In my inbox today, a press release about a new documentary , Huxley on Huxley , which is being released on July 26, the anniversary of Aldous Huxley’s birthday. Huxley was a force, of course—but who now reads such novels as Crome Yellow or After Many a Summer Dies the Swan ? He was a . . . . Continue Reading »
Researchers at the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka have found that women who have had abortions are three times more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer later in life. Actually, this is old news; I remember hearing about this years ago, and it’s the fourth study performed in fourteen . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently, even pre-industrial humans were environmental villains. A new study blames our ancestors for starting global warming by wiping out the mammoths. From the story:Mammoths used to roam modern-day Russia and North America, but are now extinct—and there’s evidence that around . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend, writing about yesterday’s item, The Newly Canonized Great Byrd , sent me a message he’d sent a “progressive” friend who saw no problem with the bishop’s making a declaration way, way above his pay grade. Now, Virtually every funeral becomes a canonization. . . . . Continue Reading »
Have you heard? There’s a new genre of summer camps now, tailored exclusively to kids of agnostic and atheist families ! The full extent of what this entails, I do not know. But I do know these camps may be at a loss for good camp songs. For, as we learned from Steve Martin earlier this week, . . . . Continue Reading »
Yes, folks, we’re entering a new era. I wasn’t surprised to see notice of a new social networking site geared toward gay men . I’m sure there are plenty already. What struck me, however, was this selling point. Users can tag themselves in any way they choose—a nice . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Lawler and Marc Guerra are pleased to announce the first of three conferences on TOWARD A TRUE SCIENCE OF BEING STUCK WITH VIRTUE. These conferences and associated activities are funded by the Science of Virtues Project at the University of Chicago The first conference, held at Berry College . . . . Continue Reading »
On the Guardian ’s language blog , Roz Kaveney—I dare not attempt any further description—complains of the linguistic difficulties in naming transgendered people: As a trans man or woman, you soon notice how many people have what Daffy Duck called ‘pronoun trouble’. No . . . . Continue Reading »
Alternet.org functions as the Mother Jones of the internet, providing Lefties with Lefty content. Fair enough. But a recent article by Tana Geneva that gives a brief overview of the political and cultural view of Nevada GOP senate nominee Sharron Angle reflects an unfortunate tendency on the Left, . . . . Continue Reading »
Now this really drives me nuts. There is certainly nothing wrong with having safe havens for wildlife. They are generally good things. But if our devotion to animals risks human life, we have gone way overboard. And that appears to be behind the so far unsuccessful efforts to . . . . Continue Reading »
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