On Your Duty To Dress Well
There was no argument about it. I looked good. Overcoat, scarf, brown fedora, all topping an old-fashioned, close-to-the-body cut suit, tie, pocket square, adult shoes. The rule is: never skimp…
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Secularists Solemnize? Abortion Sacred?
The Center for Inquiry sent me a solicitation asking would I like to be trained, for a modest consideration, to be a "Secular Celebrant." What is that? As many as…
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Most Damning Indictment On Primary Education You’ll Ever See
The Washington Post published an email from an anonymous "veteran seventh-grade language arts teacher in Frederick, Maryland," that I am only just stopping myself from quoting in full. It's all…
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Predictions 2014—Register Yours Today!
What will happen in the world in 2014? You have until 10 January to tell us in the comments below. Let's hope we're more accurate than we were last year,…
On Dressing Well
Make that, "On Dressing Not So Well." Here is a picture from a mall in Santa Monica, first appearing in the Los Angeles Times. The article which surrounded this picture…
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Students Eschewing Humanities In Favor Of Science
The Times is reporting that students are high-tailing it away from the humanities, scurrying into "STEM" departments. STEM is the educational buzzword of the day---theorists in education surf from fad…
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Daily Liks & Comments
@1 Free concert tomorrow, Sunday, 27 October. 1:30 pm. Salve Regina: Music for the Heavenly Queen. St. Catherine of Sienna. 68th street between First and York. Gregorian Chant, Ave Maris…
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Scrap Statistics, Begin Anew
You or I might perhaps be excused if we sometimes toyed with solipsism, especially when we reflect on the utter failure of our writings to produce the smallest effect in…