Adam and Eve on the Porch “But in probing Scripture, particularly the distinct accounts of Adam in Genesis 1 and 2, Soloveitchik articulates a vision of the human which is deeply interesting and deeply relevant to modern man, although the tension precedes modernity; it is a tension of the human per se, and a tension […]
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Blog: The Portable Griddle: lareviewofbooks: The puck stops here: In the winter of 1955,…
2012.11.12 – 20:40
lareviewofbooks: The puck stops here: In the winter of 1955,… (author unknown), The Portable Griddle
The Real GOP Fiasco: Fairness
2012.11.12 – 08:15
The Real GOP Fiasco: Fairness “The GOP can recruit candidates with Hispanic surnames, tone down its platform, prep its members on talking points, and try to duplicate the Obama turnout machine. But if it remains the party of entrenched unfairness, it will never win another national election.”
YouTube: Robert Cialdini Explores the Neuroscience of Influence
2012.11.11 – 22:30
Robert Cialdini Explores the Neuroscience of Influence bigthink
The GOP Is Nearly Dead In California
2012.11.11 – 20:07
The GOP Is Nearly Dead In California “Nature abhors a vacuum and something will rise up to seriously challenge Democratic dominance in the state at some point, most likely a California Republican Party that goes its own route rather than following the lead of the national party.”
Blog: Sabermetric Research: Bicycle helmets II
2012.11.10 – 23:06
Bicycle helmets II Phil Birnbaum, Sabermetric Research
Hedonist, Disciple or Bourgeois?
2012.11.10 – 14:57
Hedonist, Disciple or Bourgeois? “Sex is recreation and marriage is work, and eventually every grasshopper is required to grow up into an ant. That’s an extraordinarily difficult psychological transformation and one for which we provide virtually no guidance”
Blog: Journal of a Programmer: Election 2012
2012.11.10 – 14:24
Election 2012 Bryan Pendleton, Journal of a Programmer
Japan and blood types
2012.11.10 – 12:23
Japan and blood types “According to popular belief in Japan, type As are sensitive perfectionists and good team players, but over-anxious. Type Os are curious and generous but stubborn. ABs are arty but mysterious and unpredictable, and type Bs are cheerful but eccentric, individualistic and selfish.”
Blog: Barking Up The Wrong Tree: Are genius and autism connected?
2012.11.10 – 12:12
Are genius and autism connected? Eric Barker, Barking Up The Wrong Tree
The GOP’s Immigration Problem Goes Way Beyond Immigration | Mother Jones
2012.11.09 – 19:38
The GOP’s Immigration Problem Goes Way Beyond Immigration | Mother Jones “No more jeering at the mere concept of ‘diversity.’ And no more too-clever-by-half attempts to say all this stuff without really saying it, and then pretending to be shocked when you’re called on it. Pretending might make you feel virtuous, but it doesn’t fool […]
The GOP Must Choose: Rush Limbaugh or Minority Voters
2012.11.09 – 19:38
The GOP Must Choose: Rush Limbaugh or Minority Voters “Stop letting prominent voices of movement conservatism get away with saying things that are a) actually just racist; b) demagogic race-baiting; or c) so obviously tone-deaf that anyone with common sense can see how terrible it would sound. Why is that so hard?!”
Blog: Svbtle Featured: Pride Before The Fall
2012.11.09 – 13:29
Pride Before The Fall David Lee, Svbtle Featured
From Sudan to cyber, secret war with Iran heats up | Reuters
2012.11.09 – 12:47
From Sudan to cyber, secret war with Iran heats up | Reuters “Obama administration and Israel have also ploughed resources into covert operations – a campaign that now appears to have prompted an increasingly sophisticated Iranian reaction.”
The Party of Work
2012.11.09 – 09:28
The Party of Work “They are, disproportionately, entrepreneurial, industrious and family-oriented. Yet, on Tuesday, Asian-Americans rejected the Republican Party by 3 to 1. They don’t relate to the Republican equation that more government = less work.”
The problem with federalism
2012.11.09 – 09:08
The problem with federalism “State legislative elections are not referendums on state legislators’ own performance but are instead dominated by national politics.”
What Earthquakes Can Teach Us About Elections : It’s All Politics : NPR
2012.11.09 – 08:47
What Earthquakes Can Teach Us About Elections : It’s All Politics : NPR “He found that in every election between 1860 and 1980, when the answers to six or more of the 13 questions he devised went against the party in power, there was an upheaval — the challenger won.”
Blog: The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan: Why Partisans Can’t Read Polls
2012.11.09 – 08:26
Why Partisans Can’t Read Polls Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan