I know, it’s just the weather. But this year, it appears that arctic ice will return to normal levels. From the story:Barring an about face by nature or adjustments, it appears that for the first time since 2001, Arctic Sea ice will hit the “normal” line as defined by the National . . . . Continue Reading »
At the Wall Street Journal , Joseph Bottum reviews Ian McEwan’s new novel Solar : You ever see those old film clips of the early days of airplane flight? Wild contraptions of mismatched parts, flapping and shuddering as they stumble down the runway toward a cliff’s edge. Bird men who . . . . Continue Reading »
Four contenders went into Round 5 , only two came out unscathed. Not surprisingly, the final two standing are The Lord of the Rings and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . But like the Highlander, there can be only one. So who will win the tournament? Your vote will decide the final outcome, so . . . . Continue Reading »
Some say there is no greater pain than a parent losing a child. So imagine watching for weeks as your disabled child is deliberately and slowly killed. Her excruciating death is by neglect — failing to feed or give her water. Any parent who stood by and allowed that to happen would be . . . . Continue Reading »
The perpetual purveyor of conventional wisdom, the New York Times’ Thomas Friedman, argues that peace-making is now a necessity because of all the American soldiers “walking the Arab street.” Israel doesn’t need or want a peace agreement with the rocketeers of . . . . Continue Reading »
Deny my Lord? I could not but disdain The thought that I might so esteem life’s breath As timidly to flee from threat of death And thus avoid the Saviour’s Lenten pain. No, never would I shout that same refrain Of “I know not the man!” nor would I bend In fear, but follow even to the end, . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the highlights of the current season at New York’s Metropolitan Opera was the house’s first-ever production of Giuseppe Verdi’s rarely performed Attila . The cast featured Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov as the Hun of the title and included veteran American bass Samuel Ramey in . . . . Continue Reading »
The first, rush-rush investigation of Climategate has determined that the scientists at East Anglia did not distort the data or interfere with peer review, but did keep too many secrets. From the Guardian story:MPs today strongly criticised the University of East Anglia for not tackling a . . . . Continue Reading »
For John Locke, the world was to be understood through the senses, and only through the senses. He believed in natural law and natural right. He believed that people are a blank slate at birth.For John Locke, the world is what he makes it. He apparently controls the lives of people . . . . Continue Reading »
Yikes! Thousands of patients were put at risk by blunders in cancer screening or diagnoses in the UK, much of it caused by staff shortages. From the story:Blunders by GPs, hospital doctors and nurses jeopardised the health of thousands of patients when cancer was misdiagnosed or not spotted . . . . Continue Reading »
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