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Maajid Nawaz asks “Why Did Obama Pander to the UN’s Stunning Anti-Israel Bias?“ Sneering from the comfort of their keyboards, Western leftists have grown complacent with the luxury of free speech. They have never had to suffer the wrath of an Arab dictator’s torture cells. But anyone who has ever been unfortunate enough to have…

Walker Percy Wednesday 116

He lights up. “Tom, it’s beautiful. It’s beautiful because it’s so simple. All great scientific breakthroughs are simple. One change and presto, all the old hassles, twelve-year-olds getting knocked up, contraceptives in school, abortion, child abuse—all the old political and religious hassles are simply bypassed, left behind. Did you ever notice that the great controversies…

Why you shouldn’t blame lying on the brain

Two thinkers I greatly admire are having a dust-up — well at least, Jerry Coyne has taken Richard Gunderman to task concerning his article (I’m familiar with Richard’s work on the philosophy of philanthropy and classical sense of liberality). I trust that if this spat gets energized, that it will remain civil. brain imagingdualismjerry coyneMindPhilosophy of…

Époisses de Bourgogne

Époisses is so stinky that it is banned on public transportation in France — a country usually tolerant of such aromas. Unbeknownst to me, my hosts in Bourgogne packed some really ripe cartons into my luggage for me to take back to London: it really was quite noticeable in the Tube but of course I played…