I don't believe in the very concept of "first thing in the morning." I'm a "third thing in the afternoon" fellow.
James LileksA Childrenโs Museum, however, is more of a Funatorium. You are encouraged to touch things, which is poor training for subsequent museum visitation.
James LileksIt takes a particularly rarified variety of idiot to look at a Jew-hating fascist with a small mustache - and decide that his opponent is the Nazi.
James LileksYou can imagine what the advisers are telling Junior Assad: "Your statues are much stronger than Saddam's. His were hollow, and bolted in place with inferior metal; yours are solid, and are anchored to a depth of three feet. Let the American tanks come! Their gears will strip and their engines whine in defeat as they attempt to pull down your statues!
James Lileks