About this time last year, someone pointed me at a fairly long post called A Contemplation on Music by PreacherMike. It quotes a lengthy address by Karl Paulnack, director of the music division at Boston Conservatory to the incoming freshmen of 2004 (as far as I remember).
For musicians or lovers of music, it's a delightful [...]
Acclaimed television psychic Tony Stockwell is coming to UCH, Limerick on Sunday 16th May. Tony is of course a master manipulator and a complete fraud. So why am I advertising his show?
Well here is a video of Tony in action. He's good, he's got genuine talent. I haven't seen such calm, professional cold reading techniques [...]
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Not on my lawn, thanks.
It's about time that established and respected centres of learning (like the University of California) took a stand against the 'politically correct' tolerance of extreme ignorance.
In addition, a federal judge has agreed with the stance taken by the college, and that's genuinely a cause for celebration–the law following logic instead of [...]
Just a quick post to recommend an article in The American Scholar by William Deresiewicz. It has the pedestrian title The Disadvantages of an Elite Education, and the punchier subtitle Our best universities have forgotten that the reason they exist is to make minds, not careers.
I guarantee that you won't spend a better 10 minutes [...]
One guy in the car
You have to hand it to the French. They're ballsy.
First a recent case in England which showed the ridiculous nature of anti-discrimination laws. A hairdressing salon owner was fined for not hiring a Muslim. The owner liked her employees to show off the latest cuts by wearing the styles themselves.
While interviewing [...]
