Daily Archive: June 30, 2010

June 30, 2010

Breaking news about 2.5K-year-old-texts.

Given all the time we spend talking about Platonism around here, I thought it would be a good idea to link to this Guardian article about a new analysis of Plato’s texts. Through an...

The League

June 30, 2010

Homophobia’s Littlest Victims

For a long time I wondered whether science would one day find a way to eliminate gays and lesbians. It seems probable that it will. But would most people prefer a society without us?...

Editor Picks

Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine Vandals

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POETS Day! On James Joyce’s Ulysses with a Few Poems Thrown In

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Jaybird in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Yeah, looks like the Three Groups of Voters have different takes on him. 1. AUGH I HATE HIM! I HATE…
Dark Matter in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25It's in NY. State will be fortunate to get life. I'd call it more a political assassination than a c…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Judge Crawford easily wins in Wisconsin despite or because of Musk’s 25 million spent on her opponen…
LeeEsq in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Yes, but everybody knows that Israel is held to the standard of perfection while other countries are…
Saul Degraw in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/2554 at final count but an easy 9 point lead
Dark Matter in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25The most important stat is civilian:military ratios. My link is to a listing of estimates. The vario…
Jaybird in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Did you hear about New York University cancelling Dr. Joanne Liu's speech? Just happened earlier tod…
Philip H on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25It’s being widely reported that Facebook is taking down recent posts by historian Heather Cox Richar…
Philip H in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Worth noting that the Wisconsin Supreme Court went to the Democrat by 57%.
Philip H in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25He alone among his colleagues has finally grown some back bone. I can’t wait for the speech to be pu…