A life in words

  • Wikipedia: no muy autoritario

    So, there’s all kinds of stink lately as a result of Wikipedia‘s defamatory information debacle. Today, I got back a paper back in my Spanish Literature class. In that paper, I cited Wikipedia’€™s Spanish language article on the Ultraism movement in Spain in the early 20th Century. I also cited Wikipedia for some information on…

  • Amigote: a blog identity crisis!

    Ok, I’ve begun the process of developing my own theme for this blog. Its ancestry goes directly to the c3ro theme, and basically it is exactly the same… for now! The name of my version of the theme is “Amigote” which as we all know is Spanish for “big jerk friend” (approx. translation). I figured,…

  • Shanwei/Dongzhou Massacre

    Please read and compare the Chinese state news agency’€™s report on the massacre to this one in the Epoch Times. As you can see, the official version of events is a bit watered down! Additionally, there is a very good photo gallery by the Epoch Times. I’m surprised they were able to get these sorts…

Of a commonwealth, whose subjects are but hindered by terror from taking arms, it should rather be said, that it is free from war, than that it has peace. For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from force of character….Baruch Spinoza, Tractatus Theologico-Politicus V.4, 1670, trans. A. H. Gosset 1883