The Odd and Miscellaneous


O, Oui, Oui, Oui….Les Vedettes sont ici!

France’s governmental broadcasting authority, the Conseil supÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?©rieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), has decreed that the titles of French TV shows (comme “Le Star Academy,” “La Hit Machine,” “Loft Story,” et “Popstars”)…

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Scouts’ Honor

When I was a young lad, I was very proud of being a Boy Scout, as my father had been. (And his father had been an adult leader.) When reciting…

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Scouts’ Honor

When I was a young lad, I was very proud of being a Boy Scout, as my father had been. (And his father had been an adult leader.) When reciting…

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Scouts’ Honor

When I was a young lad, I was very proud of being a Boy Scout, as my father had been. (And his father had been an adult leader.) When reciting…

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Scouts’ Honor

When I was a young lad, I was very proud of being a Boy Scout, as my father had been. (And his father had been an adult leader.) When reciting…

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Charles Murray on Sexual Gender, Cognitive Differences, and Science

After MIT Professor Nancy Hopkins found a tentative hypothesis too much to bear (“I just couldn’t breathe”), Charles Murray (New York Times; requires simple registration) tells us a bit about…

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Austrian Ghosts

This is a strangely haunting story. (But after reading the article, I have no idea why the photo the BBC used was appropriate for the story.)

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