Author Archives: Anton

the two or more cultures

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 24 by Anton

Bob’s Cartoons “I later discovered that, of all the disciplines at CMU, material science is the only one with no cartoons at all in their hallway.”

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kick him again!

Posted on Saturday, 2002 March 23 by Anton

It’s a guilty pleasure to watch James Lileks devote his awesome talent to shooting fish in a barrel.

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“a disgrace to american science”

Posted on Saturday, 2002 March 23 by Anton

Philip Stott on l’affaire Lomborg. (Link from Andy Kashdan, from John Cole.)

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QotD

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 22 by Anton

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Necessity is a dangerous plea for the privilege of power; especially when the sole judge of it is the power pretending it.

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QotD

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 22 by Anton

Samuel Johnson 1768 (by way of the Future of Freedom Foundation) They make a rout about universal liberty without considering that all that is to be valued, or indeed can be enjoyed by individuals, is private liberty. Political liberty is … Continue reading →

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the craft of letters

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 22 by Anton

Typecaster seeks apprentice. (From GirlHacker, who picked Rebecca’s pocket.) I have a friend who used to cast his own bullets; dunno whether he still does. Sometimes he used wheel-balancing weights discarded (why??) by car mechanics, and sometimes he used an … Continue reading →

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it’s magnetism, darling

Posted on Thursday, 2002 March 21 by Anton

Couples go to the Magnetic Pole to conceive. (Bottom of the story.) It’s a funny old world.

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