Author Archives: Anton

of bicycles and water-beds and cabbages and kings

Posted on Friday, 2005 December 23 by Anton

Jerome K. Jerome – or his fictional counterpart “J.” – says in chapter 5 of Three Men on the Bummel:   I do not regard the conveyance of useful information as my forte. This belief was not inborn with me; … Continue reading →

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fifty-two choose five

Posted on Thursday, 2005 December 22 by Anton

So I was writing a little allegorical paragraph which invited the reader to imagine a poker game in which a dispute arises over whether a flush beats a straight or not. “(The one holding the straight,” I explained, “is a … Continue reading →

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first in a series of one

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 December 20 by Anton

Choose your own joke! Pillow is fixed, and I’m still broke. variable. floating. (He’s hiding under my bed.)

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after this I’ll try to leave the TwoPercenters alone

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 December 20 by Anton

In an otherwise generally sound call for separation of church and state, 2%Co had this to say about democracy in Dixie (1789-1865): . . . These slaves didn’t always like their lot in life, but according to your logic, Mrs Gong, they … Continue reading →

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the anarchist gets his back up

Posted on Monday, 2005 December 19 by Anton

On Thursday, I somehow stumbled onto the site of The Two Percent Company (hereinafter “2%Co”), “an informal group of folks who are concerned about the current direction of our country and our world.” Maybe I followed a mysterious link, maybe … Continue reading →

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the double standard

Posted on Monday, 2005 December 19 by Anton

Some conservatives, like my old schoolmate Eric Rasmusen, say that rather than excluding tainted evidence (i.e., evidence acquired in violation of the Fourth Amendment) from trials, courts ought to admit whatever credible evidence exists and punish the cops for the … Continue reading →

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runes, mountains, scary monsters …

Posted on Saturday, 2005 December 17 by Anton

Roderick Long points out parallels between A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and The Hobbit.

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