RIP: Norm Geras
I am sorry to report that Norman Geras has died. Geras was a blogger from 2003 on, and instrumental in helping out other bloggers back in the days when blogging was new and very exciting. He was the man I … Continue reading →
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What happens to a society when its young people don’t want to have sex?
You read that right. I didn’t say, “don’t want to get married” or “don’t want to have children.” It’s “don’t want to have sex.” Japan may be about to find out. As you might imagine, the “don’t want to have … Continue reading →
New look at Legal Insurrection
William Jacobson’s blog Legal Insurrection has a spiffy new design featuring more photos, and posts that stay on the mainpage longer. Oh, and all of us “contributors” (including moi) have our photos on the right sidebar. Don’t get too excited, … Continue reading →
Red Sox…
…win the pennant. Onward!
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…they couldn’t take the heat. [Hat tip: Instapundit.]
Continue reading →The story of the Obamacare exchange website snafu
Long, but well worth reading. Excerpt: Some blame the contractors involved for not being upfront about the potential for such fundamental difficulties, but some say the contractors did offer warnings, and especially that the contractors believed the time they were … Continue reading →
“America’s path to the gallows”
Commenter “Geoffrey Britain” had the following to say: How many more H.W. Bush’s must we support before it is acknowledged that America’s path to the gallows is merely delayed under such men? It is not purity we seek but an … Continue reading →
Dick Cheney’s heart
Of course, many of those who hate him would quip that the title of this post is an oxymoron, and that he hasn’t got one. Har dee har har har. But this sounds pretty interesting to me—a book by Cheney … Continue reading →
The suicide bees
Not killer bees: suicide bees. Yesterday was a lovely warm day, and I had lunch with a friend. We decided the weather was so nice that we’d sit outside at a restaurant that had some sidewalk tables. I’d ordered a … Continue reading →
In praise of memorizing poetry
[NOTE: Here’s a post I first wrote in 2005. It’s a favorite of mine.] I think it may be a lost pedagogical device, but when I was in grade school, we were forced by our teachers (mostly elderly women, as … Continue reading →
Perhaps the worst thing about the Obamacare rollout…
…from the Democrats’ point of view is not that it will keep people from enrolling for a while. After all, there’s no enormous rush, although it would have been nice to have gotten the ball rolling faster. It’s the undermining … Continue reading →
Research proves lab rats are just like humans
That is, they’re addicted to Oreos, and they like to eat the insides first. I kid you not. I wonder if, given the opportunity, they also would do what I used to do when I was a little girl: break … Continue reading →