Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Via blogger friend Seablogger we learn about this Heather MacDonald piece telling us things we might like to know about Drew Gilpin Faust, who is about to become the first woman President of Harvard. Not exactly Alice Mitchell or June Cleaver. Faust is the dean of the Radcliffe institute and is something called a “Radcliffe feminist.” Which, it would appear, is a big bundle of the usual stuff: As a R.F., I’m gonna bully you into thinking women are weak and helpless when it suits my agenda for you to think of them that way, and smart and powerful and unstoppable when it suits my agenda for you to think of them that way. And, yawn, if anyone calls me out on my contradictory talking-points, I’ll just, yawn, call them a chauvinist.
Anyway, within the article which is excellent all-around, we skim down to this gem:
With typical feminist hypocrisy, Faust has managed to wield massive power even as she rues female powerlessness.
BINGO.
Sorry Ms. Faust…MacDonald is a woman. Of course, so are you, which is why you’re getting the job. It’s not as if being grandly offended at your predecessor’s too-candid address is an entirely useless thing…it’s already netted $50 million in cash for your pet projects.
Welcome to modern America. Getting offended is an industry.
Anyone care to thaw-out and revive a signer of the Declaration of Independence, explain to him what’s going on, and watch one of the finest minds of the eighteenth century struggle to comprehend? I wouldn’t even know how to do the explaining.
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