It’s been a busy week; I’ve been shifting around a bit. I expect to be back on track by Monday. Meanwhile, here are some interesting links. Green Party councillor dies after falling […]

A Saturday collection of fun and interesting stories sent in by readers. Larger Breasts Pay Off for Waitresses Reader Katie sent in this breaking news: a professor from Cornell’s Hotel School finds […]

Ernie Harwell, the voice of the Detroit Tigers, died last night of cancer of the bile duct. From the Detroit Free Press obituary: “I’m ready to face what comes,” he said at […]

Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-American, who, preliminary reports indicate, is not a member of the Tea Party, has been arrested in connection with the Times Square bombing. Officials think that either Shahzad did […]

Brian Hogan, 21, of Redwood City, California found a prototype Apple iPhone 4G accidentally left in a German Beer garden by a (soused?) Apple employee. Hogan recognized the phone for what it […]

Today’s post is at Pajamas Media: “The VAT Man Cometh: It Will Happen. How Bad Is It?” I have a ghost of an old song—big band days—hiding in the back of my […]

Yesterday, we pointed out that Cornell has some odd courses on its books, subjects which are not consonant with typical expectations of a classical education. So, in the interest of fairness, we […]

Ezra Cornell, a generous man concerned deeply about his country and its culture, when he created his eponymous university in 1868 said, “I would found an institution where any person can find […]