Category Archives: culture

Women at war

Posted on August 16, 2009 by David Hume

The New York Times has a piece up, G.I. Jane Breaks the Combat Barrier as War Evolves, which details the shift over the past 8 year of women into combat roles. I’ve read and heard about this dynamic for years, … Continue reading →

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More on Collins

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Bradlaugh

Interesting comment thread on the Collins appointment. Just a few. P.Z. Myers bitterly attacks Kenneth Miller, who has provided expert testimony against “Intelligent Design” in court, as a “creationist.” Perhaps Myers does so attack Miller somewhere, but in a posting this morning … Continue reading →

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European dreams, a uniquely American pastime

Posted on August 2, 2009 by David Hume

Americans are rather stupid people, as is the norm among humans. This stupidity is manifest in a general lack of knowledge or understanding of the goings on in the rest of the world. And just as dull elementary school age … Continue reading →

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Gossipedia

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Bradlaugh

[Note:  The editors at Taki’s Magazine have kindly given me permission to reproduce the column below. Several Taki readers were kind enough to go into Wikipedia and amend some of the more egregious errors in my Wiki page. Whether their … Continue reading →

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Socialized medicine, numbers are of the essence?

Posted on July 28, 2009 by David Hume

I don’t know if there is some context to this Bill O’Reilly assertion that Canadian life expectancy is higher because of fewer people, and so fewer absolute fatalities (e.g., he got turned around on the words?). But it got me … Continue reading →

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Intelligent Design as philosophy

Posted on July 25, 2009 by David Hume

The most recent Bloggingheads.tv features Ronald L. Numbers, author of The Creationists, and Paul Nelson, a Creationist and Intelligent Design advocate. The discussion is civil and well-informed, but as noted by some of the commenters on the Bloggingheads.tv site, it … Continue reading →

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12 questions for John Derbyshire

Posted on July 18, 2009 by David Hume

In The Economist. John is promoting his new book, We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism.

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Clarifying contrasts

Posted on July 16, 2009 by David Hume

From FiveThirtyEight:

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Blog of Death

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Bradlaugh

This is a touching story. One of Britain’s greatest conductors and his wife have taken their own lives at the Swiss assisted suicide clinic Dignitas.  Sir Edward Downes, 85, and his 74-year-old wife Joan travelled there to end their lives, his … Continue reading →

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