Matthew’s criticism of St. Patrick’s Day is well taken, and as someone who’s given to teasing my “Irish” friends about their debased heritage and Papist superstitions, I should be very enthusiastic about putting St....
St. Patrick’s Day is America’s favorite ethnic holiday. It is also the strangest. In a calendar crowded with Cinco de Mayo, Kwanzaa, and gay pride parades, St. Paddy’s is the one chance for the...
The League’s official NCAA tournament group is now up and running. Unfortunately, you have to register at ESPN to get in, but signing up makes you eligible for a generous prize package (to be...
Much ado has been blogged about Emily Howell, the computer program that writes Bach chorales , Mozart sonatas, and other kinds of pieces in the style of various composers. You can listen to two...
Stephen Walt thinks that the latest spat between Israel and the US is grounds for bringing back up a topic that very few want to discuss: what plans/solutions/options remain if (and when) the two...
One of the ways I differ from the typical gay-activist blogger (aside from being a shameless free-marketeer) is that I’m willing to give ex-gays at least some benefit of the doubt, in a few...
To compensate for all our highbrow talk of philosophy, the classics, French cinema, and Battlestar Galactica, I’m thinking of setting up a League NCAA tournament pool. Drop a comment if you’re filling out a...
Below I talk with Ordinary Gentleman David Schaengold about the remarkable work of the recently deceased director Eric Rohmer. MS: As I wrote in my recent First Things piece on Eric Rohmer, a lot...
I recommend Br. Brafford’s post on non-foundationalism for the layman, but I find his treatment of Thomas Kuhn quite unfair: I’m reading Thomas Kuhn’s controversial classic The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, in which Kuhn put...
Provoked by a great Battlestar Galactica-Sabotage mash-up, Sonny Bunch gets curmudgeonly about remix culture. The ensuing comment thread is pretty interesting; the (awesome) video that started it all is below the fold:
{Note: I wasn’t planning to post this because it’s a bit rambling and digressive. But, I realized that it sort of fits with the discussion about war and morality.} Let me start by showing...
I’m reading Thomas Kuhn’s controversial classic The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, in which Kuhn put forward, among other things, the suggestion that there not be any sense in which we can say that modern...
Kieran Healy won’t be playing chatroulette anymore. Which is sort of a pity, because I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.
Will has highlighted the growth of anti-Wilson sentiment on the left and the right. Writing in Democracy, Trygve Throntveit tries to counter the wave: True, Wilson sometimes described himself as conservative. But Wilson’s understanding...
Kyle writes: [F]or decades, we’ve allowed students in need to get federally subsidized loans to attend both public and private colleges and universities. Some states, even provide scholarships and grants that can be used...
Rick Hess makes a great deal of sense in his critique of Diane Ravitch (and this bit echoes what Mark Thompson has pushed in the comments, arguments I also find compelling): A lack of...
Tension between libertarian-leaning tea partiers and the GOP’s social conservative base was probably inevitable, but the most interesting part of the Politico’s story on a split within the movement is a disagreement over the...
Via email, I’ve been asked my thoughts on tenure and the troubles it can cause, so I’d like to wade into that very heated debate. Hopefully, the piranhas aren’t biting today. Okay, the argument...
Birmingham’s new library is billing itself as “a palazzo of human thought.” Adding injury to insult, the proposed design is just dreadfully ugly.
Thanks to your generosity, we were able to upgrade our service plan. Hopefully this will help us address some of our performance issues.
Devcat is done with rearranging local software extensions. If anyone notices any problems, say so :^)
on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025Zaid has a pretty good essay: Democrats Are Blaming Activist Groups for Kamala Harris’s Loss, but th…
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on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025Some of us are already well set on that line and how far across it the administration is. Others wil… on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025From a former OTer: "Trump announces federal funding freeze via EO. Head of OMB issues a memo with s… on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025I'm not sure one substacker is a credible weight on Trump’s Unforced Error31% if voters is not “the American people.” Not statistically anyway. It’s is both presumptuous and…
on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025"How dare you acquiesce to our demands and take away our justification for protesting! We demand tha… on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025Here's a report from the DNC leadership meetings they're having before they vote in a new DNC head.…
on Open Mic for the week of 1/27/2025Trump has issued an EO attacking schools that allow students to socially transition in any manner, a… on Indian Dice — Four Deuces in OneThe dude doesn't say. If *I* were playing in my house for money (nickel, dime, quarter, of course),…
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