Best Ted Talk so far this year:

BloggingHeads.tv has captured the market in political debate where the debators actually listen to one another and address each others points. They sometimes even agree! Gasp! I gave up listening to atheist vs believer debates a while back as they … Continue reading →

Richard Armitage on the Bush administration’s decision to depart from the Geneva Conventions.

I made this claim a couple of years ago When we create laws to prevent immoral behavior, we make society less moral. hoping that Jeff’s philosopher neighbor would confirm it as a well-known ethical principle. I just listened to a … Continue reading →

There is not much I miss about England any more, mostly because my memories are fading and I’ve forgotten what I am supposed to be missing but it’s partly because a lot of the things I used to miss are … Continue reading →