I am so far Up North that I heard a radio interview with Uncle Ted Nugnet on the best kinds of arrowheads to bring down feral pigs. Internet still only once daily […]
Professor Fired For Offending Friend Of Student (Then Rehired)
Whatever you do, don’t diss John Stuart Mill or Jeremy Bentham at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. You might just “offend” the friend of a student, and will thus be out […]
Four Chords Is All You Need: The Limited Nature of Pop Music
Coming tomorrow: the infamous two-envelope problem, solved! More mathematical constructivism. But today, as it’s Sunday, something light and airy…and non taxing. A “comedy rock” group which bills itself as the Axis of […]
‘The Most Dangerous Philosopher in the West’
Extremely busy day, today. I have time for only the merest sketch of a post. The title is not mine, but a label given to Slavoj Zizek, the rock-star communist philosopher (the […]
Paper or Plastic? Environmentalism as Public Religion
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily […]
Global Warming Set To Song: Withering in the Heat
Little Aitan Grossman, just age 13, and cute as hell, has taken Honorable Mention in the 2010 Action For Nature International Young Eco-Hero Awards! A hero—an eco hero—and only 13! Applause, please. […]
Students Studying Less: Shocking Report
A new campus joke: “Dude, she was all like, ‘What’s that building? It’s, like, so big.’ And I go, ‘That’s the library. There’s like so many books.” Ha ha ha ha! Oh, […]
In Defense of World Cup Enjoyment: A Response to Dalrymple
The much loved, and surely respected, Theodore Dalrymple does not like soccer. He says of soccer fans, “Try as I might to expunge the thought from my mind that this enthusiasm is […]
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