April 13, 2012 08:22PM
“Beautifully said. Thank you.”
About: Staying Home With The Kids Is Not A Career
March 31, 2012 01:10PM
“Hi, Jeff; thanks. In THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS, Ursula K. Le Guin invents a culture with a saying more or less, "You don't have to be kemmerings to…”
About: Effective Politics Are Coalition Politics
March 31, 2012 11:15AM
“(Test of Comments: Firefox) Possibly a more disturbing thought, out of Lisa Mason's ARACHNE, a dystopian novel from 1990: If one can monitor one's money…”
About: "Constant Contact": Your Cellular Obligations
March 31, 2012 10:16AM
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About: Effective Politics Are Coalition Politics
March 22, 2012 05:40PM
“Amen and amen! (And as a descendent of the "wretched refuse" that came over here a while back, I'm not too offended by "downtrodden mass…”
About: March 21: National Syringe Exchange Day of Action
March 12, 2012 11:26PM
“Hey — It's a war on drugs as part of the larger war on crime, and our boys are loading up (you should pardon the expression) on weaponry. Besides…”
About: Militarizing the Police
March 03, 2012 12:37AM
“ADDENDUM: Now let us praise Zac Efron as a role model! Seriously. http://t iny.cc/gszxj — Rich Erlich”
About: Contraception (Again): Public Health & Population Policy
February 19, 2012 07:07PM
“A Google search for "Erlich, Coyote, Megaupload" gave as the top hit the address below and an invitation to download the book, COYOTE'S SONG,…”
About: Megaupload: Not That Innocent
February 04, 2012 05:33PM
“Quick dual point: "No" means *no*; "yes" means yes; and "maybe" means maybe. But for this to work person A has to be able…”
About: One Night Stands vs. Date Rape
February 04, 2012 05:12PM
“"The Town Dump" in Wallace Stegner's once-well-known essay by that name is in Whitemud, Saskatchewan — so maybe there *is* something ab…”
About: It just ain't nat-churl
January 29, 2012 07:35PM
“In her fine comment, Margaret Feike notes that "[...] with some diseases a strong genetic component or marker means you'll get it." I'll note…”
About: "Nature or Nurture?" — Nah!
January 26, 2012 11:28PM
“On Mark Wilson's closing clause: "[...] work is not the _only_ factor that attends prosperity." Indeed! Also crucial is making the right decis…”
About: Libertarianism’s Amorality
January 18, 2012 10:56PM
“I really like Margaret Feike's suggesting the context of urban legends politically useful to the US Right. Hmmm ... How about «Welfare Queen and…”
About: Ten Speciously ‘Ridiculous’ Lawsuits
December 20, 2011 02:37PM
“Right. (But I will miss Hitch.)”
About: Hitchens’ Legacy of Never Budging (Not Necessarily Good)
December 16, 2011 05:23PM
“Responding to Mark Wilson's comment (first) and question (second): We're starting to see a fair number of toilets in the media, including in the a…”
About: There Is No War on Christmas! But ...
December 15, 2011 06:52PM
“Yes, politicians should be thoughtful, but there is a brand of intellectuals who can be dangerous: guys with theories who are given access to lethal st…”
About: Should Politicians Be Intellectuals?
December 15, 2011 04:14PM
“Al Loomis wrote in part: "'spirituality,' now, that's a bomb in america. the difference between the practice of 'christian' culture and it…”
About: There Is No War on Christmas! But ...
December 08, 2011 11:06PM
“AUTHOR'S FOLLOWUP (link): See also , Mike Males's "Kid janitors don't solve poverty," POLITICO, 7 Dec. 2011. (Look for the photo of Newt…”
About: Sexting-Teens, Bashing Teens — and Social Policy
December 07, 2011 11:44PM
“UPDATE FROM THE AUTHOR: Today, 7 Dec. 2011, I received in the mail one book and 23 more or less letter-size pieces of mail. Of those 23, 2…”
About: Post Office Problems
December 06, 2011 11:14PM
“"Hollywood Liberals": Riiiight! There are indeed some liberal films. There are also a lot of films — and a lot more video games —…”
About: From My Google Reader Feeds
December 01, 2011 04:06PM
“On wolves: Indeed! As the ethologist Konrad Lorenz noted, we humans would be better off if it really was the case that "Man is a wolf to man"…”
About: Bill O'Reilly on "Demonizing Christianity"
November 25, 2011 02:44PM
“Is Sir Francis Bacon getting some credit here? In Novum Organum Scientiarum (1620), Book I, he presented four "Idols" that get in the way of…”
About: Economics Is Not a Science
November 16, 2011 01:52AM
“Margaret Feike wrote in part, "... the reason a woman is told "it's not your fault" is because women and men too often blame themselves…”
About: Hurt Is Inevitable; Victimhood Isn’t
November 15, 2011 11:33PM
“"It’s disheartening to think that if Ohio’s bill were only about, say, teachers and non-emergency public officials, it might have succ…”
About: Victory for Unions
October 11, 2011 09:51AM
“FROM THE AUTHOR: Hi, Al, Thanks for the comment. I'm going to add one of my own as a kind of footnote. Given the centrality of Calvinism in the US Purit…”
About: Herman Cain on "Being Gay"
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