The Say of the Week

The Say of the Week

"Every great man nowadays has his disciples, but it is always Judas who writes the biography." Oscar Wilde
Some Observations On Book Learning

Some Observations On Book Learning

Some Observations On Book Learning First you learn the rules of words, But next you unlearn all that guff, And wierd your words into absurds, It's much more fun than grammar stuff. Baby's First…
Americans Turn To Foreign Media For War News

Americans Turn To Foreign Media For War News

Many Americans go to foreign news sources for coverage of the war in Iraq and Palestinian-Israeli conflict because western media outlets censor gruesome war-time images, according to a study in Media…
E-Readers Encourage Kids To Pick Up Books

E-Readers Encourage Kids To Pick Up Books

Electronic readers allow children to interact with texts in ways they don't interact with the printed word, encouraging them to read, according to Kansas State University professor of Education Lotta…
One Year Ago I Moved Here

One Year Ago I Moved Here

This is just to mention that I have been blogging for this site for exactly one year. During the last twelve months here I have observed a few changes from the old blog which I ran at wordpress.…
U.S. Church Attendance Undergoes Major Changes

U.S. Church Attendance Undergoes Major Changes

If church attendance is any indication, Americans are as religious as they were 30 years ago. But the makeup of the nation's congregations has undergone significant changes during that same stretch,…
Morning Science Quote

Morning Science Quote

Biology is entering a period where the science can be underlaid by explanatory and predictive principles, rather than little bits of causality swimming in a sea of phenomenology. - Eric Davidson,…