I’m a theist, so I’ll answer them: Why is the physical universe so unimaginably large? Why should it not be? More to the point, isn’t the description “unimaginably large” relative only to humans (and their imagination)? And what’s the point? Under either a materialistic or theistic explanation, the question is irrelevant: ie, the Universe is as… Read More 20 Questions For Theists, Answered
The Father of Science is not for the casual reader, and I salute anyone who can work his way through any of his books. This summary of the Politics is as good as any. Will I take the opportunity to link my own essay on Revolution, which include Aristotle’s thoughts from Book V? Yes, yes… Read More Unpacking Aristotle
Canadian Rattlesnake dives into the issue. Regulations seem to function as prior restraint: that is, they seek to prevent, or limit, certain undesirable outcomes. Criminal laws and torts seek to punish such actions after the fact. Can pollution be a crime? Can you sue for salmonella? I honestly don’t know.
Bloomberg has Obama up 13 points. Rasmussen has Romney up 2. I mention these because they’re the most recent polls, and they’re polls of Likely Voters, not just Registered Voters. Now that’s an 11-point difference. Rasmussen’s sample is about double the size, but that’s the only noticeable difference. So unless Bloomberg is heavily weighting Democrats,… Read More Bloomberg vs. Rasmussen
Stacy McCain: We are at the point of the story where, if this was a TV crime drama, the detectives would have the suspects locked in a room, confronting them with the evidence and interrogating them for 14 consecutive hours until they cracked. Is the FBI incompetent? Or — I hesitate to suggest this — has the Justice… Read More For Some Reason, the Obama Justice Department isn’t Interested In SWAT-ing…
It was our first official war, and we very nearly lost it. Today it is remembered chiefly for giving birth to the poem that became our national anthem. It wasn’t the most important war even then: Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, which occurred the same year, was far more significant. But there are some resonances that… Read More The War of 1812
Bring it, Caeser.
Sitting in a box in my basement, and before that my parents’ basement, was the last, pummeled remnant of my Star Wars childhood. There was: A Millenium Falcon, missing half the covers, decals falling off from the glue drying off. An Imperial Shuttle, with the trigger that made the noise busted, the canopy gone. A… Read More A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away…
He’s a politician, which means that his first language is lies. If you can’t make that funny, you need to give it up. This is not LOL funny, but it’s not bad, even if it is ideologically charged. I know our professionals can do better. So I am forced to conclude that they don’t want… Read More A Suggestion to Those Who Consider it Impossible to Make Fun of Obama
They used to say that about Harry Truman.
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