Used in section this week: J. Edgar Hoover hones his later anti-civil-rights strategy as the FBI goes after Marcus Garvey. (In fact, the first black FBI agent was hired by Hoover to infiltrate Garvey‘s UNIA…what a victory for progress.) Speaking of which, if you haven’t been reading Caught in Between lately, CiB’s been collecting superlative black history links all month long, including items on Reconstruction, the Middle Passage, Juneteenth, Lynching, Harlem, and the Dred Scott Decision, among others. All worth a look, in February as in any other month.
Author: KcM
Payton’s New Place.
So the NBA trade deadline passed with only one mega-trade: Gary Payton for Ray Allen. I know the Glove is in his waning years, but I still think this is a great trade for Milwaukee, despite the point guard glut. GP is a out-and-out baller, and he single-handedly makes the Bucks serious contenders in the East. As for Seattle, they’re clearly calling this year off. The Knicks made no moves again, but I’m glad we didn’t pull the trigger on the rumored Spree-for-Cassell trade.
Spring Cleaning.
As you can see, I tweaked the look of GitM last night after updating to Movable Type 2.62. (Most people have the Tempus Sans ITC font, right?) I tried to go for a lighter look, but then had trouble finding a color scheme where the links didn’t glow unnaturally. At any rate, let me know if you find this harder to read. Also, does anyone out there have any favorable recommendations and/or horror stories regarding Trackback?
There is no bone.
Hmmm…let’s see how Zen this dog is once we get some bacon in the room, or for that matter, when Berkeley starts yelping at him for absolutely no reason in particular. Then I’ll be impressed. (Sent via High Industrial.)
Ankle-Deep?
Also from Raza, it turns out there’s water all over Mars. Excellent news for any potential and upcoming (wo)manned visits to the red planet.
From Blastoff to Bloat.
In the wake of STS-107, the NY Times examines the deteriorating institutional culture of NASA. As I said earlier, it’s this type of post-Columbia muckraking that might best help America get the space program back in order (although it’d be nice if the piece was less descriptive and more prescriptive, but oh well.)
On the Bandwagon.
Come on aboard, I promise you, you won’t hurt the horse… The Democratic field in 2004 continues to grow, with Senator Carol Moseley-Braun and Rep. Dennis Kucinich joining the ranks of the contenders. At this point, the more the merrier, I say – it’s just too bad a that frontloaded primary season is going to make it all about money in the end.
Not Dark Yet.
Kestrel’s Nest points out this extraordinary video for Johnny Cash’s version of NIN’s “Hurt”, which plays like an early eulogy for and from the Man in Black. (And sit down, Duvall. Cash is definitely more grizzled.) A powerful tribute to a lion in winter.
Old School Knicks, New School ESPN.
In the midst of finding the appropriate Knicks beat Lakers at home link, I discovered that ESPN.com’s gone hi-tech. I’m really not too big on registering for anything, of course, but since I’m there pretty much every day I’ll give the Motion bit its chance. Hopefully it’s more useful than the annoying Bottomline they were offering a few months ago.
Post-President for Life.
The James Fallows interview with Bill Clinton I mentioned earlier is now online at TheAtlantic. Slightly out-of-date by this point, but interesting nonetheless.