A Citizen’s Top Style Choices
In a hurry this morning. The Wall Street Journal ran a long interview with tailor Ethan Newton who, we learn, is moving to Hong Kong. Mazel Tov to him. After…
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SETI Goes Deaf
The Allen Telescope Array run by SETI---Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence---has been forced into hibernation because of the lack of money (Mercury News story). The electronic ears will remain planted on…
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Slaughter Better Than Disease In Controlling Global Warming, Researchers
If you had to guess, which of these would you think would be a better control for global warming: Genghis Khan or the Black Death? Before answering, consider that both…
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Men’s Fashion
Happy Easter! As you don your new bonnets and climb into your finest to celebrate, provided here in one spot are all articles on men's fashion. Hats Stunning New Book!…
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Don’t Blame Me. I Don’t Have Free Will
Try this argument on for size: I am a smart, clever guy with an advanced degree in neurology and tenure. The brain is a biological machine. But I don't understand…
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Earth Has Rights! Guest Post by John Henry Briggs
Since I am away out west, I sent intrepid reporter and number two son John Henry Briggs to the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at CUNY Graduate Center, where…
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Stunning New Book! Hats For All
On Foot I'm traveling this week to the Air Force Research Lab at Kirtland AFB, in the Space Weather Center of Excellence. Not just "Center," mind, but Center of Excellence.…
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Predict The Next Strangest Government Regulation
Perhaps the most fantastical regulation to launch recently from the collective hive-mind of the federal bureaucracy is the one which administrates the very breath of life. Yes, the Environmental Protection…
