http://alessandrob.com/blog A Journal. Mon, 02 May 2011 19:28:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently read Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic, written by Tamim Ansary This book is a little gem, an elegant marriage of good writing and elaborate, illuminating research, constantly enlivened by Ansary's sharp eye for observation. Some passages slant toward ambivalence, as though the author is doing ... http://alessandrob.com/blog/2011/05/02/a-little-gem/ It seems everywhere you turn these days in the East Bay (for some reason especially out the front door of every Barnes & Noble and Borders) there is a similar ad—Obama’s Hitler Moustache is a fixture—with various critiques, some half-intelligent, about his policies. It is not ... http://alessandrob.com/blog/2011/05/02/obama-transformed-a-question-of-decency/ ztef89sank http://alessandrob.com/blog/2009/09/24/technorati/