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Stream: Trump’s—No, Wait—The Republican Debate

Today's post is at the Stream: Trump's---No, Wait---The Republican Debate. Winner? No question about it, it was Trump at a canter. This was conceded even before the debate began in…

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Stream: Climate Circus, Climate Clowns at #COP21

Update Tell me: are we getting sick of discussing this topic, or what? It seems that, as is sane and rational, most of us would rather move on to something…

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Stop Teaching Frequentism; More On That “Altruism” Study; Etc.

Freq Out Reader ECM points us to "The Great Statistical Schism", by a fellow named Brendon Brewer who "is a senior lecturer in the Department of Statistics in Auckland." Brewer…

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When Colleges Divest, Who Wins? Hint: Not The Colleges

I don't normally do this, but it's a special occasions. Here's a press release from the National Association of Scholars announcing the release of their report Inside Divestment: The Illiberal…

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Universities Like Missouri & Yale? Nuke ’em From Orbit. It’s The Only Way To Be Sure.

A version of this post originally ran 12 November 2014, but given the events in Missouri, Yale, and elsewhere, it is time to up the payload. What happens when you…

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Stream: Bishops Demand World-Wide Decarbonization.

Today's post is at The Stream: "Bishops Demand World-Wide Decarbonization". Generally, the less physics a man knows the more he cares about global-warming-of-doom. The reason is simple. In-depth knowledge of…

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The Crisis Of Conservative Catholicism: Ross Douthat’s Erasmus Lecture at First Things

Ross Douthat gave the 28th Erasmus Lecture at the Union League Club (they have a complete set of books on the "Rebellion" in their library) in Manhattan. Your roving reporter…

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This Week In Doom: Death Education & Blind Science

This week, entries from readers (I'm woefully behind). Science Is Blind Blind on purpose. Elizabeth Murphy recalls a lecture "delivered at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador recently…

C-Marie on The Superpower You Didn’t Know You HadOctober 20, 2025
Can only find this on Netflix, the series Crash Landing On You .... just love this .... a Korean series…
Cloudbuster on The Superpower You Didn’t Know You HadOctober 20, 2025
Of course, the stuff in the library is not free. It is paid for by you and me. Part of…
Cary Cotterman on The Superpower You Didn’t Know You HadOctober 20, 2025
I like how the robot men have little robot ears and robot scowls.
Cary Cotterman on The Superpower You Didn’t Know You HadOctober 20, 2025
My wife likes "The Great British Baking Show". In a couple of weeks, as soon as that's done, we're axing…
Brian (bulaoren) on The Superpower You Didn’t Know You HadOctober 20, 2025
What was it that Nancy Reagan used to say...? Anyhow, for most of my 20 years in China, I did…