“I want to have fins”, she sighed, gazing longingly at an advertisement for Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
I could hardly have been more relieved; for a moment I’d thought I’d walked in on every modern mother’s nightmare - a preschooler who longs to be thin. It’s not healthy for a four year old to fret about [...]
“It’s not nice to take people’s L’s”, she told me. “There’s an L in my name and an L in your name, but lots of poor people out there don’t have L’s like we do.” She’s only four, but my young friend already has a sharply defined sense and right and wrong. Much as I’m [...]
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Three years spent repairing old books in the basement of a university library can’t help but leave a girl like me with a definite bias. I love books–and I don’t just love reading them. I love the smell of leather, I love the texture of fine paper, and I love the way a well-bound volume [...]
Rasmussen announced yesterday that Americans agree with the tenets of the Tea Party movement more than with President Obama “on most major issues” by 48%-44%. Additionally, The Hill reports that 40% of Tea Partiers identify themselves as Democrats or Independents.
This is hardly surprising in the wake of the healthcare bill’s unpopularity, and it reminds one [...]
Last night’s State of the Union address changed nothing, aside from Chris Matthews’ eyesight, which I trust has returned to normal. President Obama is still committed to the same unpopular policies that have left him with a dropping approval rating, and he “won’t quit”.
Neither will Republicans, despite-or perhaps because of-the verbal reprimand they received last [...]
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Monday, September 7, 2009
When scientific evidence becomes a commodity, it is cheapened and easily misused, making it difficult for anyone to sort life-saving facts from fiction. Remember this story about the “scientifically based” scare tactics used to market Bisphenol A -free plastics? Thanks to the efforts of Fenton Communications, the liberal marketing firm behind the “General Betray Us” [...]
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… when you start to sound like this guy:
This guy clearly missed his calling… whatever it was… by over-specializing in his field.
So is it better to know a lot about a few things, or a little about many things?
(HT to Brandywine books for the video.)
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