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Saturday, June 28, 2008
The Gospel According to Mark, in Wordle
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Uh, yeah . . . sure, that
http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=12526
In fairness, i always had trouble explaining what community organizing was, too, and i did it a whole lot longer than Obama did. http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YTMwYjg0ZmEyNDFiN2UzYjBjNjQyNmQzOTRlNjFhNGY= And voter registration for ACORN doesn't leave me feeling very reassured as i try to convince myself there .
In fairness, i always had trouble explaining what community organizing was, too, and i did it a whole lot longer than Obama did. http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YTMwYjg0ZmEyNDFiN2UzYjBjNjQyNmQzOTRlNjFhNGY= And voter registration for ACORN doesn't leave me feeling very reassured as i try to convince myself there .
Monday, June 16, 2008
Paul Johnson, by way of Jay Nordlinger in NRO
Would like to share with you a beautiful paragraph, by Paul Johnson. It’s from his Spectator column:
My perfect library would be a wing of a country house, with very high ceilings and a gallery; below it French windows opening on to a meadow with trees in the distance. Shelves would cover all the walls, with an oak staircase on wheels to get at the higher reaches, and a spiral staircase to the gallery, also full of books. A door would lead to an inner room, my study, with French windows leading on to an orchard. A spiral staircase within this room would ascend to a small bedroom above, with a tiny bathroom and rudimentary kitchen. So I could, at need, live a self-contained existence within my library-stronghold. In the main room would be a large mahogany table with racks containing portfolios of drawings and watercolours by its sides. No pictures on the walls — just books — and no nonsense of terrestrial and celestial globes.
Hey, I’d like a globe — at least a terrestrial one! But, still, what a beautiful paragraph, and a typical one (of this author).
My perfect library would be a wing of a country house, with very high ceilings and a gallery; below it French windows opening on to a meadow with trees in the distance. Shelves would cover all the walls, with an oak staircase on wheels to get at the higher reaches, and a spiral staircase to the gallery, also full of books. A door would lead to an inner room, my study, with French windows leading on to an orchard. A spiral staircase within this room would ascend to a small bedroom above, with a tiny bathroom and rudimentary kitchen. So I could, at need, live a self-contained existence within my library-stronghold. In the main room would be a large mahogany table with racks containing portfolios of drawings and watercolours by its sides. No pictures on the walls — just books — and no nonsense of terrestrial and celestial globes.
Hey, I’d like a globe — at least a terrestrial one! But, still, what a beautiful paragraph, and a typical one (of this author).
Sunday, June 15, 2008
How To Write On-line
http://www.slate.com/id/2193552/
This is a handy primer on writing on-line content, presented in the context of "how we read on-line." This being Slate.com, and they're trying to be good and edgy, so there is a profanity alert for the headline; given that the title is likely an editorial insertion, we won't hold it against him.
This is a handy primer on writing on-line content, presented in the context of "how we read on-line." This being Slate.com, and they're trying to be good and edgy, so there is a profanity alert for the headline; given that the title is likely an editorial insertion, we won't hold it against him.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Freeman Dyson on Environmentalism
This is from a recent review in the New York Review of Books, where Dyson wrote the following paragraphs about the Religion of Environmentalism:
"All the books that I have seen about the science and economics of global warming ... miss the main point. The main point is religious rather than scientific.
"There is a worldwide secular religion which we may call environmentalism, holding that we are stewards of the earth, that despoiling the planet with waste products of our luxurious living is a sin, and that the path of righteousness is to live as frugally as possible.
"The ethics of environmentalism are being taught to children in kindergartens, schools, and colleges all over the world.
"Environmentalism has replaced socialism as the leading secular religion. And the ethics of environmentalism are fundamentally sound. Scientists and economists can agree with Buddhist monks and Christian activists that ruthless destruction of natural habitats is evil and careful preservation of birds and butterflies is good.
"The worldwide community of environmentalists -- most of whom are not scientists -- holds the moral high ground, and is guiding human societies toward a hopeful future. Environmentalism, as a religion of hope and respect for nature, is here to stay. This is a religion that we can all share, whether or not we believe that global warming is harmful.
"Unfortunately, some members of the environmental movement have also adopted as an article of faith the belief that global warming is the greatest threat to the ecology of our planet. That is one reason why the arguments about global warming have become bitter and passionate.
"Much of the public has come to believe that anyone who is skeptical about the dangers of global warming is an enemy of the environment. The skeptics now have the difficult task of convincing the public that the opposite is true.
"Many of the skeptics are passionate environmentalists. They are horrified to see the obsession with global warming distracting public attention from what they see as more serious and more immediate dangers to the planet, including problems of nuclear weaponry, environmental degradation, and social injustice.
"Whether they turn out to be right or wrong, their arguments on these issues deserve to be heard." (See http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21494.)
"All the books that I have seen about the science and economics of global warming ... miss the main point. The main point is religious rather than scientific.
"There is a worldwide secular religion which we may call environmentalism, holding that we are stewards of the earth, that despoiling the planet with waste products of our luxurious living is a sin, and that the path of righteousness is to live as frugally as possible.
"The ethics of environmentalism are being taught to children in kindergartens, schools, and colleges all over the world.
"Environmentalism has replaced socialism as the leading secular religion. And the ethics of environmentalism are fundamentally sound. Scientists and economists can agree with Buddhist monks and Christian activists that ruthless destruction of natural habitats is evil and careful preservation of birds and butterflies is good.
"The worldwide community of environmentalists -- most of whom are not scientists -- holds the moral high ground, and is guiding human societies toward a hopeful future. Environmentalism, as a religion of hope and respect for nature, is here to stay. This is a religion that we can all share, whether or not we believe that global warming is harmful.
"Unfortunately, some members of the environmental movement have also adopted as an article of faith the belief that global warming is the greatest threat to the ecology of our planet. That is one reason why the arguments about global warming have become bitter and passionate.
"Much of the public has come to believe that anyone who is skeptical about the dangers of global warming is an enemy of the environment. The skeptics now have the difficult task of convincing the public that the opposite is true.
"Many of the skeptics are passionate environmentalists. They are horrified to see the obsession with global warming distracting public attention from what they see as more serious and more immediate dangers to the planet, including problems of nuclear weaponry, environmental degradation, and social injustice.
"Whether they turn out to be right or wrong, their arguments on these issues deserve to be heard." (See http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21494.)
Thursday, June 5, 2008
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