2008

Will al Qaeda try to influence the...

In 2004 Osama bin Laden released a tape shortly before the elections bashing George Bush.  The Bush...

“Finally, at long last, I have something in common with...”
— Spying on a Sportswriter by...

Mosque in Ohio gassed

BuyMyShitPile.com: Hey Washington, can you...

The cost of ending hunger around the world:...

Red staters scare more easily than blue...

McCain has a lot of experience with bank...

but it’s not the good kind. You’re John McCain, a fallen hero who wanted to become...

My Hobby:  Sitting down with grad students and timing how...

What's the difference between Palin and...

“On another occasion, a robot was locked in a room and forced...”
— MIT Fraternity Accused Of...

“The torture that was deployed against McCain emerges in all...”
— Does Bush Believe McCain Was...

Jack Bauer is so tough that ...

the lawyers designing interrogation techniques cited Jack Bauer more frequently than the...

A photo of Senator Robert F. Kennedy with a bellboy trying...

The Definition of Irony

“It was just interesting to me that here we are trying to promote peace and harmony and we’re...

“For these reasons, we should be on our guard not to...”
— -Albert Einstein in “Why...

They don’t make them like they used to. At the 1968...

“But what is perhaps more deeply evil and unforgiveable in...”
— Hendrik Hertzberg: RACE, LIES,...

“The Financial Times is doing what it usually does -...”
— The Opposite of Science

“I should say that the place where I am most feared and...”
— -Noam Chomsky

“Borrowers who are in trouble on their mortgages have seen...”
— Fair Game - Borrowers and...

“This handout from the SEC can be real money. For example,...”
— Dean Baker

“The United States have adventured upon a great and noble...”
— President John Tyler in a...

“The result is a group of unlikely-sounding Husseins: Jewish...”
— Obama Supporters Take His...

Seven Steps to a Cooler You

Pastor Who Officiated at Jenna Bush Wedding...

“I hated the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live.”
— Sen. John McCain

Speaking Ill of the Dead

The Celtics are a good team, no doubt.  Too bad they represent Boston.  

Bumper stickers reveal link to road rage :...

“‘I think (Obama) just wants to be president...

“Since the vast majority of economists failed to recognize...”
— Financial Bubbles, Recessions...

John Hagee is from San Antonio. Which probably makes him a Spurs fan. I wonder if he thinks the...

“From 1995 to 2005, 25% of start-up engineering and...”
— The Amazing Diaspora...

“Over 70 years ago in Manchester, New Hampshire, children...”
— Benezet Centre

“Funding for physics increased greatly after World War 2....”
— Physics Education Research: Or...

“The student beginning professional training is usually...”
— From DISCIPLINED MINDS by Jeff...

How to Bake Fractal Cookies Or you could make a fractal...

The physics of chocolate

Chocolate, like steel, has multiple crystal structures.  Unlike steel some of these crystal...

John Edwards follows my lead and endorses...

“I actually discovered irony when I was seven. That was when...”
— Morgan Murphy

“Semco doesn’t have a mission statement, its own...”
— Workplace democracy in...

“What there wasn’t, though, was any use of...”
— May Day 2008: Strike Against...

The recent Pentagon pundit scandal isn’t the first time the U.S. government...

“As former CNN vice President Frank Sesno stated to...”
— Pentagon Pundits

I really don’t see what’s so wrong with criticizing “small town America.” ...

“One might say that the last great exercise of New Deal...”
— John W. Dower Hopefully one...

“Q: Given the differences between Japan and Iraq, could the...”
— Occupation Preoccupation

“NREL’s research showed that one quad (7.5 billion...”
— UNH Biodiesel...

“When you have a bejeweled, buckle-shoed duke willing to pay...”
— Report: Nation’s...

“In 1963, with the draft board ramping up, Cheney enrolled in...”
— Dick Cheney - Dickipedia

“Elmer: Can you talk a little bit about your years in the...”
— Violence is the Symptom

“One of the unique features of China is that, notwithstanding...”
— Martin Jacques: Spotlight on...

I arrived in New Orleans last Sunday in the afternoon. Rachele and I went to look around the French...

This is the poster I’m presenting next week in New...

The Hidden Buddhist Threat In Our Midst

That's one (very) small step for...

A couple of weeks ago in the New York Times there was an article titled Race Matters Less in...

The Radical Roots of the Republican...

How did the Republican Party go from this: Historians of the Republican Party have not recognized,...

What should I do in New Orleans?

If you have any suggestions for stuff to see in New Orleans add it to my map.

The Socialism of Fools

In 19th century Germany August Bebel, a founder of the SPD, called the tendency to combine populist...

The Soiling of Old Glory taken by Stanley Forman This...

“I’ve written about Clinton Rules, under which anything a...”
— Paul Krugman

Dragon Waiting in Line

“On June 4, 1989, having heard that the Tiananmen...”
— Confessions: An Innocent Life...

“Kulashekhara was an Indian King from modern day Kerala and...”
— Entry about Kulashekhara from...

This would not be a huge mistake.

The Magnetic Fields - Too Drunk To Dream

The Financial Times Says That Bankers are Too...

This morning I voted so that tonight I might sleep the sleep of the just.  Also I didn’t want...

I say any Super Bowl you make $100 on is a good Super Bowl.

Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)-performed...

Delusions of Grandeur

Y: Why would someone set a bomb off in front of your house?
R: I think they're trying to send me a message.

Explosion under car sets off probe

“I am disturbed by how little attention the topic of economic...”
— Martin Luther King III in a...

“We must develop a program that will drive the nation to a...”
— Martin Luther King, Jr., On...

“Nothing that a candidate has said or done during a campaign,...”
— The 13 Keys to the White...

This Sunday I won’t be cheering for the San Diego Chargers when they play the New England...

“Illusions are a favorite tool of perception scientists for...”
— The Moral Instinct

“Why would otherwise-similar black and white households have...”
— A new way of looking at race...

“On the Democratic side, John Edwards, although never the...”
— Responding to Recession

Summer is less than one Friedman Time Unit away.

“EK: I was speaking to another economist about this a while...”
— Ezra Klein and Paul Krugman...

“In August this year, the officially atheist Chinese regime...”
— Permission to reincarnate,...

“While it’s true that the big three have similar...”
— Note to Iowa: Only One Top Dem...

Compare the postmodern philosopher Richard Rorty’s ideas about truth: Rorty is very clear:...

“Greenspan failed disastrously in dealing with the housing...”
— Greenspan and the Housing...

“The increase in incomes of the top 1 percent of Americans...”
— Report Says That the Rich Are...