The Canadian election results are in, and the conservatives have won. Sorta. Kinda. Or at least we can say that the liberals have lost. Kinda. Sorta. The conservatives garnered the largest share, about 36% of the total vote. But in … Continue reading →
…there’s an election going on today in Canada. It hasn’t gotten a ton of attention. This AP article, for example, didn’t make the front page of the Times, nor have I heard the subject discussed during my (admittedly rather brief) … Continue reading →
Many have looked to the possibility of reform of the Moslem religion for the best hope of avoiding a coming conflagration. After all, the other monotheistic Abrahamic religions have all grown and changed over time; why not Islam? Alexandra of … Continue reading →
I thought this comment by Paul Snively, which appeared on the recent thread about lying and WMDs, was well-put, and worth highlighting: Brief logic lesson: You cannot prove the negation of an existential quantifier in first-order logic given the open-world … Continue reading →
I was surprised to see this story in Wednesday’s Guardian. It’s about another intelligence leak–they seem to be quite popular nowadays, don’t they? But this one, unlike the others, isn’t about a failure of the Bush or Blair administrations, and … Continue reading →
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has suffered an extremely massive cerebral hemorrhage. It sounds as though it might not be survivable, or, if it is, he is likely to be profoundly disabled. The AP article describes the stroke as the … Continue reading →
This Boston Globe AP article tells a story that would have been hard to believe, even if it had been about a dog. But a cat, making a 9/11 call to save its owner? And yet that seems to have … Continue reading →
I’ve added a new blog to my blogroll (via Dr. Sanity). It’s called “Fire and Ice,” and it’s the blog of Michael Fay, the artist in residence for the US Marine Corps. You may say, as I did, wha??? There’s … Continue reading →
I’m taking the day off, just relaxing. At the moment I’m enjoying my new computer, which is finally connected and running. Once again, Happy New Year to you all–and see you tomorrow!
Continue reading →Don’t get me wrong; I do indeed enjoy a party, and hardly ever turn down an opportunity to go to one. But I’ve always seen New Year’s Eve more as a time for reflection and nostalgia than wild celebration, kind … Continue reading →
Why do I say this story’s got everything? Well, let’s see: (1) anonymous and totally unidentified sources as the conduit for all the information, check; (2) accusations of religious profiling, check; (3) vociferous Council on American-Islamic Relations protests, check; (4) … Continue reading →
So far, at least, the aftermath of the recent Iraqi elections seems to be–as Austin Bay writes–more jaw-jaw than war-war. If even Reuters says so, it’s good enough for me. There’s a lot of post-election sturm and drang, to be … Continue reading →