an ocean full of paper boats
“I may as well admit that I have been more influenced (as a person) by my childhood readings of Tolkien and Lewis than I have been by any philosophers I read in college and...
Monthly Archive: May 2009
Transatlanticism
Via Reason, here’s an interesting article on Europe and the United States’ cultural and political commonalities. Worth keeping in mind amid all the talk of “Euro-socialism” and “Islamification.”
(non)coercion
Reading over Will’s post about Geert Wilders’ manifesto to save Western Civilization got me thinking. Not so much about Wilders or the actual manifesto, given that I think he is a Class A wackjob,...
Quote of the Day
Goes to Mr. Coates: But the whole game is based on a deep ignorance, and arrogance–an inability to confess how little they know about race. It really is the twisted vestiges of segregation that...
secrets and substance
“So if the Democrats want a truth commission, and the Republicans and Dick Cheney want a truth commission, why can’t we order up a double order of truth commission? Am I missing something here?” ...
The Pakistan is on the Brink Meme
Unfortunately the Obama administration has been falling for this one, putting pressure on the weak civilian government to initiate a massive heavy campaign in the Swat valley, leaving up to a million and a...
congratulations are in order…
….to John Schwenkler and J.L. Wall who have new digs at The American Conservative. Upturned Earth and Eunomia under the same roof? Sounds dangerous.
You lost me there.
So I’m pretty excited about tonight’s season finale of Lost. I’ve been watching steadily since the last part of the third season, and now we’re at the end of the fifth season, with one...
No one is criticizing Rush Limbaugh’s business acumen
Or questioning the extent of his audience. Or his talent for talk radio. Or any of that stuff. I mean, seriously. The point – restated here with more patience than I could ever muster...
the imperial presidency (again)
I read I, Claudius and Claudius the God recently. In Rome after Julius Caesar, the winds of fortune changed with the Emperor. Under Augustus and Claudius, times were good. Under Tiberius and Caligula, times...
teaching and choice
So we’ve gone some rounds in the teaching/education debate – with Will, Freddie, John, Conor, Sonny and myself all chiming in to one degree or another – and I’d like to follow up a...
Former ‘Top Gun’ Stunt Pilot Leads “Most Dangerous Shuttle Mission Ever” to Repair Orbiting Telescope
And the headline really doesn’t do justice to how badass this sounds. I just hope someone acquires the movie rights.
On Having the Truth
by kyle cupp I picked a fight with a book the other day. It was a work on ethics. I’ve occasionally taken it off the shelf and scanned a little here and there, but...
giving up cars
I’ve thought about this sort of community before, but I didn’t know anyone was trying something this radical….
two quotes for the afternoon
I’d love to be wrong about this. But I’m not. If you want to understand the world, not just collect endless factlets, you still need to read books. If you do, the internet makes...
He Doesn’t Look a Thing Like Jesus
Quoting a cheesy Killers song would seem to be the only appropriate response to Geert Wilders, whose messiah complex has led him to formulate this marvelously incoherent set of principles for “saving” the West:...
personal computing
It really seems like the rise of the pocket computer is upon us. In many ways, the iPhone was first past the pole, but it is being joined by ever-more feature laden Blackberries, the...
