Fantasy v. Reality: I thought this video had some good points. Especially about 'Our old pal, the sacred Earth.' Not that the ear...

On Love: Our last discussion on Chaucer took an emphatic, and unexpected, turn in the comments. For that reason I'd like to refer to th...

Jim Webb For President? Back when he was first running for Senator, I supported Jim Webb. I admired him for his career of service and for h...

Really? Wasn't this story in the Onion a few months ago? The Obama administration is considering several steps that would review the le...

Money and Choice: If I'm paying for something, I get to be in charge of how that thing is delivered. Right? Yes, if and only if I am i...

Prophecy in the Modern Age: Economics and Global Warming Nassim Taleb speaks of a kind of statistical modeling that cannot work. It is wh...

Congratulations, Doc! May very great good cheer, and even greater good fortune, follow you and your newborn daughter . He writes: And befor...

Visions of Women: Geoffrey Chaucer is one of the more interesting voices to survive to us from the Middle Ages. He wrote a great deal about...

The Original: Oddly enough, I was just watching the original of that video a few minutes ago. As a service to any readers who haven't s...

The internet meme that will not die. (warning: strong language) Does sound like a lot to pay, though.

Uh-Oh: Bill T's Got Some Competition Not to suggest that I approve of such humor, but the wag commenting on this post deserves some ki...

George Bernard Shaw: I was looking through Arts & Letters Daily in the hope that they'd have a nice collection of Zinn obituaries f...

Giving the Lie, Again: The President slammed the Supreme Court to its face last night. Nearly every president finds something to criticize ...

Populist: Confer .

Pope and Patriarch: Here is an amazing story about people who may really fix a social problem that is many centuries old. (H/t: Dad29 .) T...

The Time It Never Rained : Joel Leggett has posted a short book review of a story about a man who refuses to take Federal handouts. I reme...

"Who Are You?" From the archives, October, 2008 : "The most dangerous question Sen. Obama has ever had to face is, 'Who a...

Potential Disruption: Apparently my beloved Haloscan comments system is dying. I've been told that we (along with all other Haloscan us...

I Love Fight Club References: So, regarding Mr. Klein , the question is are you Tyler Durden ? (h/t Indy .) Not nearly. The thing, though, ...

Pirates v. Ninjas: Presidential Edition I wasn't going to post this over the top of Eric's tribute to the late Jean Simmons, but wi...