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- ARE PEOPLE LESS VIOLENT? (COMMENT). (2)
- Dick Weisfelder: My prior comment was just in the context of sports. Whether or not from Pinker, I have seen the...
- erik: It seems doubtful that human nature has changed. The most likely explanation would be that modern culture gives...
- HOW BANKS PREPARED FOR A U.S. DEFAULT. (2)
- GREECE’S ADVANTAGE IN THE CHICKEN GAME. (2)
- Nick: That makes sense. It reminds me of the stories Pater Familias would tell me about how in Boston the person with...
- Dick Weisfelder: Greece seems to me to be playing a game that Karl Deutsch called “underdog.” While one...
- FOOTBALL PLAYERS DELIBERATELY CAUSING CONCUSSIONS? (3)
- Nick: It was my understanding that boxing gloves were to protect the puncher’s hands and not the...
- Dick Weisfelder: Remember the Roman arenas? Bare knuckled boxing? Such injuries were taken as natural and accepted in...
- Mary Jane Schaefer: This isn’t about football. Or even sportsmanship. Well, it is about sportsmanship. But what...
- A 25 % CHANCE OF A EURO DEFAULT? (1)
- Nick: The fact that this has gone on for so long is pretty perplexing. The Economist is referring back to articles it...
- DECIDING WHAT KIND OF PATIENT YOU ARE. (1)
- Dick Weisfelder: One can be very open to new technology, but also risk averse. The recent debates about how to...
- THE EUROZONE—A CHICKEN GAME WHERE EVERY MEMBER CAN BLOW IT UP? (1)
- Mary Jane Schaefer: This is not a matter of chicken. These are all turkeys.
- ARE PEOPLE LESS VIOLENT? (COMMENT). (2)
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Monthly Archives: May 2007
RANDOM MUSIC (COMMENT).
RANDOM MUSIC (COMMENT). Mary Jane and I were walking through Grand Central yesterday evening, and she said that the movement of people through the space was “like random music.” I have captioned this as a comment on this post on … Continue reading
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A DIPLOMATIC INCIDENT IS GOOD NEWS.
A DIPLOMATIC INCIDENT IS GOOD NEWS. During the first week of this blog, I posted on the reaction of diplomats to the murder in the United Kingdom of a Russian dissident. I was concerned by the sentence in the New … Continue reading
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ALL LIFE STORIES ARE INTERESTING.
ALL LIFE STORIES ARE INTERESTING. Dan McAdams, who has in the course of his research read hundreds of stories that people have told about their lives, says that, “In all the years I’ve been doing this, I’ve heard maybe one … Continue reading
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TELLING THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE.
TELLING THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE. This article describes a branch of psychological research that I was unaware of. The research is based on analyzing two-hour interviews in which people tell their life stories. One conclusion is familiar: that it … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Theater
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GRAND CENTRAL STATION.
GRAND CENTRAL STATION. The interior of Grand Central Station reminds me of Saint Marks Place in Venice, with human figures taking their angled paths across the giant space, continually changing the space. The two levels are an engineering triumph. They … Continue reading
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MY FIVE FAVORITE BUILDINGS.
MY FIVE FAVORITE BUILDINGS. This is how I voted: the Chrysler Building (# 9), Grand Central Station (#13), Sever Hall (#77), the Rookery (#128) and the Carson Pirie Scott store (#145). There is a personal element to these votes. I … Continue reading
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MY VOTES–THE FLATIRON BUILDING (#72).
MY VOTES–THE FLATIRON BUILDING (#72). I will start with my sixth vote, partly because I am still feeling bad about leaving it off the list of five when I voted. It is the Flatiron Building by Daniel Burnham. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, History
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PARKINSON’S LAW.
PARKINSON’S LAW. Kids, you should know Parkinson’s Law, actually Parkinson’s First Law, which was more famous in the sixties than it is now. Instapundit at 10:31 yesterday morning linked to this excellent explanation of Parkinson’s Law and Robert Conquest’s Third … Continue reading
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WHITE SOX AND CUBS.
WHITE SOX AND CUBS. The Chicago City Series begins today. The White Sox –Cubs hatred is greatly exaggerated. This is not European soccer. And it couldn’t be. The fans have the same experiences. Both teams are ultimate underdogs. Every White … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Sports
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FAVORITE BUILDINGS.
FAVORITE BUILDINGS. Lee Bryant sent me this wonderful site which has a ranking and pictures of the favorite 150 pieces of architecture in America (as voted in some kind of poll). The list included, I am glad to say, bridges … Continue reading
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