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The Well Dressed PI — Guest Post By Thomas H. Humphreys, Private Investigator

Meet Thomas H. Humphreys, the best-dressed PI since Nick Charles. Humphreys, like Charles, knows what that hole in the lapel is for---and what ingredients make the best Montgomery Fizz. Humphreys…

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Letter From Student At Behemoth University

Regular readers will remember my "Conversations with myself" series that I began last fall, as sort of a teaching diary while I was a visiting professor at Behemoth University. The…

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A Synthetic What? Lady Who Won Lotteries Is Statistician, More

Last big travel day. Off to the blue crammed into motorized sardine cans. I'll begin looking at comments and email tomorrow. Medical Science Advances On Bottoms Turns out that I…

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Are Scientific Papers Becoming Worse?

The United States Football League began in 1983 with twelve cities, many of which already had an NFL team. The level of play was decidedly inferior to the "senior" league…

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The Saga Of The Stones

Still on the road... I had just finished hauling the sand away from under a now-dismantled porch. It had been made of stone and wood, but not well. My dad…

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Global Warming Beliefs, New Poll

I'm still on the road this week, with my access to the internet sporadic. Email or phone is the best way to find me. Rasmussen reports that, "69% Say It's…

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String Theory Confirmed By Airline

String theory begins by telling its audience that most of nature remains hidden from us in tiny, curled up dimensions of space. You can't see them, but they're there. I…

Culture Philosophy

Air Force Forced To Drops Ethics From Nuclear Weapons Ethics Training

The Center for Inquiry, that group of ex-CSICOP members turned rogue skeptics, has condemned---condemned!---the United States Air Force for teaching Just War theory in its Nuclear War Ethics course. This…

Ann Cherry on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 26, 2024
Cary, no water cannons yet, but the Harvard branch of George Soros’ New Kristallnacht was temporarily thwarted by campus sprinklers:…
hudbwu on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 26, 2024
Elon is all for show. Bernard over at Moon of Alabama was suppressed before Elon took over. Then his subscribers…
Cary D Cotterman on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 26, 2024
I'd buy a ticket to watch them unleash water canons on these camps.
Hun on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 26, 2024
I am skeptical about the nose-ring girl. I suspect the whole "incident" was simply a propaganda skit to show that…
Milton Hathaway on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 26, 2024
"Yet it is curious that in many places these woke students were rousted by Regime forces." Yes, indeed, very curious,…