14 hours ago by geopolicraticus

Friday Kurt Gödel 1906-1978 Kurt Gödel was possibly the greatest logicians of the twentieth century, and certainly among the handful of greatest logicians of all time. Tarski called himself the “greatest living sane logician,” implicitly conceding Gödel first place if the qualifier “sane” is removed ...

15 hours ago by rudhro

Amazon.com Blurb: The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work. Af ...

18 hours ago by Mel Rothenburger

Keith Lacey, editor of the Osoyoos Times. Our national police force has had its share of embarrassments over incidents caught on video. But it can cut both ways, as the editor of the Osoyoos Times discovered this week. Keith Lacey, who runs the newsroom at the community weekly near the U.S. border, ...

1 day ago by Sheila

Meaning of life song

1 day ago by OzSpinCycle

Sounds dramatic, doesn’t it! I have been contemplating this post for what seems like forever. It is actually the post that I started writing before my intro side tracked me last time and I ended up writing about my father. I have procrastinated on this for so long as it is a post that may have conse ...

1 day ago by Gregg Hake

“ You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.” ~ Woodrow Wilson I was giving thought yesterday ...

1 day ago by Lisa Graas

Rick Santorum is taking some heat in various places for some remarks he made about the failure of the Left to understand where our rights come from. In this case, as in so many other positions Santorum expounds on throughout his campaign, his views are informed by a belief about human nature that wa ...

2 days ago by Mel Rothenburger

I think the wrong people are mad at Stephen Harper for fooling with the Old Age Security. Not being an expert on the subject, I nevertheless have some observations. Seniors are totally cheesed at the man. The Canadian Association of Retired Persons (with the unfortunate acronym of CARP) polled its m ...

2 days ago by bruce turrie

The only way to know how much is enough, is to do too much, and then back up.–Jerry Jeff Walker Errors occur when we cross some line, or so we think anyway. Ignoring the fact that even when we regularly know exactly what we are doing when we cross the line, there are two problems with this: Quite of ...

2 days ago by Merry

Come be pampered, relax or shop at Belle & Cat Nail and Wax Studio, Makati. In my previous post, I introduced my good friend Cathy and the rest of the team. Now, take a look and see why this is one of my favorite Beauty Havens in Manila, aside from the place being co-owned by Cathy, Isabel, Stacey, ...