Archive for March, 2008
Spy-Tech Mondays
Good morning, everyone. Feeling tired? On your third cup of coffee? I am. What better pick-me-up than one of the Stasi’s most ludicrous investigative methods, and one of their more amusing gadgets? Yes, it’s time to join Kristie Macrakis for another Spy-Tech Monday. This week: Taboo — Hide the Children! …and you wondered why the [...]
Beer vs. Wine Fridays
Charles Bamforth, brewing scientist extraordinaire, has a little lesson in diversity. Wines, after all, have an enormous range of flavors packed in just one fruit. You can have smoke, berry, licorice, pear, leather, grass, cat-pee (Chenin blanc, people, look it up). But as far as beer goes, Charles thinks it has more to offer. Read [...]
Weekly Link Round-up
Our authors include experts on just about everything. Here are a few snips and links from around the web. Are there more we haven’t caught? Send them our way: cupblog [dot] us [at] gmail [dot] com. Nat Hentoff of the Village Voice cites Colin Shindler, author of A History of Modern Israel in his latest [...]
Election Zimbabwe!
Fellow publicist Laura Evans reflects on the situation in Zimbabwe. Her recent trek to the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro took her first to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. A few weeks ago I crossed over into Zimbabwe from Zambia at Victoria Falls, a lovely location where the Zambezi River suddenly falls over an abrupt 100 meter drop [...]
Arguments Against the Abolishment of Statutes of Limitations for Childhood Sex Abusers
They are not very convincing, actually. Marci Hamilton takes a scathing look at how ridiculous some of them sound, especially to the victims of childhood sexual abuse. Marci Hamilton As the second half of Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children (Cambridge 2008) documents, there are powerful lobbies opposed to giving survivors [...]
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