Civil War Studies
With the tenth anniversary of my U.S. citizenship coming up (on a most auspicious date), I’ve decided I don’t know half as much as I ought about the American Civil War. ...
How to Drink, Drive, and Skate
My rant about illegal-alien drunk drivers on last week’s Radio Derb drew this from a California fan, which I think almost rises to the level of a public-service announcement. It is at ...
Waffengebrauchsbestimmung
The widow of Erich Honecker, last ruler of Communist East Germany, has been talking to the press. She has no regrets.
“For me the GDR was my life,” she said in the ...
March Diary
Under the influence I guess I should apologize for not having made much of a showing in the Corner recently. Nor, for the eagle-eyed crew who pick through our print ...
The Great Numbers Crunch
This year marks the centenary of British mathematician Alan Turing, whose researches in the unlikely and very abstruse field of mathematical logic did much to create the world in which ...
Being Nice to the Pets
I’ve said what I wanted to say about the Dharun Ravi trial: a trivial instance of student misbehavior raised to the level of Grand Opera just because the offended party was ...
Golden Oldie
Following my mention of Charles Whitman on Radio Derb last week (in connection with the Afghan berserker), a pal reminds me of this little gem, which if memory serves won the ...
Vocabulary Items
A puzzled reader: “getting his collar felt”? What’s that?
Me: It’s the Queen’s English, innit? How do you express the idea of the peelers taking a bloke down to the bridewell for a spot ...
Grateful Appreciation
I have been getting expressions of concern from kind readers. This is very touching; I offer sincere thanks to all, and I think I am up to date on individual ...
The White Tweeter’s Burden
Amusing to read about the Kony 2012 guy getting his collar felt by the San Diego PD on Thursday. We here at Radio Derb very much hope that his derangement (“in various stages of ...