- My troubles with eBay: reporting illegal items made from endangered sea turtle August 9, 2026
- Bill Maher’s new rule re Fauci August 9, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos August 9, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue August 9, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: Woman makes treat-dispensing slot machine for her cat; kitten saved by dismantling car in drive-through; the cats of Dubrovnik, and lots o’ lagniappe August 8, 2026
- Duck update: videos August 8, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue August 8, 2026
- Once again: why anti-Zionism is antisemitism August 7, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ doubt August 7, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos August 7, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue August 7, 2026
- Neanderthals are Homo sapiens, not a different species, and may have disappeared because of repeated interbreeding with H. sapiens who emigrated from Africa to Eurasia August 6, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue August 6, 2026
- Jason Arday resigns his professorship at Cambridge August 6, 2026
- My eponymous bufonid has been made part of a high-profile conservation campaign August 5, 2026
- Jesus and Mo lagniappe August 5, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ faith August 5, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos August 5, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue August 5, 2026
- The bizarre tale of Cambridge University professor Jason Arday August 4, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue August 4, 2026
- Molding “progressive” children with books August 3, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue August 3, 2026
- “Lonesome Dove”: the Great American Novel? August 2, 2026
- August 1 ducks August 2, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue August 2, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: The woman with a thousand cats; Larry the Cat makes michief, but chases a fox away from Downing Street; a very early fossil felid; and lagniappe August 1, 2026
- Bill Maher’s latest bit: Communism, the DSA, and the Democrats August 1, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue August 1, 2026
- Here’s the egret! July 31, 2026
- Big News: The Pope pleas for peace July 31, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ irony July 31, 2026
- Find the egret! July 31, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue July 31, 2026
- My Quillette review of Steve Stewart-Williams’s new book on sex differences in humans July 30, 2026
- The latest from Botany Pond July 30, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue July 30, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Zionist agenda July 29, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos July 29, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue July 29, 2026
- The frightening DSA agenda July 28, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue July 28, 2026
- Duck update July 27, 2026
- Women in Iran: then and now July 27, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue July 27, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos July 26, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue July 26, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: Towser the distillery cat and his mousing record; Operation Cat Drop; cat can groom another to annoy it; and lagniappe July 25, 2026
- Marco Rubio, the DSA, and Communism July 25, 2026
- Duckling photo and videos July 25, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue July 25, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ science July 24, 2026
- The rights of chimpanzees (and other sentient animals) July 24, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife video July 24, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue July 24, 2026
- The Gang of Four (and mom) are doing great! July 23, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue July 23, 2026
- The gang’s still here! July 22, 2026
- The shameful reaction of “humanitarians” to to the war in Gaza July 22, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ irony July 22, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue July 22, 2026
- The gang’s all here! July 21, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue July 21, 2026
- I haz ducklings again! July 20, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue July 20, 2026
- The New York Times’s magazine on “How to be cultured” completely neglects science July 19, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos July 19, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue July 19, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: Riley, the cat who belonged to a town; new cat song, “You stepped in it”; beloved Portland cat passes away; and lagniappe July 18, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos July 18, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue July 18, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ free will July 17, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos and videos July 17, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue July 17, 2026
- Anthropology bigwig defends her field against attacks that it’s moribund, but actually proves it’s moribund. July 16, 2026
- Duckling disaster (five saved) July 16, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue July 16, 2026
- We have ducklings! July 15, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ hatred July 15, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue July 15, 2026
- Kamala Harris for President? July 14, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue July 14, 2026
- “Wild Rose” with Jessie Buckley July 13, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue July 13, 2026
- The law school at the U of C bans devices in the classroom July 12, 2026
- More biases of AI models July 12, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos July 12, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue July 12, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: 10 world records set by cats; a useless truffle cat; Cat song: “Dead Mouse Delivery” ; and lagniappe July 11, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos July 11, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue July 11, 2026
- A historic picture. . . July 10, 2026
- AI leads to massive cheating at Brown July 10, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue July 10, 2026
- NYT news editor says he wouldn’t have run Kristof’s dog-rape column July 9, 2026
- The “progressive” biases of ChatGPT July 9, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue July 9, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ feminism July 8, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos July 8, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue July 8, 2026
- Some braggadocio July 7, 2026
- More on antisemitism in Doctors Without Borders July 7, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife videos July 7, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue July 7, 2026
- More misguided critique of the modern theory of evolution—in Skeptic magazine July 6, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue July 6, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue July 5, 2026
- Catuday felid trifecta: Semyon the Russian cat walks 2000 km over six years to get home; American woman shelters 600 cats in the UAE; cat steals the show in a ballet version of Romeo and Juliet; and lagniappe July 4, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue July 4, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Guinness July 3, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos July 3, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue July 3, 2026
- Is it okay to wish for the death and suffering of your political opponents? July 2, 2026
- Why Democrats should spurn and revile the DSA July 2, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos July 2, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue July 2, 2026
- Supreme Court upholds ban on trans-identified men participating in sports in public schools July 1, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Islamophobia tsar July 1, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue July 1, 2026
- Short review: “Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return” June 30, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 30, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue June 30, 2026
- Sapir: a newish Jewish journal. and an article by Bret Stephens on the weakness of America June 29, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 29, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue June 29, 2026
- Colossal and Trump administration cooperate to sequence and store DNA of endangered species June 28, 2026
- Pathbreaking new conclusion: all babies are queer June 28, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue June 28, 2026
- Bill Maher on the World Cup and the good stuff about America June 27, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: The world’s richest cat; the cat called Room 8; YouTube video confirms existence of Libyan sand cat; and lagniappe June 27, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos and videos June 27, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue June 27, 2026
- Michael Egnor responds to my critique of his free will-ism, and I discover a disturbing case of plagiarism June 26, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 26, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ onanism June 26, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue June 26, 2026
- A bull-goose looney: one of the three Mamdani-endorsed Democratic Socialists who will likely sit in Congress June 25, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 25, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue June 25, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ naturalism June 24, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 24, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue June 24, 2026
- Reader’s wildlife photos June 23, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue June 23, 2026
- Andrzej’s new book June 22, 2026
- My cinemaphile nephew’s list of best movies June 22, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife videos June 22, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue June 22, 2026
- ID advocate Michael Egnor defends free will, misleads his audience June 21, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 21, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue June 21, 2026
- Last night’s “Real Time” with Bill Maher June 20, 2026
- Caturday felids trifecta: kitten rescued after tornado; brave cat spooks bear; why cats can’t taste sweetness; and lagniappe June 20, 2026
- Reader’s wildlife photo: gosling rescue June 20, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue June 20, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 19, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue June 19, 2026
- Despite its uselessness, homeopathy persists June 18, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue June 18, 2026
- “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi June 17, 2026
- The “Memorandum of Understanding” June 17, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ context June 17, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue June 17, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 16, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue June 16, 2026
- Luana Maroja encounters “Fat Studies” June 15, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 15, 2026
- Chat GPT caricature June 15, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue June 15, 2026
- Berkeley math professor argues that we need to bring back SATs and other standardized tests in college admissions June 14, 2026
- Bill Maher on Graham Platner June 14, 2026
- World Cup: Brazil vs. Morocco (highlights) June 14, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 14, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue June 14, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: Cats prefer silver vine to catnip; Disneyland’s cats; police department allowed people to pay off tickets with cat food; and lagniappe June 13, 2026
- Here are the toads! June 13, 2026
- A hard day: three duckling rescues June 13, 2026
- Spot the toads! June 13, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue June 13, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the smear June 12, 2026
- Duck doings, part 2: Vashti’s baby’s hatch, attempted capture of brood June 12, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 12, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue June 12, 2026
- Duck doings #1: Brood of unnamed duck vanishes the day it came down; miscellaneous stuff June 11, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 11, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue June 11, 2026
- Rolling Stone’s “Greatest Songs of All Time” June 10, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ scams June 10, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 10, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue June 10, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 9, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue June 9, 2026
- If you haven’t read Da Roolz, please do so June 8, 2026
- A new report on the dangers of politicizing humanities in academia June 8, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos June 8, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue June 8, 2026
- Bill Maher’s New Rule: How the kids must “fix” AI June 7, 2026
- A superb piece: Sam Harris explains why, though he has criticisms of Israel, he won’t debate Israel’s critics June 7, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue June 7, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: Large cat geoglyph discovered in Peru; Japan’s lucrative cat fixation; senior act addicted to mashed potatoes with butter; and lagniappe June 6, 2026
The Archive
June 8, 2014 • 6:26 am