Unqualified Offerings

By Thoreau
“So, I didn’t buy the second volume of the book, so I couldn’t study those chapters, and I didn’t do the homework.  And then for some reason the midterm just didn’t click for me, so I think that’s why I failed it.  Can you tell me what I can do to do better on [...]

By Thoreau
One of the more interesting science bloggers out there is Prof. Janet Stemweddel, who got a Ph.D. in chemistry and then decided to pursue a career studying philosophical and ethical issues in science.  I like her blogging and I think she has interesting things to say.  Though she may no longer do lab work, [...]

By Thoreau
I don’t have time to do justice to Jesse Walker’s excellent review of Thomas Frank’s “Wrecking Crew” in the latest issue of Reason, but I do want to quote the end of it:
Against this background, the young Abramoff and others drew freely on libertarian language about the virtues of the market and the evils [...]

By Thoreau
All these ads for the next installment of 24 show a female President.  They started writing this back when Hillary Clinton was the contender.  Don’t they look dumb doing a show about a female President when America is getting ready to swear in its first black President?
If those guys at 24 were really so [...]

By Thoreau
Act I: The Suckitude of Democrats
So, the other day, I was reading some commentary (sorry, can’t remember where) on the Dems letting Lieberman keep his committee chairmanship. The comment that struck me was that this was just one more way that the Dems are showing absolute scorn for their base. It [...]