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- 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.
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Monthly Archives: September 2008
CLEAN CLOTHES FOR DOCTORS.
CLEAN CLOTHES FOR DOCTORS. The article that I posted on yesterday on whether hospital personnel should wear clean clothes says that “American hospitals operate on tight budgets and can’t afford to provide clothes and shoes to every worker. In addition, … Continue reading
CLEAN SURFACES (REVISITED).
CLEAN SURFACES (REVISITED). I have posted several times, including here, about efforts to reduce hospital infections. This article by Tara Parker-Pope describes how the British National Health Service has imposed a “bare below the elbows” rule against doctors wearing neckties … Continue reading
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ERROR–PURPLE STATES.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ERROR–PURPLE STATES. After the 2004 election, I had some e mail exchanges with Dick Weisfelder in which I argued that there were–or could be– purple states. My position was that whether a state was Republican (red) or Democratic … Continue reading
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BAM–A CONCEPTUAL ARTIST.
BAM–A CONCEPTUAL ARTIST. I have done some more research on Bam Margera.This wikipedia article collects quotations from reviews of JACKASS: THE MOVIE. Here are some of them: “Maybe the best way to look at Jackass: The Movie is as a … Continue reading
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BAM
BAM. Mary Jane and I were out for a walk in our neighborhood the other night when a car stopped us and the young man on the passenger side asked for directions. He was a nice guy, and we chatted … Continue reading
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IRIDESCENT DOVES.
IRIDESCENT DOVES. John Ruskin agreed that the pigeons added to the beauty of Saint Mark’s Square. He wrote in THE STONES OF VENICE that: “the St. Mark’s porches are full of doves, that nestle among the marble foliage, and mingle … Continue reading
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GRAND CENTRAL STATION AND PIAZZA SAN MARCO.
GRAND CENTRAL STATION AND PIAZZA SAN MARCO. I wrote here that: “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.” … Continue reading
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VENICE–DON’T FEED THE PIGEONS.
VENICE—DON’T FEED THE PIGEONS. Judith Martin (Miss Manners) had an article in the weekend Financial Times about the ban that Venice has now imposed on feeding pigeons in Saint Mark’s Square. Apparently feeding pigeons anywhere else in the city has … Continue reading
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SCOTT FITZGERALD, CRITIC.
SCOTT FITZGERALD, CRITIC. I have been reading Bryant Mangum’s edition of THE BEST EARLY STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD. Fitzgerald had remarkable range very early. It’s startling to find such wisdom in a young man who went on to lead … Continue reading
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BENJAMIN BUTTON–THE IMPOSSIBLE PLOT.
BENJAMIN BUTTON—THE IMPOSSIBLE PLOT. Scott Fitzgerald’s story, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, has been announced as a Christmas movie with Brad Pitt starring as the man who is born as a 70 year old man and lives his life … Continue reading
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