June 2009
12 posts
“The only problem, with all respect to Gardner: There probably is just a single...”
– Lynn Waterhouse says that the theory of multiple intelligences is dumb. Is it? Not Every Child Is Secretly a Genius.
Dropbox →
Dropbox is a backup system I use. Posted here for reference and sharing.
LEONARD COHEN [ TOUR ] →
Leonard Cohen is a) alive and b) on tour. In Europe. Wow.
“At age 5, Michael J. was a healthy, normal child with a talent for music. Today,...”
– Michael Kinsley on Michael Jackson, from the April 16th, 1984 issue of The New Republic — The Prisoner Of Commerce (via Rod Dreher)
“That’s one of Dreher’s big problems, fitting every moral issue into...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates has the best commenters. This is smart thinking about Thomas Aquinas, the New Testament, sex, and American conservatism. Acting Like It Can’t Happen - Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Instead of words like “right,” “left,”...”
– Wow. Lera Boroditsky, How Does Our Language Shape the Way We Think?
“Oh, we all hated Holden in my class. We just wanted to tell him, ‘Shut up and...”
– Get a Life, Holden Caulfield - NYTimes.com
“My whole theory of beautiful language holds that it comes from nameless, groups...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates (via William Gibson)
“Pres Obama while u sightseeing in Paris u said ‘time to delivr on...”
– Senator Chuck Grassley, of the good state of Iowa, uses Twitter in the manner of a twelve-year old. Chuck Grassley On Twitter (TPM)