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Roger Kimball’s Challenge
The famous writer Roger Kimball has issued a challenge: Name the silliest argument to be offered by a serious academic in the last 25 years and to be taken up…
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Extremely fit have larger carbon footprints than do couch potatoes: scientific study
The following is a scientific study: Extremely fit have larger carbon footprints than do couch potatoes by Dr H. Harrister, BS, MS, PhD, OBWAG 1. INTRODUCTION Ever since the Supreme…
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Surely, you wouldn’t go and see An American Carol?
Yes, I would. And don't call me Shirley. David Zucker, the guy who brought us Airplane! and Naked Gun, will be back on October 3rd with An American Carol. Stephen…
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Effectively destroy planet Earth as we know it
That quote is from the economist Martin Weitzman from Harvard. I said Harvard. So you know he knows what he's talking about. Reader Raven suggested we glance at Paul Krugman's…
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Do not try the WPAU plugin
I had a hell of a scare when I tried the WPAU plugin. It is the Word Press Automatic Update software, maintained here. This blog runs on Wordpress, served by…
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A Rhetorical Question
A tip of the hat to Dennis Dutton's Arts and Letters Daily where this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education appeared. Incidentally, since the Chronicle bought out A&LD, there…