The Kirkland Dispatch
Blog URL nomadization.blogspot.com
Tags politics, obama, ravens, nfl, liberal, literature, college, orioles, government
Musings from an 18 year old global citizen on politics, literature, culture, and sports.
Latest Blog Posts
- Marty Peretz' pathetic swipe at Palestinians on Jun 16, 2009 in world politics Palestine Israel politics
Under the headline, 'You Think The Iranian Police Are Uncivilized; Here's A Most Gruesome Tale About A Palestinian Family.' And here's the headline on a Jerusalem Post story by Khaled Abu Toameh: "Relatives of boy slain as 'collaborator...
- When Pretentious Interns Attack on Jun 6, 2009 in Washington DC
Just came across this hilarious blog dedicated to the experiences people have with over-eager and self righteous DC interns.Considering I'm planning myself on participating in my school's semester program in Washington DC some time during the 2010-11...
- Obama in Cairo on Jun 4, 2009 in world politics Barack Obama politics Middle East
I was impressed with the speech. It was humble, sobering, and I think it struck the right kind of tone.There have been complaints that the speech was too broad, but I don't think this was ever meant to be a policy address. This was the beginning of a...
- Hitler in color on Jun 4, 2009 in World War II Hitler history
Life has released never before scene colored photographs of Adolph Hitler, which you can see here.There is something profoundly provocative about these pictures of Hitler. It seems to bring him to life in a way that wasn't possible before. Looking at...
- Latinagate on Jun 2, 2009 in Sonia Sotomayor conservatives Supreme Court politics
I haven't commented on the Sotomayor nomination because frankly, I find 99% of the commentary regarding the nomination to be utterly useless, distracting, and flat out stupid.Instead of evaluating Sotomayor as a judge, all we hear about is some nonse...
- Nadal goes down... on May 31, 2009 in sports Robin Soderling tennis French Open Rafael Nadal
Finished watching the re-play of Soderling/Nadal just now... it's impossible not to be impressed with what Soderling pulled off. For those who don't know, Robin Soderling, a Swede currently ranked 25th in the world, handed world #1 and 4 time defendi...
- Marveling at King James on May 7, 2009 in Cleveland Cavaliers sports NBA LeBron James
I don't really watch that much of the NBA. I casually followed the progress of my laughably atrocious Washington Wizards, whose only real moment of bliss this season was their triumph over the crab-dribbling LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers.
