HAPPINESS RESEARCH
There is another dummo academic (Richard Layard) reported here who points to the fact that getting richer does not necessarily make you happier. Any observer of Hollywood knew that long ago and I guess people have in fact known it for about 4,000 years. In 1 Timothy 6:10 St. Paul probably went a [...]
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Meanwhile, in east Africa…
Defence lawyers for the first woman to be charged with genocide at the international tribunal for Rwanda have begun presenting their case.
Pauline Nyiramasuhuko and her son are accused of helping to organize the murder of Tutsis and inciting soldiers to rape hundreds of women during the 1994 genocide. (Ironically, she was a [...]
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Ingrid at Sudan Watch sent me a link to the LA times article that says what happened and is happening in Sudan is not genocide.
If it isn’t, I’m not sure what genocide means. How many people have to die? How many people have to be tortured and starved? How many people have [...]
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In Iraq, there are many such as Ted Rall who proclaim the insurgents as glorious freedom fighters and heroes of their people.
Then, the truth comes out. We’ve not seen Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, or Zarqawi strap suicide vests on themselves and run at Americans. No, these courageous men prefer to use disabled [...]
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(A very old post.)
I had remarked on a Dennis Prager interview with two sociologists, John Borneman and Laurie Hart, on the subject of marriage. One of the things that had struck me during the interview was the wide variety of human relationships that could qualify as “marriage” under the definition being proposed.
I had taken a [...]
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I’ll be hosting The Bonfire of the Vanities on Feb 15th.
If you are new to the concept of the Bonfire of the Vanities read a few of the previous editions or check out the initial call for entries. To sign up for the reminder e-mail list click here.
More later…
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Laura Ingraham speculated this morning that in the future, Iraqis will celebrate their independence day with, among other things, blue marks on their fingers.
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Senator Clinton collapsed today during a speech on Social Security. She blamed a stomach virus.
I wish her good health, and hope it’s nothing more serious than her new moderate positions on various topics not sitting well.
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Beat Dead Dads.
Bernard recently posted a bit by Edward Grey deriding Mike Seate’s article Deadbeat Dads Work to Avoid Manhood. In it he states that, “At this point, I’m likely to suffer a heart seizure if I ever meet a local man who gleefully announces that not only does he pay child support, he’s two, [...]
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