thoughts in and out of season
I’ve never put much effort into sorting out the dispute over evolution and intelligent design, partly because it would take too much work and partly because I really don’t understand why, rationally speaking, there’s such an issue. Still, the Cardinal Schönborn situation got me thinking a little about claims that science of necessity is “naturalistic”—it … More ...
Here are some further unsystematic thoughts noted down while reading Political Liberalism:
According to Steve Sailer, Wite-out was invented by the mother of Michael Nesmith of the Monkees. (Is this the place to mention that F. A. Hayek was Ludwig Wittgenstein’s cousin? I’m not sure whether it was first cousin or what. And I once had a teacher who was some sort of cousin of Gertrude … More ...
As punishment for my sins (which must be scarlet indeed) I’ve been obliged once again to read John Rawls’s Political Liberalism. Some comments (further comments as always are welcome):
See [url=http://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/national_news/2005/news_0705.html#9]here[/url].
I don’t really understand the to-do between Cardinal Schönborn and his critics over evolution. [If you look lower down on the linked page you’ll find his original NYT op-ed piece, together with the paper’s commentary.]
As I understand the Cardinal’s and Church’s point (I think His Eminence presented it in an overly partisan and combative … More ...
Little known to me, anyway: it turns out that Anna Leonowens of King and I fame was Boris Karloff’s great aunt.… More ...
Enter Amelia Bingham is probably the most unusual book to appear this year. Written over a decade ago, but mired in publishing difficulties, it has finally appeared.
To call it a “lesbian book” is not really fair. It is nothing so vulgar. While it is set in an all-female sub-culture, explicit “sex” never rears its … More ...
See [url=http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/cgi-bin/hardright.cgi/Dictator_Threatens_.printer]here[/url] for this alarming story.
A friend telephoned me yesterday to ask “What is the African Aid thing all about?”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“Well, it’s all over everything. You wouldn’t know, of course, but even children in infant schools are saying that African debt ought to be cancelled, when they know nothing about it. The mass media … More ...