Cathedral of Salisbury, England
Gorgeous: Salisbury is one of the finest medieval cathedrals in Britain. It is the mother church of the Salisbury Diocese, an area which covers most of the counties of …
Month: August 2005
Odd Consumer News
To persuade hipster fools to spend $200 on a pair of jeans, Levi’s has enlisted the help of Andy Warhol, the granddaddy of all things hip. Called “Warhol Factory …
The Simple Life
Don’t throw out those dusty 5″ floppy discs with your beta tapes and eight-tracks just when they’ve acquired real collector clout. Instead, follow Anthony Georgis’s example and use the …
Science at the Polls
Americans are divided over whether humans and other living things evolved over time or have existed in their present form since the beginning of time, according to a new …
Hawaii
An economist takes a detailed look at Hawaii’s gasoline price-fixing plan. Link. Excerpt: Like the federal government’s disastrous central planning of 30 years ago, the Hawaiian government has attempted …
Orbison Crooning on the Volga
Russian women have long been known for their beauty. Edvard Radzinsky at the Wall Street Journal talks about the new wave of pretties that are coming out of Rus. …
Far Out! We’ll Never Have to Bowl . . .
. . . join a club, have spousal relations, or talk to anyone again! The multiple-channel screen, known in the television industry as a “mosaic,” is about to show …
NCAA Redux
Eric Scheske used his Wednesday column at Catholic Exchange to poke jabs at the NCAA’s Indian name policy. Link. Excerpt: It’s also worth noting that the NCAA’s actions aren’t …
The Nigeria Problem
It reads a little bit like one of those e-mails from Nigeria that offer reverse-investment opportunities (“Let my put $100,000,000 in your checking account, and you see get $1,000,000, …
New Orleans’ Finest?
At the Times-Picayune web site, Mike Perlstein and Brian Thevenot wrote that at a Wal-Mart on Tchoupitoulas Street, mass looting broke out after a giveaway of supplies was announced …
Scoffing at Scientism
Most published scientific research papers are wrong, according to a new analysis. Assuming that the new paper is itself correct, problems with experimental and statistical methods mean that there …
Weekly Features Post
This WFP is delayed due to Charter Internet hook-up problems. We’d say more, but we should hold off in Christian charity . . . at least until we see …