Monthly Archives: October 2012

why men should take ballet

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Can I vote for David Brooks?

I certainly can’t vote for either candidate catering to their party base and treating all of us like children. Mother always said moderation in all things. OP-ED COLUMNIST: What Moderation Means http://nyti.ms/SaAsgU Continue reading

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Need another example of how insignificant our problem du jour is?

How about a 2 minute simulation of the 13.7 billion years it took to form a galaxy like ours.http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/22/3537828/nasa-disk-galaxy-video-simulation Continue reading

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Really looking forward to voting in November. 1830’s forecast?

In looking up something to do with de Tocqueville on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_tocqueville , found this cheerful passage. Prescient?Tocqueville warned that “modern democracy may be adept at inventing new forms of tyranny, because radi… Continue reading

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