Whole Lotta Nothing Going On
As a colleague put it to me yesterday, it’s amazing the amount of nothing that is happening in the world. It seems that there is a lot of fruitless effort to do something about the oil spill in the Gulf… Continue Reading
Month: May 2010
Athens Envy
Speaking as a citizen of the state of California, I look up to the political leaders running the show in Sacramento, and wish, longingly and wistfully, for the comparative financial wisdom, fiscal restraint, and prudent monetary policies that are the… Continue Reading
Scolding President Calderón
I’m not entirely sure how I feel about the Arizona immigration law. On the one hand, I see no intrinsic policy problem with a state police officer referring someone reasonably suspected of being in the country without legal documentation to… Continue Reading
12 Events That Will Change Everything
From Scientific American, a rich interactive summary of pivotal plausible events such as a nuclear exchange between Pakistan and India (guess what, we lose) and an asteroid impact. The graphics are cool and the fusion power article is, if a… Continue Reading
Taxonomy
“Taxonomy” is an intimidating-sounding word for a simple task — naming things. It’s easy, and it’s helpful in navigating the world. For instance, real quick — what is this building? No, this isn’t a trick question. That’s a church, St.… Continue Reading
A Good Excuse To Indulge In Rule Five
Rima Fakih is a very attractive young woman from Michigan who has quite inadvertently held up a looking glass for some people to reveal some very unattractive things about themselves. Those folks have allowed their heads to publicly asplode when… Continue Reading
TL Gentled
Here’s where I’m putting my money. I’m betting that most of you Readers out there aren’t all that interested in me sharing the minutiae and details of my experiences getting a vasectomy, whether those were “before,” “during,” or “after.” I’m… Continue Reading
The Citizenship Of Negative Rights
A proposal by Senator Joe Lieberman: It’s time for us to look at whether we want to amend that law [depriving citizenship of those who enlist in foreign militaries against the US] to apply it to American citizens who choose… Continue Reading
World Cup Pool
If, like me and literally dozens of other Americans, you are paying attention to the World Cup, why not take a gander at the World Cup Pool? I signed up for the pool created by Publius at Fourthbranch.com. Set up… Continue Reading
Ravi Zacharias’ Six Questions Answered!
At The Atheist Experience, I find a set of six ‘questions’ from Ravi Zacharias, an evangelical Christian apologist. Matt D. at Atheist Experience does a fine job on his own behalf and I commend his thoughts on the issues Zacharias… Continue Reading