What can you do when you hate someone who is completely, entirely, wholly, and necessarily out of range? When it cannot strike at the Father God, He who dwells in unapproachable light, what can the rage of impotence do? There is really only one option, and that is to strike at an effigy. You cannot …
Because They Are Modernists
“Why do they always call themselves postmodern, and never post-Darwinian?” (Rules, p. 207).
Why Not Do It That Way?
“‘I’d rather be ruled by a wise Christian than a foolish Turk’ — Martin Luther after a few beers” (Rules, p. 207).
Present Company Excepted
While Feeling Good About It
“Despising free markets is just a fancy way of disliking people” (Rules, p. 207).
Not a Trick Question
“Would you rather be a scholar discoursing about the crisis of displacement, or a country singer singing about how much you miss Georgia?” (Rules, p. 207).
The Case for Cruz #2
So first a round-up from last night. On the Democratic side, Sanders beat Hillary in Michigan, which was festive. On the Republican side, there were four states in play. Trump won three of them, while Cruz took Idaho. More relevant to the immediate discussion was the fact that Cruz took second place in Michigan, which …
Every Feather in Place
“Some men display their copy of the Westminster Confession upon their shelves proudly, the highest achievement of the taxidermist’s art” (Rules for Reformers, p. 206).
Thinkers of Deep Thinks
So what is going on? The National Science Foundation put 400K into a study of glaciers and gender, and the results are now in. Ice is “not just ice.” “Merging feminist postcolonial science studies and feminist political ecology, the feminist glaciology framework generates robust analysis of gender, power, and epistemologies in dynamic social-ecological systems, thereby …
The Case for Cruz
Idaho’s primary is tomorrow, and for a first time in a long time, the Idaho primary actually matters. I have previously endorsed Cruz, and wanted to take this opportunity to exhort my fellow Idahoans to help do their part in deflating the Trump balloon. But first, for my foreign readers, a few words of encouragement. …