Monthly Archives: June 2002

science, journalism and opinion

Posted on Thursday, 2002 June 06 by Anton

John Derbyshire: (Like any honest reactionary, I loathe the [New York] Times. I must give them credit, though, for their coverage of math and science, which is way above that of any other newspaper I know, except the even more … Continue reading →

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the job thing

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 June 05 by Anton

Had a job interview today at a lawfirm which does consumer class actions in anti-trust — a field which I find ethically dodgy. I’d like to get out of law entirely, and work in a business with real customers and … Continue reading →

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necessary and sufficient conditions

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 June 04 by Anton

Tibor Machan misreads the Declaration of Independence: It requires “a long train of abuses and usurpations,” which reduce a government to “absolute despotism,” before secession is justified. On the contrary, the sentence containing that phrase states a sufficient condition. The … Continue reading →

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two marvels today

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 June 04 by Anton

. . the bank machine gave me an old-style $twenty, the first I’d seen in months; and I saw a squirrel burying seeds (conifer), which I can’t recall ever seeing before.

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no foolin’

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 June 04 by Anton

I awoke today from – or perhaps ‘through’ fits better – a dream that Diana and/or Paul Hsieh (neither of whom I know from the neighborhood raccoons, but whose blogs I read yesterday) had replaced my bedroom window with their … Continue reading →

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the dark side of Sanrio

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 June 04 by Anton

“Hello Cthulhu“. (Sent to me by Astraea, under the title “NEXT election”)

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“It’s a good tax code.”

Posted on Sunday, 2002 June 02 by Anton

When I was a young idealist, finance was beneath me; now it’s merely beyond me. I got a form letter from my late employer (a firm that essentially shut down in December), saying that my 401(a)(4) money is waiting for … Continue reading →

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