Month: December 2002

  • On Cloning

    Matt Drudge had a recent story referring to the recent claims of a successful human clone being born under the tagline “DID THIS WOMAN CHANGE THE COURSE OF MANKIND FOREVER?” Now, I usually like Drudge, but he seems to have joined the general hysteria surrounding human cloning. I am skeptical that a successful human clone…

  • What I've been up to during the break…

    That’s me in front, blissfully unaware of the guy behind me, about to blow me away. (Don’t worry, I still won the game.) Btw, the game is Unreal Tournament 2003, which I have just bought, and highly recommend to anyone who likes FPS gaming.

  • Movementarian Banners

    I’ve made two new movementarian banners: One: And two:

  • More on NK Nukes

    Apparently, North Korea is going full stream with nuke production — they have removed UN seals and inspection devices, and openly admitted to nuclear weapons production. Apparently, they’re not afraid to take the world with them if they ever go down: The communist party’s newspaper Workers’ Daily declared that “the army and people of the…

  • New Web App

    I spent a whole day making a new favorites page. It may look deceptively simple to the untrained eye, but it took me a whole day to get the XML databinding and sorting to work. Also, I think my collection of links is pretty cool. Check out out!

  • New Design

    I would like to take this time to brag about the the new layout I did tonight for Laurel’s blogger, inspired by one of Tamara de Lempicka’s art-deco paintings.

  • Graduation

    I was at Tim’s graduation last night, and happened to be looking through the PhD theses in the brosure, and some of the sociology and english titles reminded me of this quote You know, if every “Woman’s Studies” department was closed, and the student loans were used to create businesses that hired women instead of…

  • Marxism

    Interesting article on Marxism at the Economist. Here is the conclusion: Anti-globalism has been aptly described as a secular religion. So is Marxism: a creed complete with prophet, sacred texts and the promise of a heaven shrouded in mystery. Marx was not a scientist, as he claimed. He founded a faith. The economic and political…

  • A pacifist speaks his mind.

    On October 8, Air Force Academy cadet Robert Kurpiel sent an e-mail to several college professors seeking support for the academy’s annual assembly, which provides a forum for the exchange of political views. His polite request sought advice on publicity for the event and such. One who responded was Professor Peter Kirstein of St. Xavier…

  • Trent Lott

    Here is a quote from MSNBC news: <font face="Times" Lott appeared on Black Entertainment Television on Monday night to call his gaffe "an opportunity for redemption." He added, “I am going to have to make changes, make amends and do something about it.” Specifically, he pledged his support for affirmative action programs and for creation…