"The real secret of magic is that the world is made of words, and that if you know the words that the world is made of you can make of it whatever you wish."  Terence McKenna

Now ... in my defense I'm skeptical of someone who uses hallucinogens, but this McKenna has caught my attention a few times.  I think most math-minded, right-brained people ( Read more... )

OYEZ!  The Supremes have updated their website! and it's not only looks cooler but is more usable.  Utility; pragmatism -- go figure!  The transcript scrolls in sync with the audio stream of their oral argument -- with mug shots!  OMG!  Audio-textual learning.  I'm such a nerd...  I'm calling Hunter.

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An American Boy in Debt: How the Tragedy Happened

Basically I charged things when I made good money and now, because I don't make good money, I'm in dept over my head.  Simple enough.  That's probably how its happened to most Americans so I don't feel special, but I really don't like the whole "told you so" attitude.  How does one know that several ( Read more... )

Anyone out there?  I swear there will be a pole soon that asks how LJ peeps use this thing because I don't understand the dynamics of responses v. non-responsed-to entries.  On to the second part of my Friends and America entry ...

A second characteristic of my recently upsetting interactions with people stems from false dichotomies, or I should say ( Read more... )

There's been a lot of flack shot against school busing recently and another issue, albeit submerged under vouchers, about forced integration infringing on the freedoms of parents (and students, I suppose).  I have not been convinced that either issue is an actual problem so I found it quite satisfying to read a little known decision by ( Read more... )

I just read an opinion on the psychological and sociological state of relativists -- people who doubt truth.  And I am floored.


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O'Connor implicitly answered my philosophical questions when she described the women's movement in similar vein to gay marriage:

"... the experience of women in the United States demonstrates that dramatic change can occur only when members of a large group surmount their individual differences and unite in pursuit of a concrete goal. ...a rare ( Read more... )

Sandra Day O'Connor made me chuckle today.  I'm finishing up her book, Majesty of the Law -- and excellent primer to the US judicial system --, and found her encouraging professionalism amidst a sea of egotistical lawyers.  Her admonition called up my criticism of the arguments I make on livejournal, sometimes on
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