Misc. 11.20.05

Read this morning: "Only an imbecile could ever hold that freedom is the highest or indeed the only principle or end of life." Murray Rothbard, foremost libertarian thinker of the late 20th century. No intelligent libertarian would hold otherwise, but if you're dealing with redneck libertarians, the quote might come in handy.

I've read a lot by and about C.S. Lewis, but I didn't know this: It took him just three months to knock out The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

A distinction worth remembering: "The theory of evolution is a scientific theory," [Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn] said. "What I call evolutionism is an ideological view that says evolution can explain everything in the whole development of the cosmos, from the Big Bang to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony."