In an interesting blog called Majikthise, Lindsay Beyerstein writes: “Eminent British scholar turned away from JFK.”
How embarrassing: a distinguished ally in the war on terror has been turned away from the US while Karl Rove the saboteur is allowed to roam the White House.
I’m re-reading the prologue of Moby-Dick, by Herman Mellville. (I’m recalling some thoughts I had about it in a recent class.) It’s odd that a novel would begin with a prologue like that. Are there other novels that begin with prologues like that? Sure there are! Do any of those novels actually publish their prologues? Few, I wonder.
In DC after the firewords today, I noticed an article in the Metro section of the Washington Post. Politicians Deal With Newcomer, The Blog: Va. Candidates Find Help, Lies on Web
First came this posting on the site virginia2005.blogspot.com: “David isn’t the only Englin with designs on public office. . . . There’s going to be an Englin running for Congress in 2006, but not the one you think. I know for a fact that Shayna has already been getting pledges for money for her race.”
Then a slightly more disturbing note appeared on the same Web site: “Driving home tonight, guess what I saw on the Englins’ front lawn??? Democrat Greg Werkheiser. I walked back to try to listen into the conversation but couldn’t hear much without being obvious.”