The Under Current

The Under Current is a student newspaper run by Objectivists who have authored and are distributing a great piece regarding the muslim violence surrounding the Mohammed cartoons. It is a PDF flyer that can be downloaded, printed and distributed. However, before doing so, The Under Current asks that you notify them. For more information, be sure to visit http://www.the-undercurrent.com.

Some days...

Some days are just boring...
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As usual, flights were delayed going to and returning from Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh is such a fasciniating place. Once one of the birth centers of our modern industrial might, it is now a city longing for its past, its glory days....And the United Steelworkers union bosses sit in their skyscraper looking over the wasteland that they helped create, blaming everyone but themselves. But, hey!At least they still have Linden Hall (pictured here)--the country club bought with their members' dues.

The old Homestead Works has been razed and is now a mall, filled with all the requisite chain stores and restaurants and a movie theater. The Homestead Works (for those non-labor historians) is the site of the late 1800s infamous battle between steel strikers and Pinkertons that resulted when strikers seized the property of Andrew Carnegie. .

Oh well...like I said, another boring day of travel, typical flight delays and meanderings.

THE OSCARS...AND THE WEINER IS...

Okay, maybe I'm just completely out of touch...BUT last night's Oscars were just plain BAAaaad

Never mind that I only saw two of the movies that were nominated for anything: Wallace & Gromit and Walk the Line...and both of those only the night before purely as a coincidence.

Was it my imagination or was John Stewart (the host) as boring as the rest of the show? The only interesting part was when Reese Withersoon won for Best Actress...but that's only because Johnny Cash was the first concert I ever saw.

Politics were kept minimal and there were no Susan Sarandon blasts. In fact, it seems that the entire underlying theme to the entire gala was Brokeback Mountain...and its courageous attempt at showing two men 'at home on the range.' [Didn't see that one...]

In fact, fortunately or unfortunately, I 'crashed' before 'Crash' was announced as winner of Best Picture. [Didn't see that one either...]

Maybe next year, there'll be something to watch [or maybe not].