Bruce Charlton points us [https://charltonteaching.blogspot.com/2019/05/pseudonyms-are-bad-for-bloggers.html] to Francis Berger's blog, and a decision to no long read blogs, Christian or otherwise, written pseudonymously [https://www.francisberger.com/bergers-blog/i-no-longer-read-pseudonymously-written-blogs] . > This brings me to the more general topic of pseudonyms, fake names, aliases, anonymity and the like. Although I respect medieval artists who purposefully chose anonymity as a way of…
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I've recently come across ads for a new car insurance company called Root [https://www.joinroot.com/], that promises to lower your rates by measuring how you actually drive, so that your risk, and thus premiums, is assessed by your actual choices and performance. And yes, they actually tell you that your rates are lower because you're not paying the insurance for crappy drivers. It's not quite a silicon valley darling, but predictably enough, the crowd that laments how it sucked to have insuran…
You may have heard there's a video going 'round, courtesy of MEMRI, where a bunch of kids are dancing while singing about the wonders of lopping off infidel heads. Per the local paper [http://archive.is/BMnda]: > Youngsters at the Muslim American Society Islamic Center in North Philadelphia are shown in video footage speaking in Arabic during a celebration of “Ummah Day,” said the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), a Middle East monitoring organization. One girl says "we will chop o…
I strongly disagree with his stance on abortion*, and am apalled at the strawmen he allows himself when discussing that issue, but he is an acerbic hater of liberals, and can still give good advice. For example, don't stick your male parts in a liberal [http://www.michaelzwilliamson.com/blog/index.php?itemid=494] . Best line? "There's a cure for some forms of cancer. For Demorrhoids, there is only helicopters." * To put it mildly. And I likely have more respect for him than he displays to thos…
Her usual pedantic yet snarky self. Including the usual thorough digging through data and studies. The short version - the interaction of hormonal birth control with the menstrual cycle may have a significant impact on divorce and single motherhood.…