Here’s a very worthwhile read on where the Churchill case appears to be going from ksol1460, nicked from ….

I just had a student tell me that after my class he felt like he needed to go to church. This class was all about Christian Millennarian theologists, too. So I must be doing something right, huh?

krautboy is my new hero, and thanks to fikshun for passing along these pix of the worst-dressed nerds in Star Wars con history. Seriously, if you’re going to be a nerd, at least be a good nerd.

Bob Herbert is dead on the money here, and to his analysis I would add that this is not a partisan issue. What Bush is doing is not only incompatible with traditional American conservative principles, it is the precise opposite of what Republican conservatives have stood for as long as there has been a Republican party. What would the American

Disclaimer #1: This is neither a defense nor condemnation of CU Professor Ward Churchill or the essay which has sparked the current hellstorm in Boulder. It is instead a reaction to the reaction, a comment on how the issue is being received and handled. I may eventually undertake a blow-by-blow analysis of what Churchill has to say, but for moment

[Thanks for Jay DeFrank for passing this on.] Freeman Dyson, professor emeritus of physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, has a new article in Technology Review arguing that Darwinian evolution has ended and been replaced by “cultural evolution.” Now, after some three billion years, the Darwinian era is over. The epoch of species competition came to

1: Well, the Deacs held off Duke in a game that got way too exciting for my taste down the stretch. Wake had it in the bag up until the last two or three minutes, when they apparently decided they’d played enough defense for the evening and that there was no real reason to execute on the offensive end since

drdenny sure has hit the ground running. Today’s entry does a nice job examining one more element of the kleptocracy…..

This little quotable hit my box this morning, courtesy of the pit’s Rocket Science Editor, Dr. Mike Pecaut: “People are always willing to pay far more for entertainment than they are for science, and yet they place far far greater demands on science than they ever do on entertainment.” That sounds about right.

The Stations of Falling Daylight and streetlight do a slow crossfade as the clock tower counts to six. February raindrops grow sluggish at 33 Fahrenheit, like eyelids thinking of long, cold sleep. Their frozen dreams must be like prayer, the faith in a sunburst eternal morning and the silvergreen ricochet from one crystal minaret to another, purple, gold, and the

Looks like we finally talked another bud, catwhite, into joining us here at LJ. Her inaugural post is a reply to my mid-life rant from yesterday. Make her welcome….

I recently received this from someone I correspond with. This person is employed by the Federal government. I think it raises all kinds of questions about how our tax-supported agencies are being adminstered. Draw your own clonclusions. __________________ Dear Sam: As I recently informed you, I have decided to no longer use my workplace email account except for work related

Even somebody who has struggled as mightily against the tides of age and convention as I have probably has to admit that by the time you hit 45 you should have decided what you want to be when you grow up. There is so much to love about what I do for a living, but there is also the soul-numbing

It took awhile, but I finally talked my colleague, Dr. Denny Wilkins, into joining us here at LJ. His first post is on the topic that had me so amped up yesterday, taxing tuition benefits. Read drdenny here.

[Thanks to Mike Pecaut for passing this along.] Okay, earlier I was pissed because America’s youth think it’s okay to censor the press. Now with the results of the whole survey before me, I begin to see maybe why they’re so fucked in the head. One in five teachers and principals do not believe the press should be allowed to