The Economist is running an interesting article on the history of the seven day cycle. Predictably, we owe our structural base to Ur: The year, the day and (not quite so obviously) the month are natural divisions of time. The week is an oddity. The moon’s four phases are a near miss, but still a misfit, for weeks. You will be in trouble (like H.G. Wells’s ‘The Man Who Could

The Economist is running an interesting article on the history of the seven day cycle. Predictably, we owe our structural base to Ur: The year, the day and (not quite so obviously) the month are natural divisions of time. The week is an oddity. The moon’s four phases are a near miss, but still a misfit, for weeks. You will be in trouble (like H.G. Wells’s ‘The Man Who Could

A physician writing in the holiday issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal concludes that the Grinch suffers from a chronic hormonal deficiency called Addison’s disease. The symptoms: an abnormally small heart, irritability, and salt cravings… Related: At a Manhattan “holiday party” thrown by Gore Vidal, Katha Pollitt and Susan Sontag duke it out over “the last of the pretzels.”

A physician writing in the holiday issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal concludes that the Grinch suffers from a chronic hormonal deficiency called Addison’s disease. The symptoms: an abnormally small heart, irritability, and salt cravings… Related: At a Manhattan “holiday party” thrown by Gore Vidal, Katha Pollitt and Susan Sontag duke it out over “the last of the pretzels.”

The Weekly Standard has an interesting note on The Detroit News’ formerly conservative editorial page, noting that since being acquired by the Gannett Corp. the paper’s done an about-face on its position regarding affirmative action-based admissions policies: The Detroit News…threw out principle for P.C. pragmatism on the subject of racial preferences at public universities. For years, under editorial page editor Tom Bray, the News had published legally informed, coherent arguments

Former Clinton Treasury Secretary and New Harvard Prez Larry Summers may have succeeded in ridding Harvard of the Rappin’ Prof, Afro-American Studies Dept Prince, Cornel West. The Boston Globe is reporting that West is pissed off at Summers and is considering flying the Crimson coop to peddle his peculiar brand of divisive jargoneering and silly sociology at Princeton, instead. The paper points to a summer meeting between Summers, West, and

Former Clinton Treasury Secretary and New Harvard Prez Larry Summers may have succeeded in ridding Harvard of the Rappin’ Prof, Afro-American Studies Dept Prince, Cornel West. The Boston Globe is reporting that West is pissed off at Summers and is considering flying the Crimson coop to peddle his peculiar brand of divisive jargoneering and silly sociology at Princeton, instead. The paper points to a summer meeting between Summers, West, and

Canadian Intelligence analyst Michel Chossudovsky says Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Ahmad of Pakistan’s Inter-services Intelligence Agency can be connected to the 9/11 terrorists, the Press Trust of India reports. According to Chossudovsky, Mahmoud Ahmad was talking to officials at the Central Intelligence Agency and Pentagon, while the ISI allegedly had contacts with the September 11 terrorists. Intelligence inputs said that $100,000 was wired to hijacker Mohammad Atta from Pakistan at Gen

Canadian Intelligence analyst Michel Chossudovsky says Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Ahmad of Pakistan’s Inter-services Intelligence Agency can be connected to the 9/11 terrorists, the Press Trust of India reports. According to Chossudovsky, Mahmoud Ahmad was talking to officials at the Central Intelligence Agency and Pentagon, while the ISI allegedly had contacts with the September 11 terrorists. Intelligence inputs said that $100,000 was wired to hijacker Mohammad Atta from Pakistan at Gen

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