The Adventures of Chester: Thursday Reading

A small posting bottleneck: my wireless router is down and Mrs. C is monopolizing the one connected computer to write a paper for school. So here I am in the middle of the night with a few links instead of a post:

Paul Cella posts an interview:

Dr. Andrew Bostom is a physician specializing in Epidemiology. Since 1997 he has been part of the full-time medical faculty at one of the two major teaching hospital affiliates of Brown University. His current research focuses on the relationship between kidney and cardiovascular disease. Bostom is also the editor of the newly-released book The Legacy of Jihad, a compendium of writings, both modern and ancient, on the uniquely Islamic institution of Jihad. I interviewed him for Redstate via email over this past week.

SyriaComment.com: Scroll a bit here to see lots of Syria news aggregated in one place. I don't always agree with Landes, but this is a blog to keep an eye on for raw Syria news.

A Syrian member of parliament warned publicly against MEMRI, and of course, MEMRI gave him the full treatment.

Here's another Syrian blogger to keep an eye on: Aleppous.

Tigerhawk: The fascinating trial of Saddam Hussein

Asia Cable writes of an old Hong Kong institution: the ferry to mainland China.

Here's a guy I plan to keep an eye on: A Theory of Power, Jeff Vail's Critique of Hierarchy & Empire. He used to be an intel officer in the Air Force. He's coming at things from lots of different angles . . . intial thought is that I probably won't agree with all of what he says, but will get lots of good intellectual mileage in the process.

Merv at PrairiePundit, one of the few bloggers I've actually met in person, and a fellow Marine, notes that Hispanics are rebuilding New Orleans. Mike Davis, the guy who wrote two books about Los Angeles, one of which was later proven to have some -- er -- made-up stuff in it, also wrote a book called Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the US Big City. Could be an interesting read if the Hispanic angle continues in New Orleans.

Finally, it looks like Japundit may have found the ultimate protest babe, a Korean protesting Japanese war crimes. Be sure to actually read his post too, as it's amusing. Note: this link might not be safe for work! [Sorry Mom, couldn't resist this protest babe shot. All for a good cause.]

And I'm out!

UPDATE: The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has a new blog! What a great idea! And here's a little prep document they did on the Saddam trial: Backgrounder: The Trial of Saddam Hussein.

Ok, final final link of the night: Israel's Story in Maps looks pretty neat [link from, of all places, City Comforts, the blog.]

Posted by Chester on October 20, 2005 1:39 AM to The Adventures of Chester