…Syrian-born Abdulfattah “John” Jandali, because his father had bragged that he’d met Jobs in his restaurant, and that Jobs was a good tipper. This things were apparently not untrue, mind you: the two men apparently had met briefly in the … Continue reading →
(1) At a religious retreat. (2) In law school. (3) Working on a kibbutz. (4) Campaigning for Jimmy Carter. And the answer is…found at slide 4. A few more fun facts about spouses and ex-spouses of this year’s GOP presidential … Continue reading →
…this reality show was inevitable. See this for an earlier discussion of related issues (boy, is that a pun!—and a double pun at that). [Hat tip: Althouse.]
Continue reading →James and Daniel Kelly are fraternal twins, two handsome young men who live in England. Unlike identical twins, fraternal twins are genetically no more similar than any two siblings of the same parents; they just happen to be the result … Continue reading →
Sex comes cheap these days. Literally. I don’t know about you, but I feel sad when I read things like this. And it’s not a women vs. men thing for me; I think both sexes are losing a lot in … Continue reading →
For all of humankind’s history, men have been rivals for the favors of women, and a huge part of that competition (at least in the biological sense) has been to foster the birth and survival of their own offspring. If … Continue reading →
Now here’s a wedding: This Sunday, David Lauren, son of legendary designer Ralph Lauren, and Lauren Bush, granddaughter of President George H.W. and niece of President George W., will join forces in holy matrimony. One of the burning questions that … Continue reading →
One of the things I love about blogging are the discoveries that can result from late-night meandering down paths that lead to the unexpected. That’s what happened the other evening when, after doing some research on Keynes and Hayek, I … Continue reading →
The rape case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been dropped by the DA’s office. Whether the sex (in the Clintonian sense) that undoubtedly occurred between DSK and Nafissatou Diallo was consensual (he says) or rape (she says) rests almost entirely on … Continue reading →
I missed this when it first came out, but it’s an excellent read with much food for thought. The subject: how DNA testing has affected paternity and child support.
Continue reading →What would the cultural relativists say about this tale of family- and village-crossed lovers in Afghanistan? Let me take a stab at it: those who wish to stone this pair of young lovers are merely shoring up the foundation on … Continue reading →
Memo to politicians: not a good idea to send naked photos of self to an online acquaintance. Memo to people in general: not a good idea to take naked photos of self in the mirror while holding camera, standing in … Continue reading →