Saturday, August 7, 2010

Thomas Peebles

Harvard Medical School pointed to his D in biology and lack of pre-med courses and summarily turned him down.
He went on to discover the measles vaccine.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Don Juan introd on Coleridge

Explaining metaphysics to the nation[1] --
I wish he would explain his Explanation.

Wordsworth by Byron

partly his having lent his more downright and unmeasured prose to the aid of a political party, with acknowledges its real weakness, though fenced with the whole armour of artificial Power, and defended by all the ingenuity of purchased Talent, in liberally rewarding with praise and pay even the meanest of its advocates

Mountebanks

and what mountebank will not find proselytes? (from Count Cagliostro to Madame Krudener) [Byron. pref to Don Juan]

Universities

What we have at the moment is merely a government funded theme park in many cases.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Unemployment

She contacted a local shelter but learned there was a waiting list. Welfare is not an option, because she does not have young children. She says none of her three adult sons are in a position to help her.

Another U.S. bishop

“Most Reverend Daniel Jenky, C.S.C., Bishop of the Diocese of Peoria, is immensely grateful that the University of Illinois was willing to listen to our concerns and has decided to act in what he believes in a very appropriate manner in allowing Dr. Kenneth Howell to return to the classroom,” she added.
"She" is the Chancellor of the Diocese. Another example of bishops ceding authority.