Daily Archives: November 11, 2008

No More Excuses For Black Underachievement

Will all those leftists who call America a racist nation apologize now that Americans have elected Barack Obama president? I doubt it. From the WSJ: Barack Obama’s election as the first black U.S. president promises to usher in a new … Continue reading

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My Old Friend Gary Kremen Has Married

He now lives in Palo Alto, CA. I’ve known Gary since 2000 when he was struggling over the ownership of the domain name sex.com. Now he’s porn-free, studying Torah, and financing anti-smut internet filters. From ValleyWag: Gary Kremen founded Match.com … Continue reading

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Jonathan Safran Foer At AJU’s Sunday Book Fair

Here’s an excerpt of my full report: Last discussion of the day is Rabbi Robert Wexler interviewing Jonathan Safran Foer. Joel Stein does the introduction in place of some chick on the side of the stage named Abby. (Listen) We … Continue reading

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I Get Three Pages In ‘Internet Babylon: Secrets, Scandals, and Shocks on the Information Superhighway’ (Paperback)

About once a year, I like to put my name into the Amazon.com search engine and see if any new books have mentioned me. I just found this 2004 book which gives me three pages. You can search through the … Continue reading

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Is The End Nigh?

Daniel Pipes writes: Ali ibn Abi-Talib, the seventh-century figure central to Shiite Islam, is said to have predicted when the world will end, columnist Amir Taheri points out. A "tall black man" commanding "the strongest army on earth" will take … Continue reading

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