Monthly Archives: May 2004

Sonia meet Donald

May 15, 2004

Call me naive, but I was very excited by the Congress Party's victory in the Indian elections. Their coalition with left parties shocked the Indian political world, who thought the success of the economy would carry the nationalists to re-election. Boy were they wrong. They forgot...

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Until someone says uncle

May 15, 2004

Special announcement: I'm an uncle. On May 13th, around 8pm, Alexander Marsh Rendeiro was born in New Brunswick, NJ, USA. Out of respect for the privacy of my nephew, photos are only available upon request for now. From what I gather, the family is good, just...

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Back to the Ironbound Age

May 12, 2004

A combination of the prospect of a new baby in my family and a recent blog about the Ironbound by TPB, Esq, has had me thinking of my childhood back there in Newark, NJ. While he talks about the courthouses; where I spent quite a few of my...

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Pull the Wool

May 11, 2004

Good blog news to follow my frustrated statements on the issue of the day: I now fear that people will grow weary of the Iraq Prisoner Abuse issue. I'm worried that the horrific scale of these crimes will cause people to look away in disbelief....

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Economics of Saturday Afternoon

May 9, 2004

What was a lazy afternoon of running errands such as my regular Saturday weekly newspaper run and soup at Soup Enzo, led to an intriguing gathering of the minds at the CREA cafe. As I sat drinking my apple juice and chatting with my favorite...

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