http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews BTC News: News, politics, opinion and satire Sun, 04 May 2008 20:43:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Slake's Limbo, by Felice Holman Mr Pye, by Mervyn Peake The Gospel According to the Simpsons, by Mark I. Pinsky This month takes us on three spiritual quests, ranging from an unsubtle thematic exploration on the rocks and under the tracks, to a sort of allegorical cocktail, to--screw it--non-fiction straight from the bottle. ... http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1890 Circumstances in Iraq are insanely complicated, but not generally indecipherable. The major players are known—some well, some not so well—many major occurrences are reported, and a fair number of people who are either in Iraq or know the country well regularly provide commentary and analysis. Yet the US press continue ... http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1865 That's a joke, the "adversarial" tag, but a story in the New York Times today helps explain the reason so many people see the press as anti-government. Investigative reporter David Barstow uncovered a White House-approved Pentagon operation to use high-profile television and print military analysts, mostly retired general officers, to ... http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1888 As regular readers know, the proprietor of this site is at present a somewhat displaced person. Among the contributing causes to that condition is a lack of affordable access to a medication that helps prevent me from living my life in perpetual homage to the last moments of the Wicked ... http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1887 A Primer on CO2 and Climate, by Howard C. Hayden Shadows of the Mind, by Roger Penrose These are two science-oriented books that that I paired for their controversial viewpoints. Each looks at their respective field from somewhere opposite the consensus, and I've found it interesting to contrast their styles and ... http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1885