- Two books I just finished January 16, 2021
- Caturday felid trifecta: Portraits of Maine Coon Cats; why cats knead; blissed-out lynxes (and lagniappe) January 16, 2021
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 16, 2021
- Saturday: Hili dialogue January 16, 2021
- The culture wars and the news: a high-toned discussion January 15, 2021
- A woke Hippocratic Oath January 15, 2021
- Another scam paper published in a “scientific” journal January 15, 2021
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 15, 2021
- Friday: Hili dialogue January 15, 2021
- Another blow at the meritocracy: California to eliminate all standardized tests for college admissions January 14, 2021
- The conundrum of Powell’s Books: affirms free speech but refuses to place anti-Antifa book on its shelves January 14, 2021
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 14, 2021
- Thursday: Hili dialogue January 14, 2021
- Interview with Horned Fur Hat Viking Guy (Jake Angeli) January 13, 2021
- Bari Weiss is back January 13, 2021
- Should Trump be tried by the Senate for insurrection? January 13, 2021
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the “nones” January 13, 2021
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 13, 2021
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue January 13, 2021
- A lovely and supposedly impossible aria January 12, 2021
- Lauren Boebert, Congressional loon, now faces calls for resignation and pushback on her need to carry a gun in the Capitol January 12, 2021
- Misguided journalist argues that science—and wearing of facemasks—are based on a quasi-religious faith January 12, 2021
- Note to readers January 12, 2021
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 12, 2021
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue January 12, 2021
- The potato king of Rio January 11, 2021
- The Infinite Monkey Cage takes on flies January 11, 2021
- Impeachment articles drawn up by House, as well as request for Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment January 11, 2021
- I’ve broken up with Sarah Silverman over BDS January 11, 2021
- Philip Ball says that physics has nothing to do with free will. Part 2. January 11, 2021
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 11, 2021
- Monday: Hili dialogue January 11, 2021
- Philip Ball says that physics has nothing to do with free will. Part 1. January 10, 2021
- Shabby science reporting in the New York Times January 10, 2021
- Survey of free speech among Wisconsin college students gives depressing results January 10, 2021
- Faux Duck o’ the Week January 10, 2021
- Sunday: Hili dialogue January 10, 2021
- Andrew Sullivan excoriates Trump, repudiates the GOP January 9, 2021
- Snopes investigates claim that Trump incited the storming of the Capitol January 9, 2021
- Caturday felid trifecta: Cats in classical music; cat loaves; spot the cat (and lagnaippe) January 9, 2021
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 9, 2021
- Saturday: Hili dialogue January 9, 2021
- A stunning collection of photo-contest winners January 8, 2021
- Jodi Shaw, the gadfly of Smith College: Put on paid leave, nevertheless, she persists January 8, 2021
- Book by election-questioning Republican Josh Hawley canceled by Simon & Schuster January 8, 2021
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 8, 2021
- Friday: Hili dialogue January 8, 2021
- Videos of the woman shot dead in the Capitol January 7, 2021
- NYT writer Tom Edsall: Is the First Amendment obsolete? January 7, 2021
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 7, 2021
- Thursday: Hili dialogue January 7, 2021
- Ossoff wins Senate seat in Georgia, both houses of Congress now with a Democratic majority January 6, 2021
- Fascist President spurs on mob to invade Capitol; woman in critical condition after being shot January 6, 2021
- The good news and the bad news. January 6, 2021
- Watch the Congressional debates live January 6, 2021
- Bryn Mawr: “The world’s most expensive anti-racism YouTube training program” January 6, 2021
- Reparations for Merrick Garland: he gets to be attorney general January 6, 2021
- Stanford’s faculty senate condemns a colleague for exercising free (but misguided) speech January 6, 2021
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 6, 2021
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue January 6, 2021
- Poetry should have rhymes January 5, 2021
- Taibbi’s woke news from 2020 January 5, 2021
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 5, 2021
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue January 5, 2021
- It’s the end of the world as we know it: More tribalism at The University of Chicago January 4, 2021
- Who will win the Georgia Senate seats? January 4, 2021
- Review: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” January 4, 2021
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 4, 2021
- Monday: Hili dialogue January 4, 2021
- Final exchanges between Sarah Haider and Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Will Wokeism die? January 3, 2021
- Glenn Loury on affirmative action January 3, 2021
- University of California professor issues vile anti-Semitic tweets, university is investigating January 3, 2021
- Sunday Faux Duck o’ the Week January 3, 2021
- Sunday: Hili dialogue January 3, 2021
- Worst rock songs January 2, 2021
- The worst books ever written January 2, 2021
- Caturday felids: The Great Cat site January 2, 2021
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 2, 2021
- Saturday: Hili dialogue January 2, 2021
- Discussion: Is Iran making a nuclear bomb? January 1, 2021
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 1, 2021
- Friday: Hili dialogue January 1, 2021
- New Year’s Duck (from PCC[E]) December 31, 2020
- Christmas ducks December 31, 2020
- Glenn Greenwald’s attack on authoritarianism December 31, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 31, 2020
- Thursday: Hili dialogue December 31, 2020
- My birthday trip to the dentist December 30, 2020
- Robots get even more amazing December 30, 2020
- Disinvitations and disinvitation attempts, 2019-2020: 70% of the censorship comes from the Left December 30, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 30, 2020
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue (and Leon and Kulka monologues) December 30, 2020
- Astrology at the New York Times December 29, 2020
- Is Beethoven too “pale, male, and stale” for these times, oppressing more diverse composers? December 29, 2020
- Principles of ethical investing December 29, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 29, 2020
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue) December 29, 2020
- What’s the order of vaccination?: A discussion featuring ethicists, scientists and epidemiologists December 28, 2020
- The New York Times celebrates a cancellation December 28, 2020
- Yet another pro-astrology piece in the Guardian December 28, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 28, 2020
- Monday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue) December 28, 2020
- Three brief movie reviews December 27, 2020
- The Guardian touts astrology December 27, 2020
- The mRNA coronavirus vaccine: a testament to human ingenuity and the power of science December 27, 2020
- Sunday’s Faux Duck o’ the Week December 27, 2020
- Sunday: Hili dialogue December 27, 2020
- NYT op-ed: Jesus was not only real, but a radical social-justice warrior December 26, 2020
- An absorbing discussion of cancel culture December 26, 2020
- Caturday felid trifecta: Spot the shop cats, cardboard forts for cats, and Taddy the snowboarding moggy December 26, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 26, 2020
- Saturday: Hili dialogue December 26, 2020
- Readers’ Christmas photos December 25, 2020
- Reader’s wildlife paintings December 25, 2020
- Friday: Hili dialogue (and a Kulka Christmas monologue) December 25, 2020
- Send in your holiday photos! December 24, 2020
- Did the CDC favor social-justice optics over American lives? December 24, 2020
- Phil Zuckerman on the rise and influence of the “nones” December 24, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 24, 2020
- Send in your holiday photos December 24, 2020
- Thursday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue) December 24, 2020
- Peter Jackson’s new Beatles movie December 23, 2020
- Writer at The Nation suggests that, as reparations, each vote from a black person should be counted twice December 23, 2020
- Why we shouldn’t be worried (yet) about the new strain of Covid-19 December 23, 2020
- The BBC nominates J. K. Rowling’s controversial essay for the Russell Prize (it didn’t win) December 23, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 23, 2020
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue December 23, 2020
- An interview with ACLU great Ira Glasser December 22, 2020
- A ritzy private secondary school in NYC melts down—with the usual causes and usual demands December 22, 2020
- Dr. Lickerman on the Moderna vaccine December 22, 2020
- Jennifer A. Clack, 1947-2020 December 22, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 22, 2020
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue) December 22, 2020
- Wonky comments appearing December 21, 2020
- Haverford publicly caves in to its entitled students December 21, 2020
- New England Journal of Medicine piece calls for removing sex designations from birth certificates December 21, 2020
- My heart is broken: Eric Clapton and Van Morrison release an anti-mask and anti-lockdown song December 21, 2020
- Readers’ holiday wildlife photos December 21, 2020
- Monday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue) December 21, 2020
- Divers save a baby octopus December 20, 2020
- Swarthmore College’s president has the moxie to resist ridiculous student demands December 20, 2020
- Once again we’re told we have free will, and once again it makes no sense. December 20, 2020
- New York Times says prize-winning podcast contained “flawed reporting”, returns Peabody Award while another award is revoked December 20, 2020
- Sunday Faux Duck o’ the Week December 20, 2020
- Sunday: Hili dialogue December 20, 2020
- Andrew Sullivan: party like it’s 1920! (and a word on Mayor Pete) December 19, 2020
- Richard Dawkins on truth and “ways of knowing” December 19, 2020
- Caturday felids trifecta: Laziest cat ever; wrapping your cat for the holidays; a firefighting kitty—and lagniappe December 19, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 19, 2020
- Saturday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue) December 19, 2020
- In search of lost time December 18, 2020
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar calls for censorship on the Internet: of celebrities whose opinions he dislikes December 18, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 18, 2020
- Friday: Hili dialogue December 18, 2020
- True facts about army ants and their associates December 17, 2020
- Critical Theory and its Jewish dilemma December 17, 2020
- Tonight: The University of Chicago’s world famous Latke-Hamantash Debate December 17, 2020
- Guest post: The New Yorker suggests that “other ways of knowing” can cure Covid-19 December 17, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 17, 2020
- Thursday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue) December 17, 2020
- Obama on The Daily Show December 16, 2020
- Fruit Fly Central: the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center December 16, 2020
- Yet another accommodationist writes in December 16, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 16, 2020
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue December 16, 2020
- A tear-jerking Christmas video December 15, 2020
- When, if ever, can you use the “n-word”? December 15, 2020
- Another critic writes in touting the scientific rationality of Islam and decrying the moral failures of atheism December 15, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 15, 2020
- More improvements at this site December 15, 2020
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue) December 15, 2020
- A Vatican astronomer writes to me December 14, 2020
- New website features December 14, 2020
- My doctor’s new post about the Pfizer vaccine: your questions answered (and you can ask the doc if you have others) December 14, 2020
- Feds execute two more prisoners December 14, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 14, 2020
- Monday: Hili dialogue December 14, 2020
- A new way of visualizing cells December 13, 2020
- Should Ph.D.s call themselves “doctor” in everyday life? December 13, 2020
- First report of tool use in honeybees: a native species uses dung pellets to repel predatory wasps December 13, 2020
- Sunday’s Faux Duck ‘o the Week December 13, 2020
- Sunday: Hili dialogue December 13, 2020
- A gangsta Hanukkah December 12, 2020
- Andrew Sullivan implies that the Resurrection probably didn’t happen, and then describes “Christianism” as a big threat to America December 12, 2020
- A note to those who follow this site with an RSS reader December 12, 2020
- Caturday felid trifecta: Stray cats inspire Vietnamese psychiatrist to resume writing poetry; presents for a giant cat; cat on the catwalk December 12, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 12, 2020
- Saturday: Hili dialogue December 12, 2020
- The Supremes give Trump a boot in the tuchas December 11, 2020
- More houses from Kenwood and a possum December 11, 2020
- Glenn Loury and John McWhorter on Nikole Hannah-Jones December 11, 2020
- Joyce Carol Oates eulogizes her late husband in a science journal December 11, 2020
- A vestigial trait of birds that may have been functional in ancestors: remote-sensing of vibrations in the bill (still active in the kiwi) December 11, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 11, 2020
- Friday: Hili dialogue December 11, 2020
- A walk through Kenwood December 10, 2020
- A victory for free speech at the University of Cambridge December 10, 2020
- American scientists are mostly Democrats, with almost no Republicans. Is this lack of diversity a problem? December 10, 2020
- Readers’ wildlife photos December 10, 2020
- A tip from a reader on how to subscribe to threads, and a question December 10, 2020
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