bumppo.netWhat Nat Irons learned today, plus considerable topic driftKashrut- September 16, 2007 I stopped for something resembling breakfast this morning at a kosher Noah&8217;s Bagels tucked into a grocery store. I learned it was kosher some time ago when I asked why they didn&8217;t carry asiago, my gateway bagel. Today, while standing in a long line of Washington Husky football fans engaged in varying degrees in public displays of affection (their poor team not yet having lost 33-14), I found myself confronting the store&8217;s framed kosher certification, which included these two...http://bumppo.net/archives/2007/09/kashrut Bury that lede- September 11, 2007 It&8217;s almost midnight and maybe I&8217;m missing something, but the eighth paragraph of this article on Guiliani&8217;s electability among conservatives drops this nugget like it&8217;s nothing: Six of 10 Republicans surveyed, including an equal number of conservatives, said they would be willing to vote for someone whose views were less conservative than their own if they believed the candidate was electable. In other words, four in ten Republicans, and an equal number of the furthest...http://bumppo.net/archives/2007/09/bury-that-lede |