Miscellaneous

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

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

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,

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

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

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

Brownson had insight at the very first stages of the feminist movement. Although he was initially favorable to the incipient feminist movement and was attracted to its earliest proponent, the pretty and sex-loving Fanny (Frances) Wright, he quickly saw that feminism wasn't just about equal rights, but