President Bartlett - a free-market, left-wing liberal with a Nobel in economics and a weird way of putting his jacket on - is running out of time; his health is deteriorating and his presidency is running out of steam.
Will the next president of the U.S. be an agnostic pro-choice conservative or a Hispanic grassroots liberal? […]

When I read about Bush’s “both sides ought to be properly taught” comment on the dispute between Evolution and the Christian conservatives in the U.S., I remembered Bob Dylan’s words of wisdom:
“We’re idiots, babe. / It’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves.”
Are they indeed considering to put scientific evolution and creationism side-by-side and teach […]

Read a very interesting interview of The Boss by the bestselling author Nick Horny in the Observer: A fan’s eye view.
The ‘VH1 Storytellers: Bruce Springsteen’ show, first aired on 23 April 2005, featuring The Boss on piano, guitar and harmonica (and his wife Patti Scialfa on vocals), will be available in DVD on September […]

Φέτος το καλοκαίρι, κατά τη διάρκεια της ετήσιας περιπλάνησής μου στα Αθηναϊκά βιβλιοπωλεία (κάθε χρόνο και περισσότερα), έπεσε στα χέρια μου ένα βιβλίο του Ν. Δήμου που δεν είχε τύχει να ξανασυναντήσω σε προηγούμενες εξορμήσεις μου: ‘Μικρά Βήματα’ ο τίτλος του (συλλογή από χρονογραφήματα του συγγραφέα). ‘Μικρά Βήματα’ για το Ν. Δήμου, μεγάλα βήματα για […]

The World according to Salman Rushdie. A new interview of the Indian writer to Shikha Dalmia at reasononline.
Salman Rushdie: “The First Amendment is one of the great achievements of any democracy anywhere. It jointly supports the freedom of religious belief and the freedom of expression. They are both in the same clause. And […]

My 3 weeks of complete idleness in Greece (in the city of Ioannina) are over. From today I will be updating my blog regularly (whatever that means), so stay in touch.
Read about the city of Ioannina, or see more photographs of the region.