NY Times’ op ed from Saturday, 1/31/04; should NASA find some way to maintain the Hubble telescope, when the president of the US has asked it to work on the moon and Mars? Not an easy question, when nothing NASA has to do comes cheap. Meanwhile, the little rover Opportunity is on the move in Mars…
Frank Rich’s column in Sunday NY Times on the “sanctity of marriage” – what is it, what’s with the hypocrisy about it in American society today (particularly when reality tv shows keep matching couples and then airing their weddings and so forth makes marriage a farce), and what have we come to in this world when “marriage” is just another item or issue that’s turned into a target for all kinds of pot shots. I don’t necessarily agree or disagree with Rich; I just thought it was an interesting read.
Bring on the Super Bowl; enough with the hype and the articles about how the teams match up and how this is the battle of the ex-NY Giants coaches, etc. And, while it’s nice to read about how Carolina Panthers’ Jake Delhomme is a Cinderella player, finally making it to the ball, and how funny it is that the Carolina Panthers have a player whose nickname on the ex-XFL was “He Hate Me” and how New England Patriots’ Tom Brady is a great quarterback and all that, at the end of the day, it’s about who “Survives”…