1. How Much Information Is There in the World? Looking at both digital memory and analog devices, the researchers calculate that humankind is able to store at least 295 exabytes of information. (Yes, that’s a number with 20 zeroes in it.) Put another way, if a single star is a bit of . . . . Continue Reading »
During last month’s Coptic Christmas mass, Egyptian Muslims offered their bodies, and lives, as “shields” to protect the threatened Christian community . The action caused many to wonder if it was a sign of improving relations between the two groups. Unfortunately, Cornelis Hulsman, . . . . Continue Reading »
You know that NYU professor/artist who implanted a video camera in the back of his head? No? Oh, yeah, as part of a performance art piece a NYU professor/artist implanted a video camera in the back of his head . I know, I know, great idea, right? Who doesn’t love transhumanist performance . . . . Continue Reading »
GWH is really wobbling now. This very cold winter—one expects Hanson to soon proclaim it the hottest year ever—has led to warming alarmists blaming global warming for the arctic blizzards and plunging temperatures.I had been thinking the weather seemed more like the kind the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Canadian Association of University Teachers and my own employer, Redeemer University College, are in the local and national news here in Canada and are the subject of two editorials, one in the local Hamilton Spectator: Academic witch hunt?; and another in the National Post: Stop the . . . . Continue Reading »
Linga latina non est mortua : On the face of it, encouraging children to learn Latin doesn’t seem like the solution to our current skills crisis. Why waste valuable curriculum time on a dead language when children could be learning one that’s actually spoken? The prominence of Latin in . . . . Continue Reading »
When it comes to abortion, Mark Steyn doesn’t mince words : Oh. Well, “Dr” Gosnell’s just one rogue abortionist. How about the “right to choose” over at Planned Parenthood? There are a whole range of choices – not so much for the illegally smuggled underage . . . . Continue Reading »
I guess the clunky Republican repeal bill title, “To Repeal the Job Killing Health Care Law,” was right after all. The Director of the Congressional Budget Office admitted in Congressional testimony today that Obamacare will cost us 800,000 jobs. From the story:Chairman . . . . Continue Reading »
A few days ago, I took note of Jacques Berlinerblau’s somewhat dyspeptic reaction to President Obama’s remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast. It turns out that his reaction was mild by comparison with some of his secularist and atheistic colleagues. Consider this , from Rachel . . . . Continue Reading »
Today’s first ” On the Square ” item is Justin Paulette’s essay, “Conceding Good Faith,” in which he recounts instructive encounters with ideological opponents. Their greatest flaw, Paulette argues, was not in their arguments, but their assumptions that . . . . Continue Reading »
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