One of my weaknesses is a fear of really large books. I have been reading bits and pieces of From Dawn to Decadence for some time and I have untold other tomes sitting on the shelf with bookmarkers a few dozen pages inside. I just got Paul Johnson’s mammoth Art: A New History in the [...]
I don’t have time for a full fisking of Howard Dean’s Foreign Policy speech today but I did want to point out a couple of issues: – On the domestic front: “That the strength of our nation depends on electing a President who will fight for jobs, education, and real health care for all Americans.” [...]
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Interesting article by Michael Wolff: What moderate media is missing: rudeness. Wolff basically argues that the left and right wing search for media outlets (Fox, Al Gore’s search for cable and radio, etc.) is more a result of a desire to be rude and enjoy it, than by ideology. Wolff outlines the limited anture of [...]
For those of you interested in the intersection of and the relationship between science and faith, I have posted an interview with Dr. Stephen Unwin over at Collected Miscellany. The interview covers the role of faith and reason, the basis for religious conflict, the anthropic principle, the geekieness of math, and more. Dr. Unwin is [...]
Stephen Unwin has an impressive bio: Stephen Unwin was born in Manchester, U.K. He attended Chetham’s Hospital School and obtained his bachelor’s degree in physics from Imperial College, University of London. For his research in the field of quantum gravity, he received his doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Manchester. He has held [...]