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Poem Code Challenge Hint
In the last post, reader George suggested a challenge to see whether or not short poem codes would be easy to "break"; that is, decrypt without access to the original…
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Vegetarian Swallow Balls
I went shopping in Chinatown and found these delicacies, which match well with the vegetarian intestines I found last year. Enjoy these---hand slaughtered!---treats on one of the last weekends of…
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You were right, Ted Kennedy
One day in 1973, in his squeaky, pickled-vocal-chords baritone Ted Kennedy filled the Senate chamber with these words: "Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or…
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10 Books To Read Before You Die
G.K. Chesterton was asked what book would he most like to have with him on a desert island. Slick as ever, he said, Thomas's Guide to Practical Shipbuilding. And then…
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Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences by Steven Goldberg: Part IV
This article summarizes the main statistical arguments and the one logical argument used for and against Goldberg's ideas. To be clear: I am convinced by his arguments in the main…
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New and really improved!
This time I mean it. The weekend's experiment was too slick, but this one is just right: it balances the need for easy access to articles with being able to…
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Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences by Steven Goldberg: Part III
Part I Part II If we thought the last topic was contentious, and it was, then I'm not sure how to class these items. Merely mentioning them will raise blood…
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Noblesse Oblige
Presented: an advertisement for a stoop sale that I saw yesterday in Greenpoint on my way to the Brooklyn Brewery (passing, on the way, the lively Brooklyn Rhythm Masters). I…
