Now when we speak of “Jesus the logician” we do not, of course, mean that he developed theories of logic, as did, for example, Aristotle and Frege. No doubt he could have, if he is who Christians have taken him to be. He could have provided a Begriffsschrift, or a Principia Mathematica, or alternative axiomatizations [...]
Posted on May 19th, 2005 by pwyll
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Christopher Hitchens responds to a New York Times article The Mystery of the Insurgency. Hitchens points out that there is no mystery.
The Bin Ladenists did have a sort of “governing program,” expressed in part by their Taliban allies and patrons. This in turn reflected a “unified ideology.” It can be quite easily summarized: [...]
Posted on May 18th, 2005 by pwyll
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I got a chance to visit Thoughts by Seawitch and ArmyWifeToddlerMom, both featured in the New Blog Showcase.
I can tell by reading Revisiting an Old Friend that Seawitch loves to read and is likely a great mom. I wish she would write more about books and life. And about [...]
Posted on May 17th, 2005 by pwyll
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A century ago, anti-Semitism was called “the socialism of fools.” Now something similar threatens to become rampant: anti-Americanism.
Psychologically, it fulfills some of the same functions as anti-Semitism. It gives vent to a hatred of the successful, and is fueled by envy and frustration. It attributes responsibility for all the ills of the world to one [...]
Posted on May 17th, 2005 by pwyll
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Rand Simberg over at Transterrestrial Musings:
The other day a visiting friend asked me if there was anything I liked about Florida. I managed to come up with three: no state income tax, warm ocean water (good for diving, unlike California), and thunderstorms.
Off the top of my head, some more nice things about Florida. The west [...]
Posted on May 17th, 2005 by pwyll
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Carnal Reason is one of the blogs featured in the current New Blog Showcase. This week the Showcase is hosted by Beth at My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. Thank you Beth, I appreciate the kind words.
Posted on May 17th, 2005 by pwyll
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