The Interpol-ation of Julian Assange, the most widely-known of the Wikileaks founders, is a thoroughgoing exercise in logical fallacies and predatory smoke-screening. First, the fallacies…… Read More »Julian Assange and Swedish herrings (red)
Les was a chef before he was born. He helped with a BAADS Thanksgiving some years ago as a gesture of kindness, and found that… Read More »B. C. E. takes on new meaning
I got on the wrong train today. Got off 15 minutes later – was already 15 minutes late, so now it’s pushing an hour. Ok,… Read More »Extreme Moderation: an Olympic challenge
This is the richest, most fascinating article I’ve read about life, the biosphere and everything: http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/bacteria-r-us-23628/ Now that’s a writer with ADD, putting all that… Read More »File-sharing ~= sex, fecal transplants, and bacterial cognition
My friend J’s husband called her from work today with the immortal words, “I’ve met someone else.” If he had been able to pick a… Read More »On weighing the evidence
More and more in the news about the feculent mess our mortgage system is in. Housing is too costly & too scarce. Empty houses are… Read More »Housing crisis? Really?
Here’s an anecdote to chill the blood. On my 21st birthday (1987, so imagine the hair, shoulderpads & pegged jeans), I went out with a… Read More »My contribution to the statistics
I’ve gotten pretty good at the fine art of stretching a dollar so tight that if I let go, the rebound could snap my nose… Read More »Living lean: mulling cost and value
Dear Reader, I lost my mind. It was unfortunate. I had sussed out how best to use the one I had, and whether it was… Read More »Re-Cognition: an exercise in thinking with feeling
Dear Reader, I lost my mind. It was unfortunate. I had sussed out how best to use the one I had, and whether it was… Read More »Re-Cognition: an exercise in thinking with feeling