Dec
14
2007

URLs du Jour

2007-12-14

  • Rich Galen: not particularly fond of the Des Moines Register. How obnoxious do you have to be to get Rich Galen mad at you, anyway?

  • Pun Salad's coveted Read the Whole Thing award for today goes to Ron Silver, who has meditations on fear.
    But in this world we inhabit we know darn well what prevents the darkness to prevail. Our willingness to confront, sacrifice and defeat it. Do we have the will or will the feckless and fearful among us triumph.

    I fear the ending will turn out badly if we abide politicians who insist that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Or our own government.

    I've never been very fond of the "fear of fear itself" trope. Eek! It's fear! Does that make sense?

  • Monty Python fans know about Immanuel Kant: a real pissant, who was very rarely stable. But now more damning allegations have come out:

    (Via Geek Press. And you'll note that first link is hosted by the University of Adelaide Philosophy Department. No poofters, there, I bet.)


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