My dad did not see action in World War II. He was a naval cadet training at Chapel Hill, North Carolina in the summer of 1945 when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. “Some kind of super bomb” was how they first heard it described. The training program was canceled once the war ended, and… Continue reading Memorial Day

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Is PZ Merkwurdige a hypocrite? John Pieret thinks so. I think he’s right. And in this case, it’s an improvement.

Steve Matheson continues his chapter-by-chapter critique of Meyer’s Signature in the Cell.

Quote of the week, from Zippy: “Of course I’m the sort who reflexively chambers a round when I hear the words ‘nothing but’ on general principles.”