Cartoons and me
When I was nine or ten years old I was given an individual IQ test by a family friend who was getting her PhD in child psychology, and having to administer the test to a certain number of children was … Continue reading →
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Spring forward…
…tonight. I am so psyched! Daylight Saving Time begins this evening—technically, tomorrow morning—at 2 AM. So set those clocks forward and enjoy the extra hour of daylight at the end of the day.
Continue reading →If you want a fighter…
…you’ve got one in Rand Paul. I’m not familiar enough with Paul’s positions to know whether I agree with him in general or not. I certainly am not especially keen on his father, although I do subcribe to a great … Continue reading →
The cruel cupcake caper…
…has been halted: A Michigan elementary school is defending its decision to confiscate a third-graders batch of homemade cupcakes because the birthday treats were decorated with plastic green Army soldiers… …Fountain said his wife delivered the cupcakes to the front … Continue reading →
The fight over the history of Vietnam
I haven’t yet read the book Triumph Forsaken, but it sounds like a fascinating so-called “revisionist” history of the Vietnam War. And this comment at the Amazon link treads familiar ground, does it not?: A key contributor to the downfall … Continue reading →
The salon de refuses of publishing
Here’s another of those perennial articles listing the blockbuster books that were initially rejected by publisher after publisher. I remember I used to own a book that was a collection of editors’ rejection letters for great classic and popular works. … Continue reading →
John Hinderaker: fun with gun and homicide statistics
John Hinderaker points out how the latest study of the relation between gun control laws and homicide rates uses the statistics therein to make a certain policy point, and how they could just as easily be used to refute that … Continue reading →
Roundup
I don’t usually just offer a list of links, but I every now and then there are a lot of stories and not enough time to write all I’d like about them. So here you go: Lots here about Rand … Continue reading →
Here’s one…
…of those “dumb criminals” stories. Not just dumb, but out to lunch. Or maybe dinner.
Continue reading →More on Against Autonomy
That book of Conly’s is the gift that keeps on giving, isn’t it? Much fascinating discussion in yesterday’s thread, which is not even the first time we’ve discussed it (see also this and this). I especially recommend your wading through … Continue reading →
Roy Brown Jr. must have known,…
…for all these long years, that his obituary would feature the fact that he was the designer of the Edsel. My guess is that, at 96, he’d made his peace with that: Roy Brown Jr., a car designer for Ford … Continue reading →
Against Autonomy revisited
I recently wrote about Sarah Conly’s newly-released book Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism here and here, so you’d think I’d be done with the dreadful thing. But a friend sent me a video interview with the author, and I couldn’t … Continue reading →