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Direct Democracy Is Not To Be Desired

That people's first reaction to questioning democracy is anger ought to tell you a lot. This fellow @Voxday was on Twitter advocating direct over representative democracy. I made the point…

Culture Fun

First Annual Political Correctness Day: Date TBA

There is nothing more important than Tolerance, Diversity, and Multiculturalism! So we are told. Yet those who tout these traits lie. This is easy to prove. Go to any person…

Culture

What’s The Worst Moment in US History?

https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/704700795166584832 If you can't read the tweet, it is a poll. It asks Worst Moment in US History with selections (the percents of 42 votes, current as of posting time):…

Culture Philosophy

Is Truth And Evidence In Medicine Fascist? Update: Yes.

See what you think of this peer-reviewed paper by Dave Holmes in the International Journal of Evidence Based Healthcare called "Deconstructing the evidence-based discourse in health sciences: truth, power and…

Culture

Stream: Political Scientists Didn’t See Trump Coming. What Went Wrong?

Today's terrific post is at The Stream. The Bad Science Behind Trump's Opposition. It's the best post. The best. It just is. I don't know. I have friends in journalism.…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Creation Is Not A Succession

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. . Chapter…

Culture

Health Insurance Isn’t Health Care

We talked this to death in the run up to Obamacare, but somehow, nobody knows how, the words of wisdom emanating from this site did not find purchase. I was…

Statistics

Science Shows How Not To Get Killed By A Cow

"Murderous cattle are an understudied phenomenon, say veterinarian Angharad Fraser-Williams and other researchers at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom." You bet they're understudied. When's the last time…

Uncle Mike on Class 83: Why Were Paul Ehrlich’s Predictions So Good (and so Bad)?March 20, 2026
Hall of Fame essay. Post this again and often, whenever you have an opening.
John M on Class 83: Why Were Paul Ehrlich’s Predictions So Good (and so Bad)?March 20, 2026
Peer review: Larry and Curlie agreeing Moe has a good idea.
Rudolph Harrier on Class 83: Why Were Paul Ehrlich’s Predictions So Good (and so Bad)?March 19, 2026
It's always "I'm right, because all the experts say I'm right. You wouldn't want to disagree with the experts, would…
John M on The Great Effeminization of the AcademyMarch 18, 2026
Genesis 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman…
Cary D Cotterman on The Great Effeminization of the AcademyMarch 18, 2026
I can't read the titles or the excerpts without laughing out loud. They are comedy gold.