11/30 Equal time for chemistry and alchemy? In The Harvard Crimson, Steven Pinker has good suggestions in response to a proposed faculty revision to general education goals. Is this anecdote indicative of racism in higher education admissions? And are schools underfunded? Andrew Coulson compares government versus private schools.
11/29 Thirteen unanswered questions at the cutting edge of science. And here are several great photos of animals.
11/28 Max Boot provides an overview of American military power, branch by branch. (Via Arts & Letters Daily.) Steven den Beste has a brief post on contemporary military strategy in historical perspective. And Friedrich von Blowhard reflects on state formation in Sparta.
11/27 A thoughtful piece by Anne Applebaum on the Darfur conflict. And is the United Nations endorsing slavery in Africa? Funny how it’s almost believable.
11/25 Robert Bidinotto praises Casino Royale‘s new James Bond. And Virginia Postrel quotes Simon Winder on how exotic Casino Royale was to the constrained world of 1950s Britain.
11/22 Kathy Sierra explains why creative people shouldn’t wait for the muse to show up.
11/21 Liberty and the body beautiful: The latest on the politics and science of breast implants. Liberty and world peace: Don Boudreaux on the economics of trade and war.
11/20 What makes a great teacher great? An excellent series of reflections by Marsha Enright at the College of the United States’s website.
11/17 Professor Mayer on smoking and freedom.
11/16 Please join Tom Palmer and Ross Kaminsky in protesting the Egyptian government’s suppression and imprisonment of web logger Abdelkareem Soliman.
11/15 Another environmentalist doom scenario meets its doom: Apocalypse Cancelled. Of course, that won’t slow down those for whom environmentalism is a cover for anti-humanism. More on anti-humanists from Robert McHenry at Tech Central Station.
11/13 Featuring Wendy Kaminer, First Amendment absolutist.
11/11 Today is Dostoevsky’s birthday. Here is the International Dostoevsky Society. And here is Roger Donway’s “Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, and Ayn Rand’s Moral Triad.”
11/10 In The New York Times: Global warming and new evidence from paleoclimatology. (Thanks to Johann for the link.)
11/9 The Food and Drug Administration’s drug lag costs lives. In Capitalism Magazine Richard Ralston outlines an alternative to the FDA. (Via Philosopher Stone.) Meanwhile, the BusinessPundit resignedly notes that even when big corporations such as Meijer offer free prescriptions, they will be attacked.
11/8 Awesome photos of our universe.
11/7 At Los Angeles’s KCET television station, rare Ayn Rand footage and a set of links to more information about Rand’s works and legacy. (Thanks to Katherine for the link.)
11/6 FIRE has announced its college speech code of the month: Don’t even unintentionally say something offensive at the University of Maine.
11/4 Business Week features twenty-five of America’s best young entrepreneurs.
11/3 Are you a poor college student? Here are 118 money-saving ideas. And which of three strategies is best for procrastination?
11/1 In The New York Times, George Will reviews Brooke Allen on America’s deistic Founding Fathers. (Thanks to Bob for the link.) And in Wired, Gary Wolf surveys the battle of the new atheism with interviews with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett. (Thanks to Joe for the link.)