Author Archives: dowbrigade

About dowbrigade

Semi-retired academic from Harvard, Boston University, Fulbright Commission, Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manta, currently columnist for El Diario de Portoviejo and La Marea de Manta.

Resurgent Celtics Crushing Opponents

Posted on December 8, 2007 by dowbrigade

As we watch the resurgent Boston Celtics in another methodical demolition of another supposedly worthy Atlantic Division opponent, we can’t help but marvel at what the Celtic’s brain trust hath wrought. In what other professional sport is it possible to … Continue reading →

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Accidents Cannot Happen

Posted on December 1, 2007 by dowbrigade

A federal review of a controversial laboratory being built by Boston University was “not sound and credible” and failed to adequately address the consequences of highly lethal germs escaping from the project, according to a blistering report released yesterday by … Continue reading →

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Comic of the Day part 2

Posted on November 30, 2007 by dowbrigade

We knew it was genetic! Uncle Lars, if you’ve come out of it, give me a call! We’ll get together for some mishegas!

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Comic of the Day, pt 1

Posted on November 30, 2007 by dowbrigade

from Doonesbury@Slate Of course, warriors have rushed into battle on the wings of heavy metal tunes since at least the times of Roman battle songs and Viking Valhalla chants and African battle drums. Of courses the modern generation, earbuds soldered … Continue reading →

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Comic of the Day

Posted on November 12, 2007 by dowbrigade

from Ted Rall

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Devil Worshippers Lose Pro Team

Posted on November 10, 2007 by dowbrigade

When your bad reputation is exceeded only by an uninterrupted record of failure and ineptitude, sometimes the only thing to do is to change your name. Not only does this often throw creditors off the track, but can offer a … Continue reading →

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Cold Turkey for Hot Sports

Posted on November 7, 2007 by dowbrigade

As we settle into the Command and Control Chair at Dowbrigade World Headquarters for our nightly session of essay correction, exercise writing, Nazi hunting, television grazing, naval gazing, Wiki writing, bitcasting, vacation planning and arcane research, we run our increasingly … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day

Posted on November 3, 2007 by dowbrigade

Testing the waters from Sawse

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Bad Dog (trite but so right)

Posted on November 2, 2007 by dowbrigade

Dog Chapman has been captured spewing foul-mouthed racist slurs on a tape obtained exclusively by The NATIONAL ENQUIRER. And now a civil rights leader is calling for Dog’s TV show to be removed from the airwaves. In a shocking world … Continue reading →

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Scary scary costumes

Posted on November 1, 2007 by dowbrigade

Can you spot the real Dowbrigade? On Halloween (which would have been game 7 of the World Series that wasn’t) we were confronted, at the ungodly hour of 9 AM, by an apparition that would curdle the hair of any … Continue reading →

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Parting Image

Posted on October 30, 2007 by dowbrigade

The end of the Evil Empire, as we know it. That is so gay.

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Kos Cutting Class

Posted on October 30, 2007 by dowbrigade

Markos Moulitsas (LAW’99) talks with Maureen O’Rourke, dean of the School of Law, at the conference New Media and the Marketplace of Ideas. Photo by Vernon Doucette [From an interesting interview with Markos Moulitsas of the Daily Kos published today … Continue reading →

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