A Depressing [Real Sad] Churchill Quotation—Contest
As I this morning scanned Facebook, I ran across the image below. Read it through and pause for a moment before continuing. Notice anything strange? I was so intrigued by…
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On The Murder And Death Of Classical Music
It is difficult to discover one word which adequately and non-misleadingly describes what is today called "music" and what used to go by that name a century or more ago.…
The Last Cruise Of The USS Iowa
The USS Iowa on its last trip I was aboard the SS Jeremiah O'Brien yesterday when the USS Iowa was towed from its berth up San Francisco bay and…
Richard Dawkins Turns Gideon?
Today a story which falls under Bets You Would Have Lost. Angry atheist (sounds like a board game) Richard Dawkins said he would have "contributed financially to the scheme" of…
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The Reason Rally Fizzles
An army; well, a brigade; or anyway at least a couple of battalions of Brights milled around the mall in Washington DC on March 24---various estimates gave "highs are around…
Sandra Fluke Mows The Lawn: A Play In One Act
Scene A suburban Washington DC street some sunny afternoon in July. Little Sandra and her friend Mark arrive at the house of Mr George. Little Sandra pushes a manual lawn…
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Oscar Predictions: Money, Men, & Maturity Make The Difference
Last year, my number two son1 and I created a model to predict the Oscar winning movie (the original post, and the follow up). We found the following characteristics most…
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Should Scientists Be Held Legally Responsible for Their Results?
That title is lifted from Popular Science's brief article. The idea is that scientists---as philosopher Christopher Essex reminded me, just like doctors and accountants and businessmen and engineers and everybody…