Monthly Archives: November 2004

maybe it shoulda been called the Kallikak monkey trial

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 November 10 by Anton

Inherit the Wind somehow never mentioned that the evilutionist textbook used by John Scopes was racist and eugenist. Jim Lindgren, Volokh Conspirator, has the story.

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the L-word

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 November 10 by Anton

About a decade ago, someone or other wrote in The Nation advocating that the Left reclaim the word populist. I was tempted to send a letter asking whether, in that case, we individualists could have liberal back. The Economist, in … Continue reading →

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QotD

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 November 10 by Anton

H L Mencken, quoted by David Friedman in the December issue of Liberty In nothing did the founders of this country so demonstrate their essential naïveté than in attempting to constrain government from all of its favorite abuses, and entrusting … Continue reading →

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mis-checked spelling of the month

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 November 10 by Anton

carob nanotubes

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duelling policies

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 November 10 by Anton

Mark A R Kleiman says a number of sane things, but also this: Requiring everyone who wants to have a gun to apply for a discretionary permit . . . serves no good purpose that I can see. The same … Continue reading →

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The Incredibles . .

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 November 09 by Anton

. . is totally swell. I shall have to see it again. Fannish notes: In one brief shot we see what looks like the personal fliers of L Neil Smith’s Pallas. Two bystanders could be Lee & Kirby, or not.

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it’s easy for puppets to keep a straight face

Posted on Monday, 2004 November 08 by Anton

Astonishing language for children’s television. I knew British television was more liberal, but really! (cited by Nev Dull) Later same day: Er well sorta. Here’s the straight dope.

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