On Dressing Well
Make that, "On Dressing Not So Well." Here is a picture from a mall in Santa Monica, first appearing in the Los Angeles Times. The article which surrounded this picture…
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Students Eschewing Humanities In Favor Of Science
The Times is reporting that students are high-tailing it away from the humanities, scurrying into "STEM" departments. STEM is the educational buzzword of the day---theorists in education surf from fad…
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Daily Liks & Comments
@1 Free concert tomorrow, Sunday, 27 October. 1:30 pm. Salve Regina: Music for the Heavenly Queen. St. Catherine of Sienna. 68th street between First and York. Gregorian Chant, Ave Maris…
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Scrap Statistics, Begin Anew
You or I might perhaps be excused if we sometimes toyed with solipsism, especially when we reflect on the utter failure of our writings to produce the smallest effect in…
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Aesthetics: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part X
Previous installments: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX. Remember our review of Peter Kreeft's Summa Philosophica? We did nine (of ten plus one) chapters, then I laid…
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Switzerland Has Contest For New National Anthem Which Removes God
Switzerland announced a contest for a new National Anthem. Because why? Because the old one has too many references to the Man Upstairs. Yes: Project leader Lukas Niederberger (not enough…
Six Types Of Atheists?
A group of academics---and in a happy shock, they used their own money to show this---discovered that there were six types of atheists. Which type are you? Christopher Silver, of…
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From Claude Shannon To Demonic Mosquitoes To Bluegill
Here's some information for you: this is a statue of Claude Shannon, tucked in-between two unfrequented buildings in tiny Gaylord, Michigan (most buildings are unfrequented here). Shannon's the guy who…
