Category Archives: ESL Links

Living closer to the North Pole than to any city, factory, or farm, the Inuit appear unscathed by any industrial-age ills. They live much as their ancestors did, relying on foods harvested from the sea and skills honed by generations … Continue reading →

STOCKHOLM (AFP) – A spat between Israel and Sweden over a controversial Stockholm art exhibit showing a Palestinian suicide bomber turned into a full-scale diplomatic row when Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stepped into the fray. The dispute erupted Friday … Continue reading →

As predicted in this space yesterday, the firestorm of protest over the banning of head scarves from French public schools is spreading around the world, especially in the Middle East. Also as predicted here, red, white and blue French flag … Continue reading →

Okay, dear readers, this is a serious post.  It concerns a serious subject, and one which has been in the news lately in a number of contexts – child abuse.  Child abuse is a difficult topic to discuss, both because … Continue reading →

As promised here last month, this is the continuation and conclusion of the story of how the Dowbrigade and his son were kidnapped in the northern Peruvian desert 14 years ago this week. Here is a sample: “Those Senderistas were … Continue reading →

The French government has gotten itself into deep doodoo, again, on the subject of head scarves in public schools. One would think they would be worldly enough to realize the futility and disaster inherent in trying to tell teenagers what … Continue reading →

from Adam Curry

        The strange fish created in an Academia Sinica lab PHOTO: DR. HUANG CHANG-JEN’S LAB   In a world first, scientists at the Academia Sinica in Teipei, Taiwan inadvertently developed a genetically engineered two-headed fluorescent zebrafish with … Continue reading →

It seems like only yesterday that the biggest battle in Cyberspace was the Browser War between Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Netscape’s Navigator. Now, at least on the Macintosh side of the OS divide, the argument defines moot. Netscape got bought … Continue reading →

In what political watchers are calling possibly the biggest gaffe in years, former Vice President Al Gore gave a speech yesterday on the perils of global warming — on what was the coldest day in New England in nearly half … Continue reading →

HOUSTON — After being divorced by Texas Rep. Charles A. Gonzalez last year, Becky Whetstone said she felt outmaneuvered, out-financed and out of luck. Angry and frustrated, Whetstone — a writer and family counselor — considered her options and decided … Continue reading →

At New York’s Kennedy airport today, an individual later discovered to be a public school teacher was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide rule, and a calculator. … Continue reading →