Miscellaneous

From the Notebooks Averroes (1126-1198): Islamic Aristotelian. His relentless pursuit of natural reason in the name of Aristotle would have squashed many of the revealed truths of God. If Aristotle said it, it was true, regardless of what revealed "truths" said. The simple people should follow religion; the

Final lettuce haul of the year. I grabbed this Tuesday evening from a cold frame.

Gardening Results Well, I can finally say I definitely broke the $1,000 mark for produce. The estimates below are courtesy of Marie, who was instructed to be conservative and use prices you'd find at Kroger for in-season produce. The figures, in other words, don't take

Miscellaneous Rambling Cleveland.com, which identifies itself as a "partner" of The Plain Dealer, posted this soul-searching editorial last week: "Redesigning politics coverage after missing the big story of 2016 [http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/11/redesigning_politics_coverage.html] ." It's

Miscellaneous Rambling Far out: Italy joins the United States and Britain in rejecting the centralizing efforts of the elites [https://www.yahoo.com/news/italys-renzi-loses-referendum-constitutional-reform-exit-polls-221129482.html] . The Popularism tide continues to roll. In a past life, such a thing would've made me nervous, but in light of the

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Congratulations, Penn State! Big Ten Champs! And still the ugliest institution in America, a school that, out of common decency, should have disbanded its football program after the Sandusky scandal . . . the cover-up, the facilitation, the student riots when they thought their precious football program might suffer. Heck, I'm

I've been reading (too much) about the dubia controversy. It seems Carl Olson's recent essay about the whole affair offers the best summary and analysis. It's worth a read: "The Four Cardinals and the Encyclical in the Room [http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/

Great drinking lore, courtesy of the British Museum:

Footage of Corktown. Notice the huge swaths of darkness. You can't see anything . . . because there isn't anything to see. It's just vacant blackness.