I liked Mark Haddon’s debut novel about a 15 year old boy who discovers a neighbor’s dog dead-impaled with a garden fork. He then sets about doing a bit of detecting in an effort to discover the identy of the killer. Following in the footsteps of Flowers for Algernon we see the world through Christopher’s eyes-a world that is at times greatly different from the world most of us live in. Christopher over explains everything-when he introduces himself he explains the history of the name ‘Christopher’ and how he doesn’t really like what it means. He is autistic, and the…
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Mosque Near World Trade Center
President Obama follows in the footsteps of John Kerry by doing a bit of waffling. He’s not sure whether or not there should be a new Mosque built two block away from Ground Zero in New York. First he seems to think it’s a fine idea, then he says that he would not comment on the issue. A number of people have noted that two Strip Clubs and an Off Track Betting place are already within two blocks of the World Trade Center, so what’s the big deal? Well, for one thing I don’t recall gangs of Strippers with box openers…