Miscellaneous

Remember the dead immigrant toddler on a beach in toddler? It turns out, he wasn't an immigrant. He was the son of an immigrant smuggler, who was along for the ride for . . . an unknown reason [http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-12/media-propaganda-full-frontal-father-drowned-syrian-boy-was-people-smuggler] . I'll be honest: That

I've always liked her work, but I think I'm falling in love with Peggy Noonan. Here she is yesterday [http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-migrants-and-the-elites-1441924372] (if link doesn't work, try accessing WSJ through Drudge), talking about massive, uncontrolled immigration and the western elites'

The new Guinness Book of World Records came out today and Andre Ortolf of Germany managed to get in for three records including fastest 100-meter dash wearing ski boots, and fastest 100-meter dash wearing clogs. Ortolf is, of course, best known as the long-time holder of the world record for

Miscellaneous Rambling: Loud People ITunes has again (for, what, the 14th time?) changed its lay out. I'm not even going to try to figure it out. I swear, the time commitment to keep up with Apples' endless tinkering amounts to a part-time job. I detest Apple, and

In an interview last week, Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump's candidacy “an unfortunate development.” Incidentally, “an unfortunate development” is also what Trump says when his wives turn 40.

The Benedict Option [https://www.catholicvote.org/catholic-political-activism-and-the-benedict-option/#.VVfWFoMUwiM.twitter] . Or the Dominican Option [http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2014/10/the-dominican-option]? Withdrawal society or contrast society? Those might be the only questions on the societal level that an American Catholic needs to contemplate these days as the liberal experiment

Miscellaneous Rambling: Busyness and EMU Move-In Day Whew. Summer is over. The four weeks from mid-to-late August to Labor Day blew through like a whirlwind with eight different sets of house guests and four out-of-town commitments. Each individual commitment by itself is fine--the house guests are all good folk that

Happy Labor Day. Consistent with TDE tradition, light blogging today. Just this: > When is it not okay to answer your cellphone? http://t.co/lIJU5er5hw pic.twitter.com/rLSCchY0hx [http://t.co/rLSCchY0hx] > — Forbes (@Forbes) August 29, 2015 [https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/637772219238715392] I find it disturbing

Philosophy teaches us how we ought to live. And with a little effort, it brings us more money, too. The Earning Power of Philosophy Majors [http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2015/09/philosophy-majors-out-earn-other-humanities/403555/] .

This is a remarkable story [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3222526/Streams-whiskey-Lightning-destroys-Jim-Beam-factory-Kentucky-releasing-800-000-gallons-bourbon-lake-catches-fire-struck-Firenado.html] . First, it's a river of fire made from bourbon. Even more amazing, the writer uses the word inflammable, which is the correct version of flammable, which, according to E.B. White, should only be