Paragons of Marital Excellence
Rod Dreher asks a good question: “… the Clinton marriage, however hollow from the inside, still honors the “till death do us part” formality. Besides, if there is no deceit or abuse inside the...
Monthly Archive: June 2010
FiveThirtyEight moving to the New York Times
Congratulations are in order to Nate Silver and the crew at FiveThirtyEight.com. The excellent polling site is leaving the indies for the Big Leagues, landing at the Gray Lady herself. This should add some...
The Emerald City
I don’t think Conor will be discussing fictional cities all that much at his Atlantic cities blog, but one in particular deserves attention: The Emerald City of Oz, or at least the one elaborated...
Aristophanes “Clouds” & the case against philosophy
Socrates brings up Aristophanes’s play The Clouds during his trial in order to respond to its unflattering portrayal of him, which was both well received and unfair. Apparently, it was too well received since...
Fungal Power
How will they get all that oil out of the Gulf of Mexico? Paul Stamets suggests mycoremediation: using mushrooms to break down and consume the oil. It apparently works on land. Not to mention...
The top ten least bohemian cities
Tyler Cowen ponders the least bohemian cities in the world and the United States, prompted by a reader who asks: I have a blog request: a list of the top ten least bohemian cities...
Running into a jello cube
This is a silly question. For an 8 by 8 by 8 foot cube of jello to stand up under its own weight, it would have to have much higher surface tension than regular...
