Last week when I wrote that music is one of the most important things in my life, Cindy wrote me an email saying, if that’s true, it’s a little peculiar that I never write about it. (Every one of her posts says what she is listening to while she writes it) She’s right … I [...]

Over the past couple months I have been reading more and more blogs from Spain, Mexico, and throughout Latin America. I should update my Bloglines account to reflect the new reads, but until then, make sure to check out this incredible directory of Spanish blogs. Or I should say, Spanish speaking bloggers who write in [...]

Updated 12/31/04 11:40 a.m. (see below) com·pas·sion n. Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it. Two days ago I wrote about a San Diegan traveler who escaped the tsunami on the Thai island of Kho Phi Phi and then described the event on his travel weblog. Ivan commented [...]

For part 1, click here. I’m back with the second installment of music reviews. a lot has happened since we last spake. the cold war ended, women gained the right to vote, and the formidable Roman Empire was split into the Holy Roman Empire and the Blue States. Just to review, here’s The Dave Matthews [...]

Lawrence Lessig’s blog is probably one of, if not the, most informative blogs on the net. His content is always insightful, brief, and articulate and he manages to get super intriguing guest bloggers. So you’d think I’d read it more often, but I’ve realized I need some sort of connection with the blog I’m reading [...]

More than anything, this is an open letter to Rebecca MacKinnon of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society who recently set up BloggerCorps amongst much enthusiasm and applause of fellow bloggers only to see it squander in lack of activity and participation. A couple of days ago she lamented on her own blog that [...]

One of my new favorite RSS feeds to subscribe to is the new pages feed of Wikipedia. It cracks me up to see some of the new wikipedia articles that people are publishing. Today someone made an entire new page to explain that “Te quiero means “I love you” in english.” This one‘s pretty funny [...]

Maybe I just miss my Fascist friend as he’s traveling in the motherland, in the heart of the wonderous cactus juice, tequila. But the truth is, I’ve learned a thing or two from Thomas Sowell‘s biggest fan. Not about poltics or economics – that’s for me to do the teaching – but about the cultural [...]

Trying to dissuade my grinchiness, a few friends have sent me some pretty funny holiday propoganda. Twas the night before Christmas and all through the casa, Not a creature was stirring — Caramba! Que pasa? Los ninos were tucked away in their camas, Some in long underwear, some in pijamas, While hanging the stockings with [...]

Today’s bridge blogging translation comes from Moises Kirsch who writes at Moiblog from Monterrey, Mexico: Somos Album (ellos) “Eureka Son” by Album is probably one of the best CD’s I’ve heard recently. It has a refreshing and different sound compared to the other Mexican groups that have surged in popularity recently (Jumbo, La Gusana Ciega, [...]