Monthly Archives: March 2005

our television heritage

My Favorite Martian is available on DVD, but not The Addams Family or The Wild Wild West or Get Smart. Does that seem right to you? We recently watched the first two episodes of The Protectors (1972), which wanted to … Continue reading

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let many Chinas bloom

As I understand it, both Beijing and Taipei maintain the fiction (or perhaps some in both capitals even believe it) that China is a single state, with one or more province(s) temporarily out of communion with the capitol. A large … Continue reading

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would you believe more links?

Tim Worstall: Bad, Bad Minimum Wage. Guess what: a price floor reduces demand! In real life, even! Sean Corrigan: We Shoulda Seen it Coming! Since the effects of loose money are well known to economists, why can’t business adjust for … Continue reading

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rule of law, you may have heard of it?

What I’ve read about the case of José Padilla tends to come filtered by dangerous subversives like Hornberger; so I’m wondering who, other than employees of the Executive Branch, takes the opposite view. Anyone?

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the future of Latin

In the last chapter of A Canticle for Leibowitz, a priest makes a pun: “Onerem accipisne?” [Do you accept the burden?] “Honorem accipio.” [I accept the honor.] In classical Latin, onus ‘burden’ is neuter, so the accusative is onus not … Continue reading

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thank heaven for macros

Google finds 36 thousand uses of the phrase searing indictment.

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bon mot

Selwyn Duke, a suspiciously white male, comments on the diversity police: It’s a bit like insisting that every can of paint contain equal amounts of every color, so as to ensure that every color has a place in every can. … Continue reading

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