More on campus bureaucracy and its role in the studied propogation and subsidization of left-leaning ideology, from UPenn’s Erin O’Connor: […] campus social engineering is a huge, hugely lucrative bureaucracy. It’s also a distinct culture, one that produces and sustains a distinctly collectivist, distressingly irresponsible mindset in the name of social responsibility. Specifics abound. Part 2 in a series.

Oh. And one more thing: Don’t forget to support Blogathon 2002 if you’re able. It’ll make Meryl happy (doubtful) and Laurence sane (not a friggin’ chance). But at least you’ll be able to say you tried, right…? [update: The First Lady of Bloggy Stimulation (and some of her naughty gal pals, ‘t looks like) are also, um, tickling the keyboard for this Blogathon thingy. Dirty talk for a good cause.

Here, this ought to keep you busy while I’m off today doing my own thing: a list of punchlines. That’s right. Punchlines. Unattributed punchlines, too. Because to be honest with you, I don’t know any jokes — which is why I’m encouraging you to make up your own. I mean, I’ve already done all of the hard work for you, no? Now if you’ll excuse me, Real Genius beckons. (And

[photo via Cracker Barrel Philosopher]

“Does caffeine intake protect from Alzheimer’s disease?” One

So now that the lovely Mrs. Wisdom is out of town for a few days — visiting kin in Utah — I’m free to go hog wild ’round the old homestead. Which — my being a suburbanesque, consumerist white guy and all — means blasting some old Marshall Tucker Band, munching sourdough pretzels (dipped in a piquant Chile Tepin salsa), and watching political thrillers from the 70s (are there any

The American Prospect tells Ted Rall, Mike Moore, John Pilger, et al., to shut up already about their stupid Caspian oil conspiracy fantasies. That’s right. The American Prospect. God bless ’em… Afghanistan itself has very small reserves of natural gas and virtually no oil. The country’s only importance, at least in theory, is that it could serve as a transit point for energy from neighboring countries. Yet oddly enough, this

Bill Quick inspired me to go revisit protein wisdom’s first day of posting, December 17, 2001. Here’s what I wrote: Sullivan’s Sentiment, & Hey, has anybody even checked Geraldo’s ‘stache? Most of the time I find myself in agreement with Andrew Sullivan. But in his

“A New York City lawyer has filed suit against the four big fast-food corporations, saying their fatty foods are responsible for his client

Via Subaverage: Introducing PossePops, the “solid cold chillin’ [ice cream bar] treat” that comes wrapped in the wisdom of the street. To wit: here’s the message adorning the wrapping of the “Knock You Out” bar — vanilla ice cream with a crunchy milk chocolate coating! Yea Boyz + Girlz, check this out! Using drugs is wack. Don’t play yourself out, ’cause drugs’ll knock you out and put you out of