Monthly Archives: February 2010

One Good Thern Deserves Another

25th
Feb. × ’10
By Roderick

While the upcoming John Carter of Mars film has been described as an adaptation of the first novel only, the appearance in the cast list of the character “Matai Shang, ruler of the godlike Therns” suggests otherwise, as Shang and his merry band of Therns don’t show up until the second and third novels. And [...]

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Looking Greenly

23rd
Feb. × ’10
By Roderick

The (or a) UK Green Party has “changed [its] approach to science,” according to this story. (CHT Ken MacLeod.) The changes look to me to be a mixed bag. There are some good things – most notably, the Greens have backed away from the idea of having scientists be legally required to swear an Oath [...]

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We Will Argue on the Plains, We Will Argue on the Beaches

23rd
Feb. × ’10
By Roderick

Two upcoming Alabama philosophy events (one more upcoming than the other): The schedule for this week’s previously mentioned Auburn Philosophy Conference (Feb. 25-27) is online, along with a few of the papers. Ontology as you like it!   The date (Sept. 24-25) and venue (Pensacola, Florida) for the Fall 2010 meeting of the Alabama Philosophical [...]

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Competition, Government Style

19th
Feb. × ’10
By Roderick

Wouldn’t you know that a politician’s idea of a solution to the problem that no one’s allowed to compete with X would be to mandate that X is allowed to compete with no one? In T. H. White’s words: Whatever is not forbidden is compulsory.

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Double Your Anarchy

19th
Feb. × ’10
By Roderick

If you enjoy the Center for a Stateless Society’s commentaries (and if you’re lucky enough to be above water financially), please consider donating to the C4SS first quarter fundraiser, which looks to be falling short. Otherwise you’ll only have half as much anarchy ….

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Tea For Two

19th
Feb. × ’10
By Roderick

I was going to write something about CPAC and the tea parties. But then I remembered that I’d already written this last spring.

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