Category: Science

Inauguration Day

  1. Music du jour
  2. A More Perfect Absolutism
  3. Read news like a defense attorney
  4. It’s more real onscreen
  5. Rahm’s lawless Chicago
  6. Land of the slave, home of the timid

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Where are the Watchmen? (Day 2)

I attended the Eighth Day Symposium, an Orthodox-inspired but broadly somewhat ecumenical gathering, Friday and Saturday. The Symposium title was “Where Are the Watchmen?,” based on a September 2016 Harpers essay by Alan Jacobs.

Some highlights of Saturday (Friday’s highlights are here). Sit back. It’s long — but very rewarding. I’ll highlight the links to my personal favorites, but your mileage may vary.

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New Years Day, Observed (U.S.) 2017

  1. Outside the Domain of Knowledge
  2. The Nietzschean Superior Man
  3. Description ≠ Explanation
  4. Numbers That Should Bother Us
  5. “Reagan Forever” R.I.P.
  6. B.H.O. Appreciation
  7. How the Democratic Party Can Save Itself

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