So says Max Boot. He makes a good case, though I doubt that Mr. Clooney will be thrilled.
Juxtaposition
John Scalzi (whose book
Turnabout Is Fair Play
I’d love to see a class-action suit against Elliot Spitzer.
Half A Century
That’s how long it’s been since My Fair Lady was first staged. I recall my parents taking me to see the movie when it first came out in the early sixties. As the article points out, it was a groundbreaking show, in several ways, and has some of the best songs ever written.
I Can’t Read It
I almost threw my eyeballs out of their sockets in a wrenching attempt to avert my eyes from this article. Oh, well, at least it’s not about losing my male parts.
That would be harder yet. Errr…so to speak.
[Via Paul Hsieh (MD, who usually doesn’t come up with as yucky stuff as this.)]
I Can’t Read It
I almost threw my eyeballs out of their sockets in a wrenching attempt to avert my eyes from this article. Oh, well, at least it’s not about losing my male parts.
That would be harder yet. Errr…so to speak.
[Via Paul Hsieh (MD, who usually doesn’t come up with as yucky stuff as this.)]
I Can’t Read It
I almost threw my eyeballs out of their sockets in a wrenching attempt to avert my eyes from this article. Oh, well, at least it’s not about losing my male parts.
That would be harder yet. Errr…so to speak.
[Via Paul Hsieh (MD, who usually doesn’t come up with as yucky stuff as this.)]
Heinleinian or Asimovian?
Jane Galt asks an interesting question. I match to type, preferring Heinlein and being basically libertarian. The fact that Paul Krugman is an Asimov fan only confirms my preference.
I also think that people who are SF readers in general are much more prepared to deal with the future than those who are not, and this is becoming more the case over time as the pace of technological innovation continues to accelerate.
More Space Elevator Thoughts
From Henry Spencer, over at sci.space.policy:
…as Jordin Kare noted a while back, the elevator people say they could give us launch cost of a few hundred a kilogram for a ten-billion investment… but there are plenty of rocket people who think they could match or beat that launch-cost number with a lot less up-front money. “They aren’t Boeing, but neither are you.”
And the nanotube materials that the elevator people need will do wonders for rocket structure, well before they’re good enough for elevators.
Bleg To Journalism Majors
For a book I’m working on. Does anyone out there have any stories of “progressive” indoctrination as part of required courses (or just in general) in journalism schools? Email me (address at top left) if you don’t want to post publicly. The question is prompted by this post about the phenomenon in schools of education.