Michael Flynn's Blog, page 103

There Will Always Be an England

If only to provide shows like this. 
The Trooping of the Colours of the Welsh Guards on the Queens Birthday:

followed by the Slow March past the Queen.  Notice.  NO ONE IS GUARDING THE QUEEN.  That is trust.

You Can't Get Away With This in Fiction

Stephen M. Barr writes:  "recently came across the odd fact that one of the leading researchers on the brain in the twentieth century was—wait for it: Lord Brain. For real. His full name and title were Walter Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain. What is even better, he was the longtime editor of the research journal Brain. There are actually important papers about the brain, written by Lord Brain, in the journal Brain."
He then asks for further such individuals.  Respondents named Judge Learned HandJu

Philosophical Dreams

There are More Things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio.


than are dreamt of by your Red Army Chorus and your Finnish rock groups. 

Stats in the News

You Can't Argue With Facts

But facts can argue with you.  One of the major differences between liberals and conservatives lies in their respective styles of bogitude - the quality of being bogus.  I am not saying that either group always favors the bogus, but when they do:Conservatives tend to tell bogus anecdotes -- the Cadillac welfare queenLiberals tend to tell bogus statistics -- US infant mortality vs. Europei.e., adjectives vs numbers.  There are exceptions: the persistent myth of the "Rule

Headlines

Today's Headlines

You Call This Fair and Balanced?
"Fox Snatches Lunch From Boy Before Attacking Woman, 76"--headline, FoxNews.com, July 1

Not Another Wardrobe Malfunction!
"Michael Jackson's Body to Be Publicly Displayed"--headline, NetNewsDaily.com, June 30

They Used to Play Golf on Sunday
"Five Cardiologists Switch to Presbyterian"--headline, Charlotte Observer, June 30

Hey Lady, I'm Trying to File This Thing! Get Off!
"El Paso Woman Accused of Lying on Tax Returns"--headline, El

The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour

Between the dark and the daylight
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day's occupations
That is known as the Children's Hour
-- H.W. Longfellow

Headline of the Day

Apparently, It Doesn't Work

"Anti-Anxiety Drugs Raise New Fears"--headline, Washington Post, June 30

Lebensunwertig Leben

Perhaps It Will Start in Oregon

What else is there to do when the Quality of Life is low? 

Quote of the Day, Again

Why the Concept of Human Dignity is in Decay

Consider the views of life and the world reflected in the following different expressions to describe the process of generating new life. Ancient Israel, impressed with the phenomenon of transmission of life from father to son, used a word we translate as ‘begetting’ or ’siring.’ The Greeks, impressed with the springing forth of new life in the cyclical processes of generation and decay, called it genesis, from a root meaning ‘to come into being.’ . .

Quote of the Day

Today's Quote

from the Maverick Philosopher, an especially deep thought: 

All too frequently people say, ‘You’re comparing apples and oranges’ in order to convey the idea that two things are so dissimilar as to to disallow any significant comparison. Can’t they do better than this? Apples and oranges are highly comparable in respects too numerous to mention. Both are fruits, both are edible, both grow on trees, both are good sources of fiber, both contain Vitamin C, etc.

Why not say, ‘You are comp