Glenn Greenwald points out that an inordinate number of neocons didn't earn their warmongering positions of power. Rather, they were put their by their parents: It really is endlessly striking -- and revealing -- just how nepotistic the neoconservative tough-guy faction is... [O]ur neoconservative tough guys [are] the very opposite…
But what’s puzzlin’ you is the nature of my game... That’s about the only song I can stand to listen to the Rolling Stones do. Musically, thematically, it all comes together for them. It’s perfect. Beyond that, while I certaiinly like a lot of their songs, I cannot abide listening…
Steven Pinker on consciousness (from an interview in Slate.com): It might not be the actual stuff of the brain that makes us conscious so much as it is the information processing. I don't think Chalmers' view [that the physical laws of science will never explain consciousness] would give much support…
Well, not exactly, but the big picture is a disturbing one from the perspective of the millions of people criminally prosecuted every year for seeking to self-medicate using street drugs . If all of those mind altering street drugs are really "bad," then they should stay illegal. But maybe it's not so…
. . . and says the obvious, I should add. Last week, it was retired General Sanchez, who blasted the Bush Administration, calling it "incompetent" in the way it has run the Iraq occupation. This week, it's Retired General John Abizaid, former CENTCOM Commander, who spoke about Iraq: During a…