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By way of summary I can’t do better than Pinker’s own opening paragraph: “This book is about what may be the most important thing that has ever happened in human history. Believe it or not—and I know that most people … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2012
As you’re probably aware, especially if you’re a college student or know one, there are efforts under way to extend the current 3.4% interest rate for popular and widely used Stafford college loans. The bipartisan bill that set the rate is … Continue reading
A currently popular Internet rumor is that Bill Nye the Science Guy was “recently” (or in 2009, or sometime) “booed off the stage” in Waco Texas for mentioning that the Moon does not generate its own light but merely reflects … Continue reading
It’s Paris in the late 1920s and young Hugo Cabret lives in the hidden passageways of a Paris train station whose clocks he maintains. That’s supposed to be his uncle’s job, but when Hugo was orphaned, his father’s brother saw … Continue reading
Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace (son of the late Mike Wallace of CBS) asks Mitt Romney about the incident in which he carried his dog in a kennel strapped to the roof of his car on a long drive … Continue reading
On April 23 the U.S. Social Security Board of Trustees published a press release summarizing its newest annual report. The big news was that the Trustees now estimate, based on the depressed state of the economy, that the Trust Fund … Continue reading
Maybe I’m too easily amused, but I enjoyed this compilation of comments by Fox News’s Shep Smith in reaction to Newt Gingrich’s speech announcing that he’s suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. The best part is actually at … Continue reading
The Amazon Kindle been the dominant brand of eBook reader, but the Barnes & Noble Nook family has been gaining popularity. I’ve my reasonably happy with my third-generation Kindle, though its user interface has some really annoying stupidities. (Simply typing … Continue reading
Here’s yet another in a series of movies I’ve seen over the past few months based on or inspired by Jane Austen’s most popular novel. This one is a reasonably straightforward adaptation that features some extraordinarily beautiful photography and a … Continue reading
Not a bad arrangement if you go in for that sort of thing: by … Continue reading