Hale: How We Nearly Lost Discovery

[Ed. note: Introspection is an attribute of a sober, focused mind. With it comes a humbling of the ego and an appreciation of one's innate humanity that Mr. Hale sums up in his final statement in his blog post: "...this is how I found out that we were never really as smart as we thought [...]

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Cooke: British freedom of speech endangered

  British Freedom of Speech Endangered John Stuart Mill, where art thou? By Charles C. W. Cooke      March 29, 2012 4:00 A.M.  In Britain, the trend toward the curbing of free expression picked up speed on Monday, when British student Liam Stacey was sentenced to 56 days in prison for posting racist comments on Twitter. [...]

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NBC Investigating Edited 911 Call From Night Trayvon Martin Died

[2012-04-10: Update below] A story is breaking that NBC and the Today show intentionally edited out a crucial bit of dialogue between the 911 operator and George Zimmerman, the alleged shooter, the night Trayvon Martin died. The implication of the edit was that Zimmerman was racially profiling Martin, when in fact, he was responding to [...]

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Steyn: Lethally leisured

[Ed. note: from last fall, but still relevant, if not more so.] Lethally leisured by Mark Steyn, October 17, 2011 In 1853 or thereabouts, Czar Nicholas I described Turkey as the sick man of Europe. A century and a half later, Turkey is increasingly the strong man of the Middle East, and the sick man [...]

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Laframboise: The Royal Society’s blatherfest

The Royal Society’s Blatherfest by Donna Laframboise, March 24, 2012 A “major international conference” will begin on Monday in London. It’s being hosted by the Royal Society, the oldest science academy in the world and previously the most prestigious. But over the past decade the Royal Society has abandoned its longstanding neutrality and become a political [...]

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Parker: The silence of the lions

The silence of the lions  By Kathleen Parker, Published: March 16, 2012, Washington Post Warning: This column is not suitable for children, and its content may be offensive to some. In the wake of “Slutgate,” the operative argument seems to have devolved into a barnyard taunt: “My pig isn’t as bad as your pig.” This pithy [...]

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The Economist: Unblinking eyes in the sky

{Ed. note: A couple of my too many hobbies has been, for years, R/C model aircraft, and photography (how can the economy be tanking with the amount of money I spend on “toys”?). This article is apropos of the rapid technological change occuring in miniaturization of computer-driven technology. For the expenditure of a couple of [...]

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Looking down on the Big Blue Marble

This has been floating around the ‘net for a bit, but if you haven’t seen it, have a look see. Time-lapse video from the International Space Station as it circles the globe. Note especially the auroras and the lightning in the thunderstorms. Just for fun, see if you can pick up where its overflying as [...]

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Gutmann: Hope for Occupy Wall Streeters!

Leaving a mark on Liberal Education… There’s Hope for These Occupy Wall Streeters! October 7, 2011 1:10 P.M.   By Stephanie Gutmann   I actually have hopes for the Occupy Wall Street movement. Now, before you dismiss me, let me explain. I hope that one of the things we’re seeing down at Zuccotti Park is the first rustlings [...]

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Steyn: Gagging us softly

[Ed. note: I haven't done any Mark Steyn for a while (you should, however). The events at York U. this week make this bit of Steyn very relevant.] By Mark Steyn, September 6, 2011 In this anniversary week, it’s sobering to reflect that one of the more perverse consequences of 9/11 has been a remorseless [...]

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