Book Review: The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II

Matthew Hogan - July 17, 2010 09:23 PM | Comments (1)
Filed Under: Egghead Stuff , Random Personal , World War 2

Good book, with serious caveats. It was probably a bit overpraised when it was first released over a decade ago. But no one had done it before, or as well, at least in English.

Declaration of Independence in modern English

Matthew Hogan - July 3, 2010 11:18 AM | Comments (0)
Filed Under: American Culture , Egghead Stuff , US Politics , Words

Happy 4th. Updating an older effort of mine here, creating a more modern prose version of the Declaration of Independence. Unlike some other modernizations, it is not satirical, or abridged or dumbed-down for kids. In short, not intentionally funny or bad.

Statements Never Uttered By Any Female, Ever

Matthew Hogan - June 27, 2010 12:34 PM | Comments (3)
Filed Under: American Culture , Humor Attempts , Random Personal , Rants- General , Words

My instrumentation and research have identified 5 statements never ever ever uttered -- at least sincerely -- by any human female since the emergence of our species. Young, old, good, bad, radical, traditional, gay, straight, drunk, sober, right-wing or left wing, Palin or Steinem, hijab-bedecked or pole-dancing, none have ever said these and meant it.

Torture, Bigotry & the Lying Dutchman

Matthew Hogan - June 6, 2010 02:13 PM | Comments (0)
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Two very recent events – the arrest of the probable Natalie Holloway killer Dutchman Joran van der Sloot and the explicit admission of waterboarding by ex-President Bush – both suggest discussing the dynamic of the torture debates.