Sailing lesson from Edgar Allan Poe

When I was a kid I read thee or four times The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. What happened with this story? Haven't seen it mentioned once in the last thirty years. If I remember well, Jules Verne has written a sequel. This story taught me never to go sailing without a knife.

Qaddafi investigation

The beheading of Louis XVI totally scared the Eurpean monarchs. And the revolution was followed by the restoration. How is Putin reading this?

Progressive Playboy

Playboy chairman (former, Christie Hefner,a woman) was hailing today the nomination of a woman to be CEO of IBM. Obviously standing on the shoulders of giants...