cluff | Douglas Barbour | Árni...
Biomedicine on Display (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Our good colleague Jim Bennett at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford has made an interesting observation about trends in science communication in the Times Literary Supplement (‘No strings’, March 28, pp.28-29). Reflecting on a number of newly published books on cosmology, Jim points out that the role of the individual science writer seems [...]
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Many, many great bands visited KEXP and performed in the Bumbershoot Music Lounge this year, bands as diverse as Forro in the Dark, Black Eyes and Neckties, Asylum Street Spankers, !!!, and Orgone. We were fortunate to film nearly all of them, and we’ll be rolling out footage as quickly as we can. First up, [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
By Scott Taylor LEWISTON - City officials knew Casella planned to bring out-of- town recyclables to Lewiston, City Administrator Jim Bennett said Wednesday.
Library Journal News (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Lewiston officials decided that the cost of going to court wasn’t worth the benefit. A statement from City Administrator Jim Bennett noted that the library now has four donated copies of the book, rather than the one that Karkos took.Community sentiment has been significantly critical of Karkos. "We felt that one person does not have the power to keep a book from the 36,000 citizens of Lewiston,"...
