Friday Cat Blogging... Nelson
It will astonish no one to learn that the latest VDH column constitutes a pig's breakfast of logical fallacies -- a messy trough of appeals to belief, appeals to tradition,.
I always find stories like this one interesting. For every broken treasure ship at the bottom of the ocean, there were dozens, even hundreds of sailors, soldiers, and merchants who.
Happy 171st to Samuel Clemens, who offered the following oft-quoted words in the New York Herald on 15 October 1900:I left these shores, at Vancouver, a red-hot imperialist. I wanted the American eagle to go screaming into the Pacific. It seemed tiresome and tame for it...
Let's have a cheer for the Ohio Bobcats, favorite of frequent commenter JRD and tonight playing for their first MAC championship since 1968...
Try to tell the difference between Althouse and Altmouse. No fair peeking at the top before you scroll down!If you are looking for grants for women and haven't had any.
As we ponder the most recent example of hackery from George Will, let's recall my personal favorite. That would have to be when he claimed that judicial filibusters were "unconstitutional" during the Estrada nomination controversy--after having argued the (correct) position that the Senate can conduct votes...
As readers of this blog know, when it comes to the 2008 primary I'm a strong Gore supporter. But I can see cases for two of the major candidates who.
Speaking of Majikthise, I note that she wrote the cover story in this week's New York Press.
I've been meaning to blog about this for a while, but acting on a tip from Lindsay and A White Bear I was sent a free bottle of the 2004 Amelie by the Mankas Hills Vineyards. (It didn't come with any obligation to write about it.)...
By popular demand -- that is, at the request of one commenter -- here's the quiz I was going to give my students tonight if the Hand of Providence had.
I'm only mildly disappointed that the Lord has seen fit to smite Juneau with 12-14 inches of snow today. The disappointment comes from the fact that my evening seminar was.