2019

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December 2019

1. 31 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
2. 31 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 DecLife science jobs at Berkeley give precedence to candidates’ diversity and inclusion statements
4. 31 DecOnce more, National Geographic goes for the woo
5. 31 DecPhotos of readers
6. 30 DecMonday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
7. 30 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
8. 30 Dec“Thursday Appointment”
9. 30 DecMore on authoritarian diversity statements at the University of California
10. 30 DecThe University of Chicago’s collection of North Korean stamps
11. 30 DecPhotos of readers
12. 29 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
13. 29 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
14. 29 DecThe 1619 Project: Historians versus the New York Times
15. 29 DecHow to make Lincoln happy or sad
16. 28 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
17. 28 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
18. 28 DecCaturday felid trifecta: A beautiful rescue cat; a Cat of Size goes viral; famous British cat gets his own Christmas calendar.
19. 28 DecThe latest from The Far Side
20. 28 DecCountry musicians choose the one song that best represents their genre
21. 27 DecFriday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
22. 27 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
23. 27 DecQuote of the month: Bertrand Russell on why we shouldn’t believe in fictions that supposedly make us behave better
24. 27 DecGive convicted felons the right to vote
25. 27 DecNYT’s best movies of 2019
26. 27 DecThe adaptive huddling of emperor penguins
27. 26 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
28. 26 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
29. 26 DecFormer Scientific American editor, writing in the magazine, suggests that science may find evidence for God using telescopes and other instruments
30. 26 DecWords and phrases I hate
31. 26 DecPhotos of readers
32. 25 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
33. 25 DecHoliday felid: Mog’s Christmas Calamity
34. 25 DecHoliday videos: Gentoo penguin chicks learn their trade
35. 25 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Da Book
36. 25 DecChristmas kitties
37. 25 DecIt’s time to move the impeachment proceedings to the Senate
38. 24 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
39. 24 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
40. 24 DecScott Aaronson and Steve Pinker decry language policing
41. 24 DecThe NYT’s Christmas sermon: Jesus presented as real
42. 23 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
43. 23 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
44. 23 DecNicholas Kristof still struggling about whether he’s a Christian; queries evasive evangelical writer
45. 23 DecPhotos of readers
46. 22 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
47. 22 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
48. 22 DecThis year’s Miss America had a science demonstration as her talent
49. 22 DecJ. K. Rowling demonized for defending another woman who considers trans-women different from “biological women”
50. 22 DecGentoos!
51. 22 DecPhotos of readers
52. 21 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
53. 21 DecProprietor’s wildlife photos (more penguins)
54. 21 DecCaturday felid trifecta: A history of the world according to cats, cats vs. ducks, cat barks like dog until caught and then meows (and lagniappe)
55. 21 DecPakistani lecturer sentenced to death for blasphemy: insulted the Prophet and Qur’an on Facebook
56. 20 DecFriday: Hili dialogue (with Leon and Mietek)
57. 20 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
58. 20 DecNew discovery: Earliest pictoral art in human history
59. 20 DecA creationist writes in espousing the Argument from Incredulity
60. 20 DecPhotos of readers
61. 19 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
62. 19 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
63. 19 DecFederal appeals court ruling endangers First Amendment
64. 19 DecThe biology of male aggression, and why it’s not all “socialization”
65. 19 DecNew forward-sloping toilet created to reduce throne time of employees
66. 18 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
67. 18 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
68. 18 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ certitude
69. 18 DecMormon Church responds to allegations of rat-holing money and not paying owed taxes
70. 18 DecLive feed of House impeachment vote
71. 18 DecThe Far Side returns!
72. 18 DecPhotos of readers
73. 17 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
74. 17 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
75. 17 DecAfter Harvard denies tenure to Latina scholar, students stage sit-in, demanding an ethnic studies department
76. 17 DecMormons reportedly stockpile $100 billion in donations, not using them for the designated charitable work but to buttress businesses
77. 17 DecPhotos of readers
78. 17 DecTrump sends 5-page letter to Nancy Pelosi protesting his impeachment
79. 16 DecMonday: Hili dialogue
80. 16 DecProprietor’s wildlife photos
81. 16 DecDouglas Murray’s new book on social justice warriorism and identity politics
82. 16 DecObama suggests that women should run all the countries in the world
83. 15 DecSunday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
84. 15 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
85. 15 DecYoung people continue to abandon religion in America
86. 15 DecTruman State rejects student clubs for no good reason, violating First Amendment
87. 15 Dec“Don’t take refuge in the false security of consensus” : Hitchens on free speech
88. 14 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue)
89. 14 DecProprietor’s wildlife photos and videos
90. 14 DecCaturday felid trifecta: Cats in an invisible maze; the fluffy cats of Finland, and ZeFrank on Christmas and pets
91. 14 DecAndrew Sullivan on Boris Johnson, Labour, and the lessons for America
92. 14 DecAndrew Doyle, creator of Titania McGrath, discusses satire and hoaxes
93. 13 DecFriday: Hili dialogue
94. 13 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
95. 13 DecScience broadly construed
96. 13 DecCats help their staff vote
97. 13 DecWords and phrases I hate
98. 13 DecA few words from Dr. Cobb on the election
99. 12 DecThursday: Hili dialogue
100. 12 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
101. 12 DecLetter to Nature denounces the term “quantum supremacy” as racist
102. 12 DecMany colleges, including the University of Chicago, now omit standardized admissions tests like the SAT as requirements for application. Is this justifiable?
103. 12 DecVatican uses most of “charitable” donations to a major fund for reducing the Church’s debt
104. 11 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
105. 11 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
106. 11 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the gays
107. 11 DecNew talk by Dawkins on taking courage from Darwinism
108. 11 DecTitania McGrath pwns The Independent
109. 11 DecThis is why people dislike Gwyneth Paltrow
110. 10 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
111. 10 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
112. 10 DecIs “white empiricism” hindering physics?
113. 10 DecA profile of George Church on 60 Minutes
114. 10 Dec“I would like you to do us a favor, though …”
115. 10 DecTuesday: Duck report
116. 9 DecMonday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue)
117. 9 DecReaders’ photos
118. 9 DecRock song quiz
119. 9 DecA defense of the banana “artwork”
120. 9 DecAnswers to the rock song quiz
121. 8 DecSunday: Hili dialogue
122. 8 DecProprietor’s wildlife videos
123. 8 DecTherapist advises atheists to lie to their kids, pretending there’s a god and a heaven
124. 8 DecDavid Gibson of Gibson’s Bakery died
125. 8 DecPrankster eats banana from $120,000 work of “art”
126. 7 DecSaturday: Hili dialogue
127. 7 DecCaturday felid trifecta: Meowing and barking cash-register scanner in Japan; cat with world’s fluffiest tail; Polish nurse cat
128. 7 DecFlying home
129. 7 DecThe poignant words of a dying woman
130. 6 DecFriday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue)
131. 6 DecReaders’ wildlife photos
132. 6 Dec“The world is much more than I ever knew”: the constricted lives of Haredi Jewish children
133. 6 DecTwo quick touchstones of ideological compatibility
134. 6 DecBanana duct-taped to wall makes artist $240,000
135. 6 DecThe christening of MS Roald Amundsen
136. 5 DecThursday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue)
137. 5 DecReaders’ wildlife videos
138. 5 DecNick Spencer returns to defend religion in Prospect magazine
139. 5 DecFFRF places full-page ad in the New York Times attacking the theocracy of the Trump administration
140. 5 DecBari Weiss on America’s rising anti-Semitism
141. 4 DecWednesday: Hili dialogue
142. 4 DecNow: WEIT in Arabic
143. 4 DecJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ NEWS (and crowdsourcing)
144. 4 DecA glacier that ends in a waterfall
145. 3 DecTuesday: Hili dialogue
146. 3 DecCrowdsourcing duck information
147. 3 DecVanderbilt students protest Steve Pinker’s appearance because of his “ties” to Jeffrey Epstein
148. 3 DecAnti-Semitism at McGill University: student asked to resign from student government after accepting an educational trip to Israel and Palestine
149. 3 DecVote for Science’s “Breakthroughs of the Year”
150. 2 DecMonday: Hili dialogue (and Mietek monologue)
151. 2 DecPCCE’s wildlife videos: Chinstrap penguins
152. 2 DecLive and learn: what’s the difference between “chicken feet” and “chicken paws”?
153. 1 DecSunday: Hili dialogue, Mietek and Leon monologue, farm rush hour and some winter morning tweets
154. 1 DecDarwin and the Falklands
155. 1 DecCNN, Reuters and other media mainstream a “Jesus relic”, taking it for granted that Jesus lived and was born in Bethlehem
156. 1 DecAn atheist espouses godlessness at HuffPost!
157. 1 DecPenguin video!

November 2019

1. 30 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue, farm rush hour, and various tweets
2. 30 NovI have landed!
3. 30 NovCaturday felid trifecta: A two-faced kitten; a house puma; Russian smuggles overweight cat into cabin of Aeroflot plane, gets caught (and lagniappe)
4. 29 NovFriday: Hili dialogue
5. 29 NovThe last trip report: West Point Island, rockhoppers, and albatrosses
6. 29 NovStabbing attack at London Bridge; suspect reportedly shot by police
7. 29 NovScience versus religion: Are they “gifts” to each other?
8. 29 NovTempleton generously funds right-wing groups in the UK
9. 29 NovBrave man attacks London terrorist with a narwhal tusk!
10. 28 NovThursday: Hili dialogue, Mietek and duck updates, farm rush hour and some farewells
11. 28 NovCarcass Island and its Magellanic penguins (with dolphin lagniappe)
12. 28 NovHappy Genocide Day from the NYT
13. 27 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue, Mietek cuteness, farm rush hour and random tweets
14. 27 NovThe penguins of Bluff Cove
15. 27 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ guidance
16. 26 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue, farm ducklings and some tweets
17. 26 NovA visit to Stanley
18. 25 NovMonday: Hili dialogue, Mietek & Leon monologue, farm rush hour and tweets
19. 25 NovA visit to the bridge (and lagniappe)
20. 25 NovAn insidious and patronizing trend in journalism
21. 24 NovSunday: Hili dialogue, Leon monologue, a rushy farm rush-hour and a load of tweets
22. 24 NovA pilgrimage to Elephant Island
23. 24 NovUC Davis math professor demonized for criticizing required “diversity” statements for academic jobs
24. 24 NovFlightless ducks in the Falklands!! (and two other birds)
25. 24 NovMine eyes have seen the glory
26. 23 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue, farm rush hour and some nesh ducks, as well as other tweets
27. 23 NovCaturday felids: Mrs. Chippy, the intrepid Antarctic cat
28. 23 NovTelefon Bay, Deception Island, and a Zodiac glacier tour
29. 22 NovFriday: Hili dialogue, farm rush hour, animal tweets
30. 22 NovThe gentoos of Cuverville Island
31. 22 NovUniversity of Chicago Dean’s List made stricter; students object
32. 22 NovNo science in NYT’s list of year’s ten best books
33. 21 NovThursday: Hili dialogue, Mietek monologues, farm rush hour and some inorganic tweets
34. 21 NovPlan B Day, Part 2: A visit to Vernadsky Research Base
35. 21 NovHarvard students demonstrate at the Crimson’s building, continuing to protest the newspaper’s asking ICE for a comment
36. 20 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue, farm rush hour and sheep-feeding, and weevil tweets
37. 20 NovLeon and Mietek monologues
38. 20 NovA “Plan B” day, part 1
39. 20 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ sunk costs
40. 19 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue, gooseful rush hour and a cold a frosty UK morning
41. 19 NovA cold and windy day at sea
42. 19 NovWhy do people hate Bill Gates?
43. 18 NovMonday: Hili dialogue, farm rush hour and some murmurations
44. 18 NovOrne Harbor: a second climb to the chinstraps
45. 18 NovWord of the Day: “lapidation”
46. 18 NovA report on our first cruise from reader (and passenger) Paul
47. 18 NovWords and phrases I hate
48. 17 NovSunday: Hili dialogue, Leon monologue, farm rush hour and a handful of tweets
49. 17 NovBack to Half Moon Island—and the penguins
50. 17 NovWilliams College finally has a “free speech” policy
51. 17 NovCaturday felid part deux: Update on Mietek the kitten
52. 16 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue, Leon monologue, farm rush hour and some curious tweets
53. 16 NovDrake passage: a hiatus
54. 16 NovCaturday felid trifecta; Tiger, Lion, Serval, and Cheetahs (our four felids are…)
55. 15 NovFriday: Hili dialogue, cat-full farm rush hour and some optimistic tweets
56. 15 NovAt Cape Horn (and lagniappe)
57. 15 NovOhio House passes bill apparently allowing students to give wrong answers if those answers are based on religious conviction
58. 14 NovThursday: Hili dialogue, farm rush hour, some cat tweets and a question
59. 14 NovBack to Antarctica: The Beagle Channel and glaciers
60. 14 NovCampus journalism fracas reaches the New York Times
61. 14 NovWhy don’t the people in safety demonstrations act scared?
62. 13 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue, farm rush hour and a fabulous murmuration
63. 13 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ offense
64. 13 NovTravels: Back to Antarctica
65. 13 NovNorthwestern student newspaper apologizes for the “harm” it caused students by covering Jeff Sessions’s visit to campus
66. 13 NovA defiant song of protest in Santiago
67. 13 NovMietek the kitten is cured!
68. 12 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue, farm rush hour and some antipodean tweets
69. 12 NovWhere we are now (docked!)
70. 12 NovNow they come for Smokey Bear. . .
71. 12 NovOy! LiveScience touts panpsychism as the solution to the hard problem of consciousness
72. 12 NovMietek update
73. 12 NovTuesday duck report
74. 11 NovMonday: Hili dialogue, farm rush hour and some on this day tweets
75. 11 NovTravels: A visit to the bridge of the Roald Amundsen
76. 11 Nov“Who was Egon Krenz?”
77. 11 NovRobert Falcon Scott’s final letters
78. 11 NovHarvard’s undergraduate council censures the College newspaper asking ICE for a comment after a demonstration
79. 11 NovUpdate on Mietek the kitten (fairly good news)
80. 10 NovSunday: Hili dialogue, Marsh Farm rush hour, tweets and Secret Duck Farmer report
81. 10 NovBelated Caturday felid: Leon gets a brother
82. 10 NovPenguins and other seabirds on Half Moon Island
83. 10 NovA pack of literary Pecksniffs demands that we not use the phrase “quid pro quo” about the impeachment
84. 9 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue, Marsh Farm rush hour AND sheep feeding, and a whole bundle of tweets
85. 9 NovA climb to chinstrap penguins
86. 9 NovCaturday felid– for now
87. 9 NovA philosophical analysis of the “n-word”
88. 8 NovFriday: Hili dialogue, Marsh Farm rush hour and animals and duck update
89. 8 NovYesterday’s activities in Antarctica
90. 8 NovPenguin teaser
91. 8 NovLiberal NY Times writer condemns woke Democrats
92. 7 NovThursday: Hili Dialogue and Marsh Farm rush hour
93. 7 NovPenguins and seals on Greenwich Island
94. 6 NovWednesday: Hili dialogue, Marsh Farm rush hour and some US politics
95. 6 NovWhere we are (icebergs and penguins, oh my!)
96. 6 NovJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ “post-truth”
97. 6 NovReader’s wildlife photos
98. 6 NovPenguins… but more to come!
99. 5 NovTuesday: Hili dialogue, Marsh Farm rush hour and some cat tweets
100. 5 NovThis Sunday: Cosmic volcanoes, future humans and Neanderthals!
101. 5 NovWhere we are
102. 5 NovCaturday felids (on Tuesday)
103. 5 NovMeanwhile, back at HuffPost. . .
104. 4 NovMonday: Hili dialogue and farmyard rush hour
105. 4 NovWhere we are now
106. 4 NovNY Times op-ed dismisses Obama’s critique of “woke culture” because he’s an uncomprehending and privileged “Boomer”
107. 3 NovSunday: Hili dialogue and a duck-goose-cat farmyard rush hour
108. 3 NovA meeting of the generations: a heartfelt Attenborough interview with young film-maker Tom Parry
109. 3 NovWhere we are now (and Darwin’s sloth)
110. 3 NovWilliams College students call for a boycott of English courses
111. 3 NovToday’s reading: Pinker in Skeptic magazine on rationality and “post-truth” culture
112. 2 NovSaturday: Hili dialogue and some space tweets amongst others
113. 2 NovWhere we are now and what we did
114. 1 NovFriday: Hili Dialogue and Blade Runner Day
115. 1 NovWhere we are
116. 1 NovDiscuss: the impeachment and Warren’s Medicare/tax plan
117. 1 NovShuri Castle severely damaged by fire
118. 1 NovOn Golden Pond: A handful of intrepid mallards remain

October 2019

1. 31 OctHalloween: Hili Dialogue and Heather Hastie tweets
2. 31 OctWhere we are
3. 31 OctBarack Obama disses woke culture!
4. 31 OctHouse passes resolution declaring Armenian massacre a genocide; 2 Dems, including Ilhan Omar, refuse to take a stand
5. 30 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue and tweets, some good, some sad
6. 30 OctWhere we are, and a panoramic ship’s camera
7. 30 OctPenn students deplatform former ICE director
8. 30 OctThe Annual College Halloween Follies: The University of Texas
9. 30 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Ganesha (!)
10. 30 OctThe ducks are leaving
11. 29 OctMonday: Hili dialogue and a farmyard rush hour tweet
12. 29 OctNote to readers
13. 29 OctHero dog in al-Baghdadi chase finally named
14. 29 OctIt’s National Cat Day (and what’s for lunch on the ship)
15. 28 OctMonday: Hili dialogue and some random tweets
16. 28 OctThe best and worst schools for free speech: an “experts'” take
17. 27 OctSunday: Hili dialogue and some animal tweets
18. 27 OctTwo UConn students arrested for shouting racial slurs, violating a Connecticut “anti-ridicule” law
19. 27 OctValparaiso 3: Protests, markets, cats, dogs, funiculars, and food
20. 27 OctNote to readers
21. 27 Octal-Baghdadi finally meets his end
22. 26 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue and some animal tweets
23. 26 OctValparaiso, part 2 (with protests, food, and cats)
24. 26 OctAndrew Sullivan: Brexit, impeachment, and which Democrats are electable?
25. 25 OctFriday: Hili dialogue and Leon monologue and some tweets
26. 25 OctValparaiso: the port and the murals
27. 25 OctOxford student union mandates that its authorities promote “jazz hands” as a substitute for applause
28. 24 OctThursday: Hili dialogue and pre-Hallowe’en tweets
29. 24 OctReader’s wildlife photos
30. 24 OctProtests in Valparaiso, Chile
31. 24 OctHarvard Crimson editors explain to outraged students why the paper asks for comments from attacked people or groups
32. 24 OctVatican launches smart “e-rosary” that connects to an app and tracks your “bead progress”
33. 23 OctHili dialogue and a farandole of tweets
34. 23 OctFirst observation of wild pigs using tools
35. 23 OctGQ goes woke
36. 23 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ ???
37. 23 OctThe last duck post
38. 22 OctHili dialogue and some morning tweets
39. 22 OctContributor’s Wildlife Photos
40. 22 OctI have landed (and am safe)
41. 21 OctMonday: Hili dialogue (and bombardier beetle tweet)
42. 21 OctTwo by Randy Travis
43. 20 OctSunday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
44. 20 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
45. 20 OctNew study shows that testosterone treatment boosts athletic performance in young women
46. 20 OctA NYT writer yearning for religion who doesn’t need evidence for God
47. 20 OctA farewell for the nonce (and requests for readers)
48. 20 OctPhotos of readers
49. 19 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
50. 19 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
51. 19 OctCaturday felid triefecta: Adventure cats, residents of Japan’s “cat island” saved before typhoon,
52. 19 OctBret Weinstein on free will and moral responsibility
53. 19 OctRidiculous Offense of the Week
54. 19 OctVan Jones on Hillary Clinton’s smear of Tulsi Gabbard (and Jill Stein)
55. 18 OctSunset, Chicago
56. 18 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
57. 18 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
58. 18 OctLive feed of first all-women spacewalk
59. 18 OctFossilized trilobites preserved parading in line. But why did they do this?
60. 18 OctNew Pew survey shows that Americans are rapidly becoming less Christian and more secular
61. 18 OctKid describes sounds coming from his parents’ room
62. 18 OctPhotos of readers
63. 17 OctOffended 9 year old girl objects to math question about weight
64. 17 OctTrue facts about the Sand Bubbler Crab
65. 17 OctPhotos of readers
66. 17 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
67. 17 OctA farewell to wings: many ducks come, but I must leave
68. 17 OctThe Bard College de-platforming revisited
69. 16 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
70. 16 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
71. 16 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ evidence
72. 16 OctThe issue of transgender prisoners: Where do you place them?
73. 16 OctWords and phrases I hate
74. 16 OctWatch this livefeed NOW! Whalefall: deep sea whale skeleton covered with worms, eels, and octopuses!
75. 16 OctPhotos of readers
76. 15 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
77. 15 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
78. 15 OctChristianity infests the State Department, violating the First Amendment
79. 15 OctKen Miller wants our government to embrace MORE Christian values
80. 15 OctAfter screwing up in Syria, Trump now announces sanctions on Turkey
81. 15 OctThe Woke get hold of SpongeBob with predictable results: he’s deemed racist, colonialist, pro-nukes, an eraser of women, and a normalizer of colonial and military violence
82. 15 OctPhotos (and a video) of readers
83. 15 OctTonight’s Democratic debate
84. 14 OctMonday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
85. 14 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
86. 14 OctAnti-Semitism at Bard College
87. 14 OctFederal appeals court overturns a restrictive abortion law in Ohio
88. 14 OctCultural appropriation: can minorities appropriate the culture of other minorities?
89. 14 OctPhotos of readers
90. 13 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
91. 13 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
92. 13 OctNathaniel Comfort redux: Science doesn’t progress (or does it?)
93. 13 OctIn which I diverge from Steve Pinker on free will
94. 13 OctPhotos of readers
95. 13 OctTrump does the dumbest thing ever
96. 12 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue
97. 12 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
98. 12 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Why cats land on their feet; cats with hats made from their own fur; New York’s most glamorous cats
99. 12 OctNathaniel Comfort gets all angry about a tweet from Steve Pinker
100. 12 OctAt the bank
101. 12 OctPhotos of readers
102. 12 OctNeglected at the Hyde Park Book Fair
103. 11 OctFriday: Hili dialogue
104. 11 OctReader’s wildlife photos
105. 11 OctBogus accommodationism: The return of Adam and Eve as real people, as proposed by a wonky quasi-scientific theory
106. 11 OctBernie Sanders appoints yet another anti-Semite as a campaign “surrogate”
107. 11 OctOur SOULS make us equal?
108. 11 OctPhotos of readers
109. 10 OctThursday: Hili dialogue
110. 10 OctA diplomatic and a spelling mistake by Trump
111. 10 OctOp-ed in science journal Nature disses science and “scientism”, questions Enlightenment values
112. 10 OctOberlin digs in, appealing Gibson’s Bakery case with high-priced legal team and recasting case as “free speech issue”
113. 10 OctPhotos of readers
114. 9 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
115. 9 OctNobel Prize in Chemistry goes to three who developed lithium ion batteries
116. 9 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Trinity
117. 9 OctThe case of Malcolm Gladwell vs. Jerry Sandusky
118. 9 OctRIP Andreas Kay
119. 9 OctGeorgetown University protestors shut down talk by head of Homeland Security
120. 9 OctPhotos (and video) of readers
121. 8 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
122. 8 OctNobel Prize in physics awarded to three researchers in astronomy and cosmology
123. 8 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
124. 8 OctShould schools ban the works of those accused of sexual harassment?
125. 8 OctNYT: Pinker on the “Ukraine conversation”
126. 8 OctPhotos of readers
127. 7 OctMonday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
128. 7 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
129. 7 OctAmerican journalist detained by Customs and Border Patrol until he admitted that he writes “propaganda”
130. 7 OctWife of U.S. diplomat flees UK after killing British teen in a traffic accident; U.S. refuses to waive diplomatic immunity
131. 7 OctNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to two Americans and a Brit for work on adaptation of cells to varying levels of oxygen
132. 7 OctWilliams students demand more rights to make policy affecting them and to break College rules without being punished
133. 7 OctPhotos of readers
134. 6 OctSunday: Hili dialogue
135. 6 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
136. 6 OctVestigial limb muscles in human embryos show common ancestry—for the gazillionth time
137. 6 OctAndrew Sullivan’s latest column, and the Harvard affirmative-action decision
138. 6 OctBabylon Bee mocks a NYT “free speech” op-ed
139. 6 OctPhotos of readers
140. 6 OctPaul McCartney on how he wrote some of his hits
141. 5 OctSaturday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
142. 5 OctCaturday felid trifecta: Cats with vitiligo; dead cat cloned by Chinese firm; clouded leopard cubs debut at the U.S. National Zoo
143. 5 OctIs free speech killing us? An op-ed from the New York Times answers “yes”
144. 5 OctPhotos of readers
145. 4 OctFriday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
146. 4 OctIdentify the creature!
147. 4 OctCan it happen here? A Night at the Garden: New York Nazis in 1939
148. 4 OctHere’s the creature!
149. 4 OctPinker on free speech and academic freedom
150. 3 OctThursday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
151. 3 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
152. 3 OctAre we all to blame?
153. 2 OctWednesday: Hili dialogue
154. 2 OctReader’s photos and readers’ wildlife pictures
155. 2 OctJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ offense
156. 2 OctWhy theological challenges to science resemble conspiracy theories
157. 2 OctHarvard wins affirmative action case. . . for now
158. 1 OctTuesday: Hili dialogue
159. 1 OctReaders’ wildlife photos
160. 1 OctNew York Times revises headline to remove racial designations from a bullying incident found to be a hoax
161. 1 OctNational Geographic appears to go all numinous again
162. 1 OctA proper welcome to a new academic year at the University of Chicago
163. 1 OctPhotos of readers

September 2019

1. 30 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 30 SepA NYT interview with Bill Maher
4. 30 SepPhotos of readers
5. 29 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
6. 29 SepSpot the leopard!
7. 29 SepOnce again: Is impeaching Trump a bad tactic?
8. 29 SepHere’s the leopard!
9. 29 SepTrue Facts about the ogre-faced spider
10. 29 SepPhotos of readers
11. 28 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
12. 28 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
13. 28 SepCaturday felid trifecta: Cat lullaby; guy makes cat his best man at his wedding; Moxie, the Kenyon College cat
14. 28 SepCNN: Sarah Jeong leaves NYT editorial board under weird circumstances, becomes a stringer
15. 28 SepIDers resurrect First Cause argument, claim that it’s convincing and that Dawkins and I are too stupid to understand it
16. 28 SepPhotos of readers
17. 28 Sep“Here You Come Again”
18. 27 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
19. 27 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
20. 27 SepHow the whale lost its genes
21. 27 SepAnother breathtaking example of creationist Egnorance
22. 27 SepPhotos of readers
23. 27 SepTrump has reached rock bottom
24. 26 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
25. 26 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
26. 26 SepTrump nominates a creationist as a Ninth Circuit appellate judge
27. 26 SepPinker writes to Harvard administrators about University’s new free-speech policy
28. 26 SepHow do astronauts do hygiene?
29. 26 SepKen Burns’s new documentary, “Country Music”
30. 26 SepPhotos of readers
31. 25 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
32. 25 SepComedy wildlife awards
33. 25 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ blasphemy
34. 25 Sep“Free speech but”: Why Harvard’s new free-speech policy isn’t really “free”
35. 25 SepThe transcript of Trump’s phone call to Ukraine’s President Zelinskyy
36. 25 SepJames Flynn’s book on free speech was banned after it was accepted
37. 25 SepPhotos of readers
38. 24 SepNews of the day: UK Supreme Court declares that Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament was illegal
39. 24 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
40. 24 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
41. 24 SepSurprise! Cats are just as attached to their staff as are dogs and babies
42. 24 SepImpeachment in the air (and poll results)
43. 24 SepPelosi bends, will announce impeachment inquiry today
44. 23 SepMonday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
45. 23 SepMonday: Duck report
46. 23 SepPolitics: Impeachment and Warren (with polls)
47. 23 SepDavid Attenborough: an atheist or an agnostic?
48. 23 SepMalcolm Gladwell and other authors who make big errors in their books
49. 23 SepPhotos of readers
50. 22 SepSunday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
51. 22 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
52. 22 SepIs the religiosity of the Right driving the secularization of the Left?
53. 22 SepWhat are we reading?
54. 22 SepMy upcoming talk on free will at Williams
55. 22 SepPhotos of readers
56. 21 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
57. 21 SepWatch Bill Maher’s show while you can
58. 21 SepCaturday felid trifecta: Mother cat carries food to her one surviving kitten; rude cats; cheetahs vs. lions: one roars, the other meows and chirps (and lagniappe)
59. 21 SepPostmodernism explained—and criticized
60. 21 SepPhotos of readers
61. 20 SepFriday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
62. 20 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
63. 20 SepThis time the Women’s March is serious: anti-Semite Zahra Biloo kicked off the board
64. 20 SepBret Weinstein goes awry when claiming that neo-Darwinian theory is missing an important part
65. 20 SepNicholas Christakis on “creative abrasion”: Why free speech and inclusion are incompatible
66. 20 SepDavid Brooks prognosticates about a Warren Presidency
67. 20 SepPhotos of readers
68. 20 SepSarah Haider and Andrew Sullivan on Bill Maher’s show tonight
69. 19 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
70. 19 SepJustin Trudeau admits to wearing both blackface and brownface. Is he toast?
71. 19 SepBret Weinstein unfairly disses evolutionary biology (and New Atheism)
72. 19 SepPhotos of readers
73. 18 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
74. 18 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
75. 18 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Anthropic Principle
76. 18 SepThoughts and prayers: what are they worth?
77. 18 SepPushback on guns (and free will)
78. 18 SepHow did Monty Python predict “woke culture” so many years in advance?
79. 18 Sep“The Weight”: A multicultural rendition
80. 17 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
81. 17 SepThe good news and the bad: Sarsour, Mallory, and Bland out as Women’s March leaders, but Sarsour in as a Bernie Sanders “surrogate”
82. 17 SepTuesday big cat trifecta
83. 17 SepEighteen year old woman with AK-47 and shotgun threatens to shoot up her school
84. 16 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
85. 16 SepReader’s wildlife videos
86. 16 SepA war with Iran?
87. 16 SepProtestors demonstrate against California’s passing a sane vaccination law
88. 16 SepNYT screws up, plays into hands of Trump
89. 16 SepPhotos of readers
90. 15 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
91. 15 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
92. 15 SepAndrew Sullivan on the New York Times’s wokeness
93. 15 SepA Williams College professor decries his “comfort college”
94. 15 SepOnce again: should you tip for counter service?
95. 15 SepPhotos of readers
96. 14 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
97. 14 SepCaturday felid trifecta: Young jaguars practice hunting; photos of cats standing up; a $500,000,000 nuclear disaster involving kitty litter
98. 14 SepThis week’s Bill Maher show, featuring Bari Weiss
99. 14 SepWhy Grania died
100. 13 SepThe Democratic debate redux
101. 13 SepThe 2019 Ig Nobel Prizes
102. 13 SepFelicity Huffman given prison sentence (a light one)
103. 13 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
104. 12 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
105. 12 SepTrump posts bizarre cat video
106. 12 SepImpeachment investigation appears to begin in House
107. 12 SepOberlin denied a new trial in the Gibson’s Bakery case
108. 12 SepPhotos of readers
109. 12 SepHuffPo needs the grammar police
110. 12 SepThe Democratic debate
111. 11 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
112. 11 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
113. 11 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ spirits
114. 11 SepNational television networks refuse to air First-Amendment commercial featuring JFK
115. 10 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
116. 10 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
117. 10 SepMore on my Quillette critique of David Gelernter
118. 10 SepBolton out of the administration
119. 10 Sep“Veganwashing” in Israel?
120. 10 SepPhotos of readers
121. 9 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
122. 9 SepReaders’ wildlife photos (and video)
123. 9 SepEx-Muslims of North America mounts a “Awesome without Allah” campaign, but aren’t allowed to put those words on billboards
124. 9 SepAre the Democrats too radical for America?
125. 9 SepPhotos of readers
126. 9 SepMy Quillette piece criticizing the anti-evolution arguments of David Gelernter
127. 8 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
128. 8 SepSunday: Duck report
129. 8 SepWashington Post: Why the pumpkin spice latte is a white supremacist drink
130. 8 SepBill Maher on Americans Of Size
131. 8 SepPhotos of readers
132. 7 SepSaturday: Hili dialogue
133. 7 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
134. 7 SepCaturday felid trifecta: Top 5 “big cat moments” on BBC Earth; man fakes death in front of his cat; stray cats invade a home with an open door;
135. 7 SepUnitarian Universalist ministers flagellate themselves and the church for one bad apple, assert that logic and reason are tools of white supremacy
136. 7 SepBari Weiss discusses her new book and anti-Semitism
137. 7 SepThere’s already a movie on the college admissions scandal
138. 7 SepPhotos of readers
139. 6 SepFriday: Hili dialogue
140. 6 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
141. 6 SepMatthew Cobb analyzes the Brexit mess
142. 6 SepNesrine Malik of the Guardian calls for speech restrictions
143. 6 SepPhotos of readers
144. 5 SepThursday: Hili dialogue
145. 5 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
146. 5 SepToday in collegiate dystopia: “It’s an endless process of dealing with students who haven’t been able to buy the grade they wanted.”
147. 5 SepWhy great rock—and its performers—are doomed
148. 5 SepMore First-Amendment shenanigans: Federal court rules that a Christian cross on a county emblem is not religious
149. 5 SepPhotos of readers
150. 5 SepThe best religion + animal joke ever
151. 4 SepWednesday: Hili dialogue
152. 4 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
153. 4 SepMore squabbling about free will in Quillette: William Edwards now finds libertarian free will in the “singularities” of physics
154. 4 SepJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ evidence
155. 4 SepSuperfluous article of the month
156. 4 SepPhotos of readers
157. 3 SepTuesday: Hili dialogue
158. 3 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
159. 3 SepHousekeeping matters (and tips for new readers)
160. 3 SepPhotos of readers
161. 3 SepParliament moves to prevent no-deal Brexit
162. 2 SepMonday: Hili dialogue
163. 2 SepReaders’ wildlife photos
164. 2 SepAfter two mass shootings, Texas loosens gun laws
165. 1 SepSunday: Hili dialogue
166. 1 SepProprietor’s wildlife: Sunday duck report
167. 1 SepA new and important hominin skull from Ethiopia
168. 1 SepHurricane Dorian from space
169. 1 SepPhotos of readers
170. 1 SepNever Had a Dream Come True

August 2019

1. 31 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 AugCaturday felids: The kitten rescuer; a swimming Maine Coon cat; synchronized cat leaping (and lagniappe)
4. 31 AugPhotos of readers
5. 30 AugFriday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
6. 30 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
7. 30 AugIn a Channel 4 interview, Richard Dawkins describes his new book
8. 30 AugWhy do people hate religion? Because Trump.
9. 30 AugPhotos of readers
10. 29 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
11. 29 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
12. 29 AugThe constitutional crisis: Matthew Cobb’s report from Britain
13. 29 AugAtlantic article pretends that atheists are really religious by lying about the data
14. 29 AugThursday: Duck report
15. 29 AugPhotos of readers
16. 28 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
17. 28 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
18. 28 AugProgress in women’s equality
19. 28 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ burqas
20. 28 AugWords and phrases I hate
21. 28 AugPhotos of readers
22. 28 AugEvolution Illustrated by Waterfowl
23. 27 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
24. 27 AugA Templeton-funded researcher recommends five books on science and religion. Guess what take they have?
25. 27 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
26. 27 AugPhotos of readers
27. 26 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
28. 26 AugWinners: Bird photographer of the year
29. 26 AugKatie is really Honey! She returned!
30. 26 AugThe New York Times responds to attacks on its writers by saying it’s the victim of a right-wing conspiracy to discredit the paper
31. 26 AugWhat free speech isn’t
32. 26 AugMore proof that Katie = Honey
33. 26 AugPhotos of readers
34. 25 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
35. 25 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
36. 25 AugAndrew Sullivan on campus extremism
37. 25 AugA misguided Decider tells us why campuses shouldn’t have free speech
38. 25 AugSunday: Duck report
39. 24 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
40. 24 AugCaturday felid trifecta: How to pick up a cat; girls and their cats; interview with the girls-and-their-cats photographer
41. 24 AugA vegan claims that eating tofu is cultural appropriation
42. 24 AugBari Weiss’s new book on anti-Semitism
43. 24 AugRobotic surgery!
44. 24 AugPhotos of readers
45. 23 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
46. 23 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
47. 23 AugAnother New York Times editor with a history of bigoted tweets
48. 23 AugAn interrupted romance
49. 23 AugI survived surgery!
50. 23 AugRuth Bader Ginsburg treated for pancreatic cancer
51. 22 AugThursday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
52. 22 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
53. 22 AugThe increasing wokeness of the New York Times
54. 22 AugThe weak laws against female genital mutilation in America
55. 22 AugNever read Twitter comments
56. 22 AugPhotos of readers
57. 21 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
58. 21 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
59. 21 AugTrump is insane, melts down over Greenland
60. 21 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ accommodationism
61. 21 AugThe minefield of ethnic studies curricula
62. 21 AugShoot me now: Trump thinks he’s king of the Jews!
63. 21 AugPhotographs of readers
64. 21 AugAfter Frank’s death, his fosterer adopts a new kitten
65. 20 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
66. 20 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
67. 20 AugPalestinian Authority bans LGBTQ organizing in West Bank
68. 20 AugSan Francisco promotes use of criminal-justice euphemisms—in a ludicrous way
69. 20 AugPhotos of readers
70. 19 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
71. 19 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
72. 19 AugTennessee electrocutes convicted killer
73. 19 AugNew School exonerates professor investigated for using the “n-word” while teaching James Baldwin
74. 19 AugRashida Tlaib, afflicted with BDS fever, urges viewers to boycott Bill Maher’s show
75. 19 AugPhotos of readers
76. 19 AugMallards can play dead when caught
77. 18 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
78. 18 AugHost’s wildlife: Sunday duck report
79. 18 AugHow Oberlin College screwed up
80. 18 AugA black feminist excoriates “call-out” culture
81. 18 AugAnother ripoff journal and science publisher
82. 18 AugPhotos of readers
83. 17 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
84. 17 AugReaders’ wildlife videos
85. 17 AugCaturday felid trifecta: Bobkittens steals mom’s food; a bottle maze for a cat; the cat man of Aleppo;
86. 17 AugA new movie on free will
87. 17 AugWeekend reading
88. 16 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
89. 16 AugReaders’ wildlife photos (and a contest winner)
90. 16 AugCongresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib refused entry to Israel (they relent a bit on Tlaib)
91. 16 AugGay penguins? Not so fast.
92. 16 AugAnother anti-Semitic comment
93. 16 AugPhotographs of readers
94. 16 AugMedia distorts Tlaib decision to not visit Israel after all
95. 15 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
96. 15 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
97. 15 AugDo we need Nobel Prizes in science?
98. 15 AugNew School Professor under investigation for saying “n-word” as used by James Baldwin
99. 15 AugWords and phrases I hate
100. 14 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
101. 14 AugReaders’ wildlife photos (and videos)
102. 14 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ persecution
103. 14 AugHarvard gets legal setback in its “ban” on single-sex organizations not affiliated with the University
104. 14 AugWeddell seal chews breathing hole in the ice
105. 14 AugPhotos of readers
106. 13 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
107. 13 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
108. 13 AugTrump administration weakens Endangered Species Act
109. 13 AugPhilosopher: Do not sign petitions
110. 13 AugA soprano duck
111. 12 AugMonday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
112. 12 AugReaders’ wildlife photos and videos (my ducks)
113. 12 AugBiden in NYT: Ban assault weapons
114. 12 AugMore mishigas about free will, this time in the TLS
115. 12 AugThe hypocrisy of Kamala Harris
116. 12 AugBritish police becoming too woke for their own good
117. 11 AugSunday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
118. 11 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
119. 11 AugGreg Sheridan in The Spectator: The West will die without Christianity
120. 11 AugPalestinians celebrate the stabbing murder of a yeshiva scholar, PA pays nearly a million bucks to pizza-bombing terrorists and their families
121. 11 AugPhotos of readers
122. 11 AugA stink eye will prevent gulls from stealing your food
123. 10 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
124. 10 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
125. 10 AugJeffrey Epstein commits suicide in jail
126. 10 AugCaturday felid trifecta: Artistic cat houses; Walter Chandoha’s cats; the history of the world according to cats;
127. 10 AugSantana at Woodstock: An interview
128. 10 AugSpot the insect, from Piotr Naskrecki
129. 9 AugAre you likely to be a Democrat or a Republican? Take this short quiz on your demographics, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age and religion.
130. 9 AugThe disgusting sex life of the Adélie penguin
131. 9 AugMore Anglican desperation: They’re building a fun “Helter Skelter” in Norwich Cathedral
132. 9 AugWhy did the (45) ducklings cross the road?
133. 9 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
134. 9 AugReaders’ wildlife photos (and a video)
135. 8 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
136. 8 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
137. 8 AugJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Darwin
138. 8 AugAn ancient giant parrot in New Zealand: one meter tall and weighing fifteen pounds!
139. 8 AugMarxist prof demands an end to grading, a meritocratic ranking that props up a rotten capitalism
140. 8 AugWhat identity politics did to Rosanna Arquette
141. 8 AugInternational Cat Day: Readers’ cats
142. 7 AugWednesday: Hili dialogue
143. 7 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
144. 7 AugGun violence in Chicago spiked last weekend
145. 7 AugPhilosophy professor writes embarrassing prayer in NYT, asking God not to stop shootings, but to make us better people so we won’t shoot each other
146. 6 AugTuesday: Hili dialogue
147. 6 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
148. 6 AugWebsite matters (i.e., read the Roolz)
149. 6 AugToni Morrison died
150. 6 AugVolunteers needed to transcribe suffragist material for the Library of Congress
151. 6 AugConvention rules for the Democratic Socialists of America
152. 6 AugIsrael colonizes the Moon
153. 5 AugMonday: Hili dialogue
154. 5 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
155. 5 AugAn unwise tweet by Neil deGrasse Tyson, and some statistics on gun deaths
156. 5 AugA caterpillar changes color to match its background using “extraocular photoreception”: it can see with its skin!
157. 5 AugSpot the ducks! (and two other photos)
158. 5 AugBad news for the economy, perhaps good news for the Left
159. 4 AugSunday: Hili dialogue
160. 4 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
161. 4 AugIs American meritocracy responsible for unrest on campus?
162. 4 AugBDS Founder Omar Barghouti calls for an end to Israel in The Nation
163. 4 AugSunday: Duck report
164. 3 AugSaturday: Hili dialogue
165. 3 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
166. 3 AugCaturday felid trifecta: Medieval paintings of cats licking their butts; Japanese man makes 19,000 YouTube videos of himself feeding stray cats, gets no attention; and Pasadena’s “CatCon” gathering
167. 3 AugFrank the Kitten died
168. 3 AugMichael Jackson reincarnated as a duck
169. 3 AugAnother mass shooting, this time in Texas
170. 2 AugFriday: Hili dialogue
171. 2 AugFrank is getting his operation today
172. 2 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
173. 2 AugAnother philosopher in Quillette goes after my determinism, and proposes a compatibilist definition of “free will”
174. 2 AugMarianne Williamson’s vaccine woo
175. 2 AugImpeachment in the air
176. 1 AugThursday: Hili dialogue
177. 1 AugReaders’ wildlife photos
178. 1 AugA medical first: CRISPR gene-editing used to treat a genetic disorder—sickle cell anemia
179. 1 AugThe ACLU defends the right of biological men to compete in women’s sports
180. 1 AugThursday: Duck report

July 2019

1. 31 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 JulFrank Bruni on last night’s debate
4. 31 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the links
5. 31 JulTonight’s debate
6. 30 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
7. 30 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
8. 30 JulMisguided accusations of cultural appropriation: The Big Nightcap Kerfuffle
9. 30 JulBat squeaks while being petted
10. 30 JulThe Democratic debate
11. 29 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
12. 29 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
13. 29 JulSouth Dakota requires all public schools to PROMINENTLY display “In God We Trust”
14. 29 JulHouse passes anti-BDS bill by wide bipartisan margin: three of “the squad” (along with 13 other Democrats) dissent
15. 29 JulTeenagers
16. 28 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
17. 28 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
18. 28 JulDuck quickies
19. 28 JulPew: Americans know bupkes about religion (and test yourself)
20. 28 JulMaureen Dowd defends herself—and Nancy Pelosi—against the Purity Posse
21. 28 JulPuffin videos: A puffling sees the world for the first time, and a tourist befriends a puffin
22. 27 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
23. 27 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
24. 27 JulCaturday felid trifecta: “Cats”: the movie; how to tell your cat about Trump; Scottish wildkittens (and lagniappe)
25. 27 JulSecularism on the rise: new Gallup poll shows that 40% of Americans are young-earth creationists, 33% are theistic evolutionists, and 22% are naturalistic evolutionists
26. 27 JulOberlin pleads poverty in Gibson’s Bakery case, judge requires the College to post $36.4 million bond
27. 27 JulCockatoo removes bricks securing the lid of a trash can
28. 26 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
29. 26 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
30. 26 JulDong-ta-ra-con-ching! An insane paper, accepted by a Springer-Verlag journal, is now retracted
31. 26 JulTerry Gross interviews Jane Mayer, who wrote the NYer article defending Al Franken
32. 26 JulThe “grievance studies” hoax: a forum at the Chronicle of Higher Education
33. 25 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
34. 25 JulThursday: Duck report
35. 25 JulToday in collegiate dystopia: “Has College Gotten Too Easy?”
36. 25 JulMore horror from the Trump administration: federal government to resume executions after a sixteen-year hiatus
37. 25 JulSecular “churches” are on the wane in America
38. 25 JulA lovely video about Arctic animals
39. 24 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
40. 24 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
41. 24 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ bicycles
42. 24 JulRobert Mueller’s live testimony
43. 24 JulSome comments have been “moderated” due to a screwup
44. 24 JulWilliams College’s indoctrination of its students
45. 24 JulImpeachment now?
46. 24 JulTurkish ice-cream tricksters: a panoply of videos
47. 23 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
48. 23 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 23 JulMy talk with Andrew Seidel about his book on America’s secular origins
50. 23 JulNew study involving returning lost wallets: people in the world are more honest than you think, but a reader calculates that honesty is greater in less religious countries
51. 23 JulShould Al Franken have left the Senate?
52. 23 JulWords and phrases I hate
53. 22 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
54. 22 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
55. 22 JulA call for ideological uniformity?
56. 22 JulThe normalization of violence as part of public discourse
57. 21 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
58. 21 JulJudge orders Oberlin College to pay Gibson’s Bakery $6.5 million in fees and expenses on top of the $25 million award for damages
59. 21 JulColorado State University walks back its language guide’s advice not to say “America” and “Americans”
60. 21 JulAn annoying interview with David Berlinski
61. 21 JulYou helped save Frank the Kitten’s life
62. 20 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
63. 20 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
64. 20 JulCaturday felid trifecta: The perfect origami cat; Hemingway’s cats; children design aircraft for the famous flying cat Wopsie
65. 20 JulTempleton wastes more than $12 million
66. 19 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
67. 19 JulFriday: Duck report (with extra zoomies)
68. 19 JulPete Moulton died
69. 19 JulHeather Hastie on abortion
70. 19 JulHow much diversity of thought do you achieve by promoting diversity of gender and ethnicity?
71. 19 JulMy critique of a defense of free will in Quillette
72. 19 JulA visit with Dick Lewontin
73. 18 JulThursday: Hili dialogue
74. 18 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
75. 18 JulIlhan Omar about to introduce pro-boycott (read: pro-BDS) resolution in Congress
76. 18 JulMatt Meselson describes his most famous experiment (with Frank Stahl)
77. 18 JulLanguage policing goes crazy (excuse the last word)
78. 17 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
79. 17 JulReaders’ wildlife video
80. 17 JulA misguided philosopher claims that species don’t exist
81. 17 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ “free will”
82. 17 JulNow Inside Higher Education has a hit piece on Pinker
83. 16 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
84. 16 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
85. 16 JulTrump aims an old bigoted trope at Justice Democrats
86. 16 JulTrigger warnings: new study says they don’t work for traumatized people
87. 16 JulYou can’t win
88. 15 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
89. 15 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
90. 15 JulThe Lagers: A farewell letter from a doomed woman
91. 15 JulA typical banned comment
92. 14 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
93. 14 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
94. 14 JulAn ancient bird with an extraordinarily long toe
95. 14 JulIf Pinker is bad, I must be worse
96. 14 JulAyaan Hirsi Ali on Ilhan Omar, lobbying, and hatred
97. 14 JulMy ducks are in a row
98. 13 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue
99. 13 JulMy wildlife photos: ducks (of course)
100. 13 JulCaturday felids trifecta: Ben the Golf Cat fouls up putts; a stowaway kitten; and a film about New York’s street-cat saviors
101. 13 JulPelosi versus the Justice Democrats: What does it mean for 2020?
102. 13 JulFortress Around Your Heart
103. 12 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
104. 12 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
105. 12 JulSecularism increases rapidly in UK
106. 12 JulLive Long and Evolve
107. 12 JulTarring Steve Pinker and others with Jeffrey Epstein
108. 11 JulThursday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
109. 11 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
110. 11 Jul“Modern” Homo sapiens may have been in Eurasia as long as 210,000 years ago
111. 11 JulTwitter starts censoring speech, beginning with speech about religion:
112. 11 JulMore words and phrases I hate
113. 11 JulThursday ducks: zoomies and naptime
114. 10 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
115. 10 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
116. 10 Jul“Climate change” redacted from U.S. Geological Survey press releases
117. 10 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ government dosh
118. 10 JulBritain’s National Health Service acts barbarically, refusing to release body of a miscarried fetus to foreign parents until they pay the fees for the Caesarian
119. 10 JulA miracle! Cherry shaped like a duck!
120. 9 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
121. 9 JulReaders’ wildlife photos
122. 9 JulLanguage fascists: “Crazy” and “insane” should be tossed down the memory hole
123. 9 JulTuesday: Duck report
124. 9 JulAre our political views encoded by our DNA?
125. 8 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
126. 8 JulReader’s wildlife photo
127. 8 JulThe Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
128. 7 JulSunday: Hili dialogue
129. 7 JulHonolulu to Hilo
130. 7 JulTempe cops kicked out of Starbucks because they made customer feel “unsafe” (and a note on disarming police)
131. 7 JulQuillette author advocates a new Pascal’s Wager: We should bet on libertarian free will because it makes us behave better
132. 6 JulSaturday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
133. 6 JulCaturday felid trifecta: Bobcat gives birth to bobkittens on an Arizona roof; the King of Ruddington has a birthday; a tank for your cat
134. 6 JulTipping at counters
135. 6 JulI got thoroughly groped again!
136. 5 JulFriday: Hili dialogue
137. 5 JulSpot the fish!
138. 5 JulDonations to Frank the Kitten more than double the amount requested; his life saved and many other cats helped
139. 5 JulHere’s the camouflaged fish!
140. 5 JulFriday: Duck report
141. 4 JulThursday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
142. 4 JulIs a National Park violating the First Amendment?
143. 4 JulA discussion thread
144. 4 JulI was wrong about religious proselytizing in National Parks
145. 3 JulWednesday: Hili dialogue
146. 3 JulGod is both a metaphor and real: a serious mind dump by a possibly stoned comedian
147. 3 JulWednesday: Duck report
148. 3 JulJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ and Mo’s petard
149. 2 JulPlease donate to save Frank the Kitten’s life
150. 2 JulMichio Kaku tries to osculate religion, fails miserably
151. 2 JulVolcanoes National Park and the elusive nēnē
152. 2 JulTuesday: Duck report (duckling flight observed!)
153. 2 JulTuesday: Hili dialogue
154. 1 JulMonday: Hili dialogue
155. 1 JulAn appeal for funds to save the life of Frank the kitten
156. 1 JulThe grossest thing I ever saw (and an invitation to contribute)

June 2019

1. 30 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 JunSpot the Gold dust day gecko
3. 30 JunGrania’s memorial service
4. 30 JunIdeology versus science (again): University of New South Wales urges professors to lie about the arrival date of Aboriginals
5. 30 JunHere’s the gecko!
6. 30 JunTrump duped again by North Korea
7. 30 JunObituaries for the shunned
8. 29 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
9. 29 JunCaturday felid trifecta: How to harness your cat; Civil War cat dioramas, accidental cat filter on television turns Pakistani officials into felids
10. 29 JunSaturday: Duck report
11. 29 JunBari Weiss on art destruction
12. 28 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
13. 28 JunThe second Democratic debate
14. 28 JunThe Wall Street Journal on Oberlin vs. Gibson’s
15. 28 JunHawaii: Days 11 and 12
16. 28 JunDavid Brooks on the Dems
17. 27 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
18. 27 JunThursday: Duck report
19. 27 JunDiscovery Institute puts out video purporting to refute materialiam and atheism
20. 27 JunA tricky SAT geometry question
21. 26 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
22. 26 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Asda: a supermarket chain behaves badly and hypocritically
23. 26 JunHawaii: A trip to the Waikiki Aquarium (and lunch)
24. 26 JunStudy published in Science isn’t replicated; journal refuses to publish the failure to replicate
25. 26 JunThe daily chuckle: Kim Kardashian accused of cultural appropriation for naming her underwear line “kimono”
26. 26 JunThe first Democratic debate: your take
27. 25 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
28. 25 JunWednesday: Duck report
29. 25 JunHawaii, days 5, 6, and 7: Three meals, one with new friends
30. 25 JunAfter Harvard fired him as a house dean, Ronald Sullivan responds in the NYT
31. 24 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
32. 24 JunMonday: Duck report
33. 24 JunWilliams College finally produces a lame draft of a “free speech” policy
34. 24 JunThe Gibson Bakery versus Oberlin College case: a good summary
35. 24 JunFree will at last?
36. 23 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
37. 23 JunSpot the white tern chick!
38. 23 JunThe BBC osculates religion and touts accommodationism—with a little help from Templeton
39. 23 JunHere’s the white tern chick!
40. 23 JunHawaii: Days 5 and 6 (with terns)
41. 23 JunA visit with Titania McGrath (Andrew Doyle)
42. 22 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
43. 22 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Frazzled cat; Cat calms kitten; the world’s best job: full-time cat sitter (and lagniappe)
44. 22 Jun“Gender reveal parties”: a gross misnomer
45. 22 JunBy request, a husband shoots his terminally ill wife; he’s charged with manslaughter
46. 22 JunStephen Colbert on the Democratic candidates’ favorite comfort foods
47. 21 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
48. 21 JunFriday: Duck report
49. 21 JunUN report on the killing of Khashoggi: Saudi Crown Prince among those implicated
50. 21 JunHawaii: Days 3 and 4
51. 21 JunOnce again I’m censored in Pakistan
52. 20 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
53. 20 JunThursday: Duck report (with zoomies!)
54. 20 JunWomen-only STEM jobs advertised at a Dutch university
55. 20 JunAnother defeat for the First Amendment: Supreme Court rules that the “Bladensburg cross” is not a religious symbol
56. 19 JunSpot the mongoose!
57. 19 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
58. 19 JunA farewell to Anna the Human
59. 19 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ moderation
60. 19 JunHere’s the mongoose!
61. 19 JunHawaii: Day 2
62. 19 JunHuffPost’s repeated smears of Joe Biden
63. 18 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
64. 18 JunMore tributes to Grania
65. 18 JunWednesday: Duck report
66. 18 JunHawaii Day 1: Sea turtles, cats, and noms
67. 18 JunAcorn woodpeckers defend their larder
68. 18 JunNow: WEIT with 60K subscribers
69. 17 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
70. 17 JunGrania died
71. 16 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
72. 16 JunManager’s wildlife photos—ducks!
73. 16 JunA Christian pleads for a replacement for “purity culture” in the pages of the New York Times
74. 16 JunBad idea of the year: Constitutional amendment to prohibit flag burning
75. 15 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
76. 15 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
77. 15 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Adult tiger meets cubs, a cat tour of Minneapolis, and a “bionic cat” gets four prosthetic paws
78. 15 JunAndrew Sullivan on the Democrats and immigration
79. 14 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
80. 14 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
81. 14 JunOberlin given maximum punitive damages for wokeness stupidity. Total bill: $11.2 million + $33 million = $44.2 million
82. 14 JunSupreme Court rejects suit to remove “In God We Trust” from U.S. currency
83. 14 JunFriday: Duck report
84. 14 JunNice man helps a sloth cross the road
85. 13 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
86. 13 JunReaders’ wildlife video
87. 13 JunPterosaurs: Could they fly as soon as they hatched?
88. 13 JunSanta Clara University denies recognition to conservative student group
89. 13 JunThursday: Duck report
90. 12 JunWednesday: Hili Dialogue
91. 12 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
92. 12 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ faith
93. 12 JunMy discussion on the Jehovah’s Witnesses and evolution
94. 12 JunBlatant appropriation of Hispanic culture by the Japanese
95. 11 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
96. 11 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
97. 11 JunBill Nye screws up when tackling a question about free will
98. 11 JunA new forum for exchanging thoughts
99. 11 JunTuesday: Duckling report
100. 10 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
101. 10 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
102. 10 JunMore arrant hypocrisy: D.C. Dyke March bans Israeli flags, Jewish pride flags, and American flags, but allows Palestinian flags
103. 10 JunWhen college virtue signaling goes too far: Oberlin fined $11 million for defaming a local bakery
104. 10 JunCongressional bill imperils Harvard’s sanctions for students who belong to single-gender off-campus clubs
105. 10 JunSleeping duckling
106. 9 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
107. 9 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
108. 9 JunThe sewing and knitting communities go woke and toxic
109. 9 JunNow course evaluations rate ability of professors to create safe space in their classrooms
110. 9 JunSunday: Duck report
111. 8 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
112. 8 JunReaders’ wildlife photos and video
113. 8 JunCaturday felid trifecta: Four eared cat; cats wearing cameras; cafe sued over using name “cat” on its tee-shirts;
114. 8 JunReminder: Discussion on Tuesday with Andrew Seidel about his new book on the secular origins of America
115. 8 JunFree-speech suppression at the University of Wisconsin
116. 8 JunSaturday duck report
117. 7 JunFriday: Hili dialogue
118. 7 JunFriday: Duck note
119. 7 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
120. 7 JunMisplaced priorities: Trump administration cuts back on medical research using fetal tissue to please anti-abortionists
121. 7 JunDuck teaser
122. 6 JunThursday: Hili dialogue
123. 6 JunReaders’ wildlife photos: Thursday duckling report
124. 6 JunNow there are eighteen
125. 6 JunCyrus is dead
126. 6 JunGiant stick insects to be re-introduced to Lord Howe island
127. 5 JunWednesday: Hili dialogue
128. 5 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
129. 5 JunJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ religious morality
130. 5 JunMainstream and social media report that a depressed Dutch rape victim was legally euthanized. They were all wrong.
131. 5 JunAmmonite (and a bunch of other stuff) found in Burmese amber
132. 5 JunElephants have awesome olfaction (better than dogs): the pachyderms are the only animals to date that can distinguish different amounts of food by smell alone
133. 5 JunDuck teaser
134. 4 JunTuesday: Hili dialogue
135. 4 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
136. 4 JunHuman Phylogeography: The lessons learned, 1
137. 4 JunTwo pieces on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the new allegations against him
138. 4 JunBaby hippo’s first aquatic outing
139. 3 JunMonday: Hili dialogue
140. 3 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
141. 3 JunSpot the walking stick!
142. 3 JunGregory Paul on the rise of nonbelief in the U.S.: it’s happening faster than you think
143. 3 JunWhy is everyone angry at red-light cameras?
144. 3 JunHere’s the walking stick!
145. 3 JunTrump’s Department of Energy renames natural gas as “freedom gas,” fossil fuels as “molecules of freedom”
146. 3 JunDucklings o’ the day
147. 2 JunSunday: Hili dialogue
148. 2 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
149. 2 JunFamous election prognosticator says that House must impeach Trump or he’ll be re-elected
150. 2 JunSunday: Duck report
151. 1 JunSaturday: Hili dialogue
152. 1 JunReaders’ wildlife photos
153. 1 JunCaturday felid trifecta: World’s oldest cat turns 31; cat stuck on bridge evades rescuers, walks home; hairless cat wants cake (and lagniappe)
154. 1 JunA woman who lost her faith deals with the death of her son
155. 1 JunA girl and her duck: BFFs

May 2019

1. 31 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
2. 31 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 31 MayA disgusting hit piece on Pinker in Current Affairs
4. 31 MayAmerican Democratic socialists pass resolution favoring open borders
5. 31 MayToday in collegiate dystopia: “workforce needs”
6. 31 MayDuckling report: Friday
7. 30 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
8. 30 MayReaders’ wildlife photos (and video): Osprey rescue!
9. 30 MayA new portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. by one of his biographers paints him as a rape accomplice and abuser of women
10. 30 MayID craziness: Diarrhea and the appendix are signs of intelligent design
11. 29 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
12. 29 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
13. 29 MayWilliams biology professor decries the wokeness of her students
14. 29 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ gayness
15. 29 MayTempleton gave big money to climate-denialist organizations
16. 29 MayWednesday: Duck report
17. 28 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
18. 28 MayWriter’s wildlife photos
19. 27 MayMonday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
20. 27 MayA visit to Salem
21. 27 MayTheological policeman? Some history of the Darwins
22. 27 MayMurray Gell-Mann died
23. 26 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
24. 26 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
25. 26 MayScientists spot their first albino panda
26. 26 MaySpot the frogs!
27. 26 MayNoms in the Boston area
28. 26 MayHere are the frogs!
29. 25 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
30. 25 MayReader’s wildlife video
31. 25 MayCaturday felid trifecta: Miniature furniture for cats; why cats meow; a hyper-realistic felt cat (plus two items of lagniappe!)
32. 25 MayMachine learning creates realistic videos from just a few photographs
33. 25 MayThe original anti-vax poster
34. 25 MaySaturday: Duck report
35. 24 MayFriday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
36. 24 MayReader’s wildlife photo
37. 24 MayBaby photos
38. 24 MayAlligator in viral photograph is stuffed
39. 23 MaySomeone wants to write my autobiography
40. 23 MayAnother word that needs to die
41. 23 MayWe have a million comments!
42. 23 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
43. 22 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
44. 22 MayWednesday: Duck report
45. 22 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
46. 22 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ “Islamophobia”
47. 22 MayYou have mites on your face
48. 21 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
49. 21 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
50. 21 MayOnce more: Why Christian List’s “proof of free will” fails
51. 21 MayTurtle rescue
52. 21 MayFemale bonobos (but not female chimps) help their sons get mates
53. 20 MayMonday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
54. 20 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
55. 20 MayAl-Jazeera’s Holocaust minimalization
56. 20 MayWordPress once again helps the Pakistani government block my “blasphemous” Jesus and Mo posts
57. 20 MayMonday: Duck report
58. 20 MayThe most repugnant headline ever
59. 19 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
60. 19 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
61. 19 MayAn unwoke host
62. 19 MayThe New Yorker praises atheism (sort of)
63. 19 MayIn face of media and alumni outcry, Williams College finally recognizes a student pro-Israel organization
64. 19 MayMore words I hate
65. 18 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
66. 18 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
67. 18 MayCaturday felids: How cats use their whiskers; cat gets 100 rolls of toilet paper to shred; old cat news from the NYT
68. 18 MayRetaining abortion rights through legislation
69. 18 May“Tell No One”: a documentary about pedophilic Polish priests that’s making a big stir
70. 17 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
71. 17 MayReader’s wildlife: a Friday duck report
72. 17 MayRailing about rails again: No, Science, it’s NOT THE SAME SPECIES!
73. 17 MayComputer scientist David Gelernter drinks the academic Kool-Aid, buys into intelligent design
74. 17 MayMore about Christian List’s confusing views of free will
75. 17 MayTrue facts about THE DUCK
76. 16 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
77. 16 MayReaders’ wildlife videos
78. 16 MayHow many atheists are there in the U.S.? A new paper says about 26% of the population
79. 16 MayOy! : A completely incoherent defense of free will
80. 16 May“Free speech . . . but” is not free speech
81. 16 MayDucklings in a sink
82. 15 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
83. 15 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
84. 15 MayAlabama’s odious abortion bill
85. 15 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ abortion
86. 15 MayMore about the Sullivan case at Harvard
87. 15 MayNational Review: Conservatives should accept evolution
88. 15 MayKeas play with snowballs
89. 15 MayWebsite housekeeping
90. 15 MayAlabama’s abortion bill is now law
91. 14 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
92. 14 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
93. 14 MayThe publisher Springer tries to stiff me
94. 14 MayI get emails
95. 14 MayRegardless of your politics, theft is theft and assault is assault
96. 13 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
97. 13 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
98. 13 MayRailing about rails: new paper on flightless birds is grossly misreported and distorted by the popular media
99. 13 MayHarvard Crimson: Ronald Sullivan story may be more complicated than we think
100. 13 MayMonday: Quackie duck report
101. 13 MayNational Geographic’s geese breed; goslings escorted to nearby pond
102. 12 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
103. 12 MaySunday: Duckling report
104. 12 MayA misguided attack on scientism in Quillette
105. 12 MayI had a dream
106. 12 MayAndrew Sullivan on women’s sports and the testosterone issue
107. 12 MayWhy do birds fly in a V formation?
108. 11 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
109. 11 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
110. 11 MayCaturday felid trifecta: Giant Japanese cat sells sweet potatoes; jerk glues a cat to the road, but “Sticky” was rescued; and rescuing the fishing cat
111. 11 MayMy newest piece in Quillette: Another response to John Staddon
112. 11 MayAn interview with E. O. Wilson: He’s still on about group selection
113. 11 MayHarvard shames itself: fires faculty deans at Winthrop house because students object to one of them taking Harvey Weinstein as a client
114. 10 MayFriday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
115. 10 MayChicago: clearing rain
116. 10 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
117. 10 MaySouthern states try to circumvent the First Amendment by teaching the Bible in public schools
118. 10 MayLeeds University Union is unhappy with Israel Independence Day
119. 10 MayConversation with attorney Andrew Seidel on June 11 about the secular origins of the United States
120. 10 MayHuffPost circling the drain
121. 10 MayFriday: Duck report
122. 9 MayThursday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
123. 9 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
124. 9 MayOverreaction: College library director suspended over historical exhibit that included blackface photos from the 1920s
125. 9 MayThe Williams College Council and anti-Semitism
126. 9 MayStraight talk about “fat acceptance”
127. 9 MayWhat is the sound of a million wings flapping?
128. 8 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
129. 8 MayNow there are ten. . .
130. 8 MayWilliams College melts down in a big way
131. 8 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Dunning-Kruger
132. 8 MayAsia Bibi finally leaves Pakistan—for Canada
133. 8 MayThe U of C discussion on religion with Reza Aslan and Dan Dennett
134. 8 MayAll ten ducklings survive first day and are eating well
135. 7 MayTuesday: Hili dialogue
136. 7 MayA remarkable case of mimicry: Jumping spider imitates caterpillar
137. 7 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
138. 7 MayTwo defenses of Camille Paglia
139. 7 MayMomma bear teaches her cubs to fish
140. 7 MayJust one. . .
141. 6 MayMonday: Hili dialogue
142. 6 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
143. 6 MayMore hatred from Muslim childen in Philadelphia
144. 6 MayAtheist bashing at Al-Jazeera: Columbia professor claims that New Atheism is a resurrection of imperialism, white supremacy, Islamophobia, and so on
145. 6 MayA “speech wars” section of The Atlantic
146. 5 MaySunday: Hili dialogue
147. 5 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
148. 5 MayOnce again, John Staddon maintains that religious morality is superior to secular morality
149. 5 MayAmerican Muslim children get radicalized
150. 5 MayInclusion via exclusion: Andrew Sullivan critiques segregated housing at Williams College
151. 5 MayMuslim society dismisses Islamist school video as “an unintended mistake and an oversight”
152. 5 MayStar Wars Day Special: Waitress promised Toyota, gets Toy Yoda, sues
153. 4 MaySaturday: Hili dialogue
154. 4 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
155. 4 MayCaturday felid trifecta: Scottish man cycles around the world with a rescue kitten; the fate of Julian Assange’s cat; mouse pwns cat;
156. 4 MayThe Great Science Publishing Scandal
157. 4 MayReminder to read the Roolz
158. 4 MayWilliams College finally allows a pro-Israel student organization to exist, but without official approval
159. 4 MayAndrew Sullivan sees Joe Biden as the most viable Democratic candidate
160. 4 MaySaturday: Duck report
161. 3 MayFriday: Hili dialogue
162. 3 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
163. 3 MayIlhan Omar blames the U.S. for the turmoil in Venezuela
164. 3 MaySabine Hossenfelder on why we don’t have free will, but why many still insist on it
165. 3 MayDisbelief about belief: why secular academics have trouble believing that jihadis are motivated by religion
166. 3 MayWoman downs 5.5 pound hamburger in 75 seconds
167. 2 MayThursday: Hili dialogue
168. 2 MayAn ID advocate, lacking scientific arguments, claims that atheism saps life of meaning
169. 2 MayWilliams College administration expresses support for segregated housing
170. 2 MayKate Cohen: Don’t mix religion, morality, and politics
171. 2 MayTen year old girl gets pet gopher tortoise, and they’re still BFFs 57 years later
172. 1 MayWednesday: Hili dialogue
173. 1 MayReaders’ wildlife photos
174. 1 MayJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the empowering burqa
175. 1 MayThe New York Times apologizes for its anti-Semitic cartoon
176. 1 MayCensorship in Barcelona: Books removed from school libraries
177. 1 MayWednesday: Duck (or rather, goose) report
178. 1 MayIran executes two teenagers in secret, informs them only the day before
179. 1 MayThe longest word in literature

April 2019

1. 30 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
2. 30 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
3. 30 AprFree speech continues to die at Middlebury College
4. 30 AprWhat a world: Sports Illustrated puts a woman with a burkini and hijab in their swimsuit issue; everyone hails her as a hero and history maker
5. 30 AprAnother putatively anti-Semitic cartoon in the NYT?
6. 30 AprAdelie penguin helps emperor penguin chicks defend themselves against a nasty petrel
7. 30 AprLive feed: Uprising in Venezuela
8. 29 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
9. 29 AprReader’s wildlife video and photo
10. 29 AprThe supposedly anti-Semitic New York Times cartoon
11. 29 AprOnce again: should Trump be impeached?
12. 29 AprMonday: Duck report
13. 29 AprSam Harris on ISIS: Why they hate us and why they fight us
14. 28 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
15. 27 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
16. 27 AprCaturday felids: Famous artists with cats; a painter of giant cats; big cats playing with (and eating) watermelon
17. 26 AprFriday: Hili dialogue
18. 26 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
19. 26 AprNadine Strossen’s new book on hate speech, why such speech should not be censored or banned, and its relevance to recent campus events
20. 26 AprA profile of Bari Weiss
21. 26 Apr“What a Fool Believes”
22. 25 AprThursday: Hili dialogue
23. 25 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
24. 25 AprIs decreasing empathy causing increased disruption on campus?
25. 25 AprWilliams College student council rejects formation of pro-Israel group
26. 25 AprTwo philosophers guilty of “philosophism” with respect to brain differences and free will
27. 25 AprFooty skills
28. 25 AprChutzpah of the decade
29. 24 AprWednesday: Hili dialogue
30. 24 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
31. 24 AprMy article in Quillette: A rebuttal of John Staddon’s claim that secular humanism is a religion
32. 24 AprJesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ tolerance
33. 24 AprMore religious testifying in a major newspaper
34. 24 AprWilliams College gets unwanted media attention
35. 24 AprBaby bears cross the road
36. 23 AprTuesday: Hili dialogue
37. 23 AprReader’s wildlife videos
38. 23 AprWilliams College considers ways to water down free speech
39. 23 AprSpot the lizard!
40. 23 AprHere’s the lizard!
41. 23 AprTuesday: Duck report
42. 22 AprMonday: Hili dialogue
43. 22 AprMonday: Duck report (with nest sighting)
44. 22 AprBelgium: Louvain-la-Neuve
45. 22 AprMaajid Nawaz sees a change in world leaders’ tweets about the Christchurch and Sri Lanka terrorist attacks
46. 22 AprDoesn’t the surgeon get any credit?
47. 21 AprSunday: Hili dialogue
48. 21 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
49. 21 AprEaster Special: Nicholas Kristof interviews a Christian who doesn’t accept the tenets of Christianity
50. 21 AprIdentity politics and 2020
51. 21 Apr“Stop me if you’ve heard this one”
52. 21 AprHow long should you age Marshmallow Peeps?
53. 20 AprSaturday: Hili dialogue
54. 20 AprReaders’ wildlife photos
55. 20 AprSpot the mountain goat!
56. 20 AprCaturday felid trifecta: Aleppo’s Cat Man returns, cat-themed ad for specs; a California museum features Ceiling Cat
57. 20 AprWordPress and the Pakistani government censor my site again, removing a “blasphemous” quote—from the Qur’an!
58. 20 AprThe cowardice of Middlebury College faculty
59. 20 AprSaturday: Duck report
60. 19 AprNew York Times touts tired old Christian theology
61. 19 AprMore lunacy at Williams College: College paper endorses segregated housing, declares that its mission is not reporting, but social justice
62. 19 AprPeeps arrive!