Assistant Village Idiot

Maya Angelou agrees with me about the MLK Statue. Maybe she is smarter than I thought. I resolve to read some of her poetry this very n...

  One of the things I learned from Albion's Seed, the stunning work of history that I keep recommending but my children keep igno...

If you are interested in a thorough review of the possible environmental effects contributing to the rise in obesity in the US beginning abo...

The Pew Research typology, arrived at by factor analysis rather than theoretical constructs of what a liberal or conservative are, identifie...

The post is dated 2011, but is actually from 8/28/21 Just a bit of fun at their expense.  I listen to history podcasts and read professional...

Here we go again. Those of you complaining about Rick Perry's pronunciation of nuclear hope, by drawing attention to it, to illustrate...

There is usually a sort of dweeby charm to boosterism, when it is minor. Most people getting into their cars don't realise how much of ...

It looks like Irene will be a tropical storms by the time it hist New England. The weather report says there is already rain and later tonig...

Ben, this would have been a much better science project than squirrels. We’re thinking the bird feeders got ripped down by a bear. We h...

Ben gave me Bill James Popular Crime , knowing I have been a fan of his baseball writing. Even though I have never had much interest in Tru...

There is currently a run on articles trying to generally invalidate the idea of identical twins. Steve Sailer, predictably, is all over the...

The spelling of the band's name apparently attracted spam comments, so I am avoiding it. Last one, really. You can go watch more at Yo...

In English Common Law, you couldn't be tried for a homicide if the person died more than a year and a day after you injured him. A reas...

I know this looks like I must have run across it while scrounging though old ABBA videos - or perhaps after entering "Dutch 70's So...

I couldn't resist. Sorry.

I was expecting something different from Steven Pressfield's Do The Work . I had thought it was going to make more reference to recent r...

Sponge-Headed Scienceman has two singing videos from 1978 about energy consumption. I defy anyone to listen to both all the way through. I...

This is a horrible sculpture. People who hated him might have been kinder, out of mere politeness.

Exodus 20:17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or ...

Gregory Clark thinks the help we give other nations does worse than no good at all. He thinks it actively harms them. This is troubling as ...