While there are a lot of useful statistics and quotations here, the overall message is: The real victims of crime are … [Read more...]
‘Canada: The Spanish Inquisition Makes a Comeback’ (#video)
Douglas Murray writes: The law is so bad, the bureaucrats involved so dispiritingly awful, that it really is enough to make one move to Canada to help bring this awful law crashing down. Even if you have … [Read more...]
‘What Kind of Buddhism Is This, Otto?’ My NEW Taki’s column
No doubt the large number of "JOOOOOOO!!!!"-ish converts will come up in the comments... Now, Americans in particular take a lot of guff (see: “I forgot my mantra…”) for seeming to prefer … [Read more...]
When ‘Journalists! Your moral and intellectual superiors!!’ AND ‘The science is settled!’ combine!
Ooops: That’s what happened Sunday, when The New York Times published “The Nanny Murder Trial,” a short documentary that unpacks the newsroom hype … [Read more...]
‘William James said (…) that ‘a large acquaintance with particulars makes us wiser than the possession of abstract formulas, however deep’
This was Frank’s pedagogical credo and his teaching moved from particular to particular, often working from the quotations written on small slips of paper and stuck into his pockets, … [Read more...]
‘Pamphlets from the American Revolutionary period could arguably be interpreted as an early social media experiment (of sorts)’
Michael Taube writes: These documents were written by scholars, politicians and, in certain cases, anonymous citizens with a gripe or two. Some contained original ideas, … [Read more...]
Jim Goad on Earl Butz: The first victim of a p.c. shaming campaign, circa 1976?
Jim Goad writes: I’ve scanned my moldy memory banks trying to determine what was the first highly publicized scandal wherein someone lost their job for saying something offensive to leftist dogma, and the … [Read more...]
Blogging resumes Monday morning…
Until then, you might find me on Twitter and Facebook. Meanwhile, enjoy this week's black & white "Indian head" test pattern, and some tuneage: [Read more...]
Parliament needs more diversity, says Maclean’s — where only two writers aren’t white (#video)
Talk Radio Watch: Weekly recap of conservative talk radio highlights
Grab a coffee and enjoy FREE audio and webcam clips from the week in U.S. conservative talk radio, including:
- Rush Limbaugh's Hillary imitation
- Michael … [Read more...]
When God plays Pictionary, you’ll always lose
Famous bet-loser* Paul ‘My best-known theory was laughably wrong’ Erlich… pans Mark Steyn’s ‘hockey stick’ book
Honestly? I got nuthin. ( * ) … [Read more...]