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Great piece at Lew Rockwell today, "Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned From Edgar Rice Burroughs." Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/wallace/wallace210.html] . Excerpts: > Perhaps the first thing I noticed about Burroughs is that, much like Robert Heinlein, none of his women characters are victims.

Interesting piece at National Geographic about ancient culture's belief that beer is healthy. Link [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/05/0516_050516_ancientbeer.html]. The article mostly talks about Nubian beer that contained antibiotics, but here's a more generalizing excerpt from the conclusion: > Charlie

There's an intriguing new book out: A History of the World in Six Glasses. It's about, yup, drinking, but not just alcohol. Here's an excerpt from the author's page that explains the theme better than we can: > Just as archaeologists divide

From Hail the Ail! > Last week on NPR they had Michael Jackson take the hosts of All Things Considered on a tasting of good beers. Michael Jackson is a beer expert who wrote Michael Jackson's Great Beer Guide. > Surprisingly several of the beers were from the

Harvard has a humanist chaplaincy for atheist and agnostic students. He's retiring, hence this story, but we're more interested in the mental machinations of Ivy League types that hire a chaplain for atheists. Ah heck, why not? And while we're at it, we'

PETA in charge . . . of humane education in public schools. Link [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,156398,00.html]. Excerpts: > Through its innocuous-sounding "educational" programming arm known as TeachKind, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has found a way to reach school children starting as

It's been awhile since we featured one of these stories: > A former North Myrtle Beach High School teacher who had a sexual relationship with a student for about a year declared his love for the girl Tuesday just before he was sentenced to six years in prison

Since we were kids, we've been told dolphins are kind and humanlike, possibly even more intelligent than humans. They've been the darlings of the environmentalist crowd for over twenty years. And now we find out they're not so nice and, to the extent they

When's the last time we ranted against the normalizing of sinful behavior? > Browse the aisles of any stationery store and you'll find cards for your spouse, children, parents, siblings and even your pet. > Soon, you could also find cards for your mistress or the

This story says it's possible that Bernardo Provenzano, the Sicilian Mafia's “boss of bosses,” has eluded capture for more than four decades by posing as a bishop. Link [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7884756/]. Does anyone else hear Tina Brown's saliva dripping on