So I'm reading the newspaper this morning, and I run across this article about the collapse of Earth's magnetic field. Unlike other changes in the Earth's environment, this change is not motivated or accelarated by human environmental malfesiance. Here are some quotes:

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I am currently reading Ray Monk's biography on Wittgenstein entitled The Duty of Genius and have been surprised at a few things. The first of which, and perhaps the least starting, is how many philosophers attempt to ape Wittgenstein's personal style (as in the way he lived and approached philosophy). Apparently, he had no tolerance for ( Read more... )

Here's a quote from Paul Krugman's editorial in today's NY Times ( Read more... )

This is a form letter I received today from the DNC. I was still pulling for Wesley "no income tax if you earn less than $50k" Clark ( Read more... )

One of the most impressive parts of Michael Moore's documentary was learning that John Ashcroft has such a wonderful voice. Seriously, did you hear it? Sure the song ws obnoxious, but his voice had this soft velvety tone to it that was really impressive-and a decent vocal range as well! I guess that's what you get from singing in church every ( Read more... )

From the NY TImes sports page:
It was an important victory for the Yankees, and not only because they played well in front of their principal owner, George Steinbrenner, while he entertained Vice President Dick Cheney, Governor George E. Pataki and former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani in his private box.

Grrrr...

I just got home from seeing Farenheit 9/11, don't worry, I won't spoil it for you! I have to say hough, that I cannot remember the last time I cried so much during a movie. I mean, from the moment the credits ended to the moment I left the theater (I mean that, not when the movie ended, but when I left the theater) I was in tears. I imagine that ( Read more... )

So apparently I am an HTML loser and cannot figure out how to make those photos show up. Oh well, your collective loss ( Read more... )

"I'm willing to bet that we are the only people in all of America who lited weights and then read Heidegger while drinking beers!"
--my friend Bryan speaking to me and my friend Kyle after this evening's festivities

This is the kind of stuff I'm talking about in relation to bad appropriations of Merleau-Ponty and the troubles of converting directly "continental sources to analytic philosophy ( Read more... )