Hinc Illae Lachrymae
May 13(CHT Tom Palmer.) One might object that the song buys into the idea that the u.s. military is generally fighting for our freedom. But I think all it assumes is that u.s. soldiers have generally believed they were fighting for our freedom, which is probably true.
Staring Contest
May 08This will make sense only to Doctor Who viewers: Click the pic for enhanced magnitude. (CHT TARDIS.)
Macro Rap, Part 2
Apr 28The Hayek/Keynes rap video now has a sequel: (Notice Ed Stringham as the first person congratulating Keynes after the debate. By the way, in real life Hayek actually did use the phrase “high explosive” as a guide to pronouncing his name.)
Relative Dimensions
Mar 18The next season premiere of Doctor Who is a little over a month away, but in the meantime here’s a two-part mini-episode that Steven Moffat wrote for Comic Relief. It’s a bit of a self-parody, riffing on Moffat’s love of temporal paradoxes; there are nods to “Blink,” “Time Crash,” “The Big Bang,” and “A Christmas [...]


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