Daily Archives: November 16, 2003

A brain scan to identify racists? But how do we get the suspected racists to submit to scanning? And what do we do with the racists once we identify them? None of it made sense until the Dowbrigade noticed that … Continue reading →

THONG HAI HIN, Laos — The first time Sousath Phetrasy saw the huge stone jars scattered in a grassy field, he was entranced. Carefully avoiding old unexploded bombs in the ground, the Laotian businessman walked among hundreds of the ancient, … Continue reading →

It’s about time, after years of abuse, mistreatment and embarassment, that BU faculty, students and alumni found the spine to stand up to an incompetent administration. Many of the Dowbrigade’s colleagues are finally up in arms about the succcesive debacles … Continue reading →

Geez, high school kids nowadays have all the fun.  When the Dowbrigade was in high school we needed to use smoke signals or carrier pidgeons to spread the word about a hot party. Then they invented the telegraph, and the whole … Continue reading →

There is a fascinating article in tomorrows (todays) Washington Post about blogging. The author, Jennifer Howard, launches into a savage attack on the phenomenon, as though she feels somehow betrayed by her growing addiction to the blogopshere: What began as … Continue reading →