Monday, December 04, 2006

Reading Recommendations: 2006-12-04

I haven't had as much time for surfing lately, for obvious reasons, but I did come across a few good ones this past weekend.

  • Has He Started Talking to the Walls? [T$]
    Frank Rich's column from Sunday's NY Times. Absolutely devastating, I thought, and spot-on. This, of course, is nothing new from my boy Frankie.

  • The N-Word: Unmentionable lessons of the midterm aftermath
    No, this isn't about some washed-up comedian's flameout. This is Diane McWhorter on the other N-word.

  • Questions and Answers for New Pilot Naturalization Exam
    La Migra has decided to update the test for those seeking to become American citizens, thinking that the current version features too much rote memorization. According to the rules: "To pass, applicants will have to correctly answer six of 10 selected questions." There are 144 questions, and I think that there might have been five that I couldn't get. I shudder to think how badly the average American might do on this test. Of course, now that the questions and answers are posted, we're back to rote memorization.

    Nonetheless, it's a fun test to take. Use the scroll bar -- the answers appear right below the the corresponding questions.

1 comment:

bjkeefe said...

BTW, the link that McWhorter should have supplied for reference for Godwin's Law, rather than the lame Washington Post article, is this one.

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