Tuesday March 9, 2010

WEB BOHEMIAN (Tuesday March 9, 2010)
(1)- NOT RICE -- South Africa has confirmed it seized banned military equipment on a ship sailing from North Korea to the Republic of Congo. The report said spare parts for T-55 tanks were hidden among sacks of rice in two shipping containers.

(2)- NOT FAIR -- A woman who found a 700-year-old coin in her garden as a child has become the first person to be convicted of failing to hand in suspected treasure. She was prosecuted under the Treasure Act after ignoring orders to report the coin.

(3)- SAVE THE FRENCH FROG -- An animal protection group is urging French authorities to build special crossings to save millions of frogs and toads from being squashed on the country's roads.

(4)- NEW PLANE CRASH INFO -- The crash of Air France flight 447 from Rio to Paris last year is one of the most mysterious accidents in the history of aviation. After months of investigation, a clear picture has emerged of what went wrong.

(5)- ANDREW YOUNG'S BOOK -- Although warned by other staffers that life with the Edwardses was a snake pit, Young stuck it out anyway. Little by little, he began to see the snakes.

(6)- WEAPONIZING MUSIC -- In recent years Britain has become the Willy Wonka of social control, churning out increasingly creepy, bizarre, and fantastic methods for policing the populace. Now comes the weaponization of classical music.

(7)- BOOK REVIEW -- Philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum's latest book focuses on the "politics of disgust" views she explored in Hiding from Humanity. She argues that opposition to gay equality is rooted in contamination anxiety.

(8)- THE CLARKS -- "Robber barons," some historians call the tycoons of that era. Others prefer "industrial statesmen." Unlike Carnegie or Rockefeller, William A. Clark left little charity, only corruption and extravagance.

(9)- OLYMPICS -- If the Olympics aren't ruined yet, it's only because they are indestructible. Each quadrennial, the athletes deliver competitive masterpieces, spectacles so dazzling that we forget the problems that went into making them.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY

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