Davidrites

A couple of commentators noted that Sebastien Le Toux only returned to the Sounders because they were moving to the MLS. Online notes suggest this is likely to be true. And I have to confess to having suffered a mental fugue when writing the earlier post. In the rational part of my mind, I was thinking of Roger Levesque who has not had such a great year this year but had been a...

I was disappointed this past weekend to see my Green team go down against the 'Caps up in Vancouver. My sense is that they gave it their best. I'm inclined to believe that the MLS system is at least part of what ails the crew this year. Josh Wicks? Ray Burse Jr.? Brad Knighton? I think the case could be made that the rotation in the nets has made it harder for the rest of the team...

I have to confess that I am occasionally a stickler about language. My eye stops cold at the sight of a possessive its with an apostrophe inserted. Years of conditioning can't be undone with a flick or two of the pen. However, I could imagine that usage could make "it's" correct in the future, and I would not feel an immense sense of loss. Language that does matter to me is also at risk....

From the distance of thousands of miles and limited by the brief and somewhat repetitious news reports on mainstream media, it is difficult to know what to make of the situation in the Caucasus. Some observations can be teased out that give the situation thought-provoking elements. Russia's continuing assertion that it is "peacekeeping" on behalf of the "wronged" Ossetians while...

The way that the conflict in Georgia is being framed is quite different in the Russian world. It's easy enough to get a sense of it in the English language version of Pravda. It's readable online at http://pravda.ru. It's also interesting to look at YouTube online to see what is surfacing regarding the conflict. The postings just minutes ago (8/13 at 3pm pdt) included a civilian...

The chatter on the airwaves is disturbing the past several days. What has been a largely unknown area for most Americans suddenly becomes front page news: the 'western leaning' government of Georgia in the Caucasus apparently tries to suppress separatists in part of its territory and suddenly finds the Russian Bear bombing and strafing its way within fifty miles of Tiblisi, the Georgian...

yesterday. We who are his family, his friends, his students, his colleagues have not forgotten him in the months since his death in November. He changes us still with his presence. His voice is still yet he still speaks to us. As I think about him and remember him, my father, my own life comes into perspective as a man, a father, a son. So much of my own life, which is framed...