Vidal urges schools to give room for academic freedom, teach truth

"WHILE denying that Catholic schools convert or “proselytize members for the Church,” Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal asked that they be unashamed in proclaiming Jesus’ truth. He said the words while celebrating mass during the Sacred Heart School-Jesuit (SHS-J)...

British Shin Kicking Championship

"The crowd that assembled on Dover’s Hill near Chipping Campden last Friday weren’t in the Cotswolds for views of the rolling countryside.They came instead for scenic pleasures of sheer, shinbone-shattering violence that forms part of the Cotswold Olimpick Games.To the...

Tribute to a Poet Laureate - by lawdog

"As read at City Lights Bookstore as part of LaborFest 2004, and on Tasha's Place on TalkShoe 5/12/08Sometimes I lose my perspective. I forget what a truly incredible place San Francisco is, and how very fortunate I am to rub shoulders with the artists who have always been...

Thaksin pleads not guilty to Thai graft charges

It will be interesting to see how the post-coup government handles Thaksin's return." Deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra pleaded not guilty Wednesday to corruption charges, in the first case assembled by military-backed investigators to reach court.Thaksin said little...

Sun to spend $1B to acquire MySQL, will compete with Oracle, Microsoft

"When discussing enterprise database installations worldwide, as of today, it will be impossible not to consider Sun Microsystems along with Microsoft and Oracle. This morning, Sun announced it has reached an agreement with MySQL -- which by some accounts may have become the...

Olafur Eliasson Exhibition at SF Moma: Take your time

"Widely heralded as one of the most important artists of his generation, Olafur Eliasson nimbly merges art, science, and natural phenomena to create extraordinary multisensory experiences. Challenging the passive nature of traditional art-viewing, he engages the observer as...