Why music?
This article describes several theories which seek to explain why music is a human universal. All of them focus on group cohesion of some sort, and the fact that music seems to foster it, whether it be in work, play, … Continue reading →
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The audacity of the Obama m.o.
This comment from a thread at Hot Air seems spot on to me: I noted very early on in O’s presidency that it was clear their tactic was to overwhelm us with previously unthinkable acts, that it was going to … Continue reading →
An interview with Robert Conquest…
…on the eve of the sort-of millennium makes for some fascinating reading in retrospect. I call it the “sort-of” millennium because it took place in late December of 1999, whereas the real millennium would have begun with the year 2001. … Continue reading →
Three swans: Part I
I’m planning a several-part series comparing three ballerinas in the lead role in “Swan Lake,” and changing styles in dance and art. I got the idea after an evening of surfing around on YouTube and watching old favorites and new … Continue reading →
Oh, and about that state Medicaid waiver…
In the midst of the flurry of attention in the press and blogosphere given to the commerce clause vs. penalty/tax controversy in the SCOTUS decision on Obamacare, I began to wonder whether it was possible that the Medicaid part of … Continue reading →
Religious exemptions: from Obamacare and more
There’s been an email going around alleging that Muslims will be exempt from the Obamacare tax/mandate. It’s not true, at least at the moment, but it stands a remote possibility of becoming true. The facts are here and here, and … Continue reading →
A big search…
…for a little particle has culminated with its discovery. Maybe: Signaling a likely end to one of the longest, most expensive searches in the history of science, physicists said Wednesday that they had discovered a new subatomic particle that looks … Continue reading →
Republicans say: hey, you know what would be a good idea right about now?
A circular firing squad. See this and this, wherein the Weekly Standard gives Romney a tongue-lashing for his style of focusing on the economy, and the WSJ excoriates Romney for taking pretty much the only tack open to him on … Continue reading →
It’s the Fourth: land of the free, home of the brave
[NOTE: A portion of this post has been recycled, and part is very new.] For many days after 9/11 I found myself going to the ocean and sitting on the rocks. Everyone remembers that blue blue sky of 9/11, but … Continue reading →
Justice Roberts wrote both the majority opinion and the dissent in Sebelius?
The SCOTUS leaks are coming—to coin a phrase—fast and furious. The other day we heard through CBS’s Jan Crawford that two highly-placed anonymous sources described Umpire Roberts’ late innings mind change on Obamacare, and that rumors that Roberts wrote the … Continue reading →
I don’t know about you…
…but this announcement makes me very, very sad. Ah, but who believes the government, anyway? Today it’s “no mermaids,” but tomorrow they’ll say there are no unicorns, and that the space alien autopsy videos are bogus. The nerve! When I … Continue reading →
Holder the proxy
Eric Holder, in his continuing effort to deflect criticism for his actions in Fast and Furious (and just about everything else), recently told the WaPo: “I’ve become a symbol of what [Republicans] don’t like about the positions this Justice Department … Continue reading →