PPR, having prudently waited to make sure the apocalypse did not take place, would now like to invite you to enjoy the summer with us. Over the next few months we’ll have a beefed-up lineup, since we don’t have, you know, class or anything anymore. Sadly, we’ll be saying goodbye to one departing senior, Luke Hassall, whose adroit commentary on [...]
First – truly a gratifying symbolic victory. In ordinary times, I do not favor revenge as a way of living. It is too damaging to the one doing it. But it is more than fair to say that 9/11 was an act of war, that for the last 10 years we have been at war with al-Qaeda, and that Osama [...]
For those of you who don’t know, beginning next Monday, March 28, you can vote at the Penn Student Government website for UA President, UA Vice President, UA Representatives, and Class Boards. This year, I’m running for SAS Representative in a fairly crowded field (22 people, 16 spots). I need your help to get elected – join my Facebook event here, [...]
This is Part II. Read Part I here. So, in what portion of your attention span I have left, the politics. Gingrich talked about three things: in his words, he spoke about values, bureaucracy, and innovation. More concretely, by the latter two he means that we should cut down on government waste by cutting down on government, while directing large [...]
The Daily Pennsylvanian has published an article about Newt Gingrich’s speech last night. The article centered around two questions asked in the Q&A session: one, from the Penn Democrats, about whether Gingrich’s past extramarital affairs make him a hypocrite; and the other, from activists, about whether he would support restoring AIDS-related foreign aid. Allow me to set the record straight: [...]
This news strikes me as being pretty important: Please note that SAC has enacted a temporary moratorium on recognizing new student groups due to budget constraints for the rest of the semester. We will review the financial situation next semester to see if the moratorium has to be continued. Funding for existing student student groups will not be affected, and [...]
Rajiv Tarigopula, of Harvard Political Review, would not like to get rid of the filibuster. As you may know, I would. I would also like to get rid of the Senate, but that’s another matter. I have some questions for Rajiv, which I hope he will find it worth his time to answer: 1. How are “decorum, camaraderie, and politeness” [...]
Having almost recovered from Christmas and its associated feasts, I think I should take this opportunity (before New Year’s) to play around with what may be the greatest Christmas present of all. That’s right: Google’s Ngram Viewer, which lets you search hundreds of years of printed text in multiple languages and graph the frequency of the terms! No really, it’s [...]
Noah Millman, 2010: Jim Manzi is fond of making unfavorable comparisons between economics and physics, and those sorts of comparisons are pretty good for making economics look bad. But I think a much better comparison is of economics to medicine. How does economics stack up in that comparison? Well, is medicine a science? Doctors certainly have a lot of scientific knowledge. [...]
Today, I was going to bitch about the DP’s adulatory fawning over the new co-op idea. Three things, however, prevent me from doing so. 1. It’s not a terrible idea in and of itself 2. Second, IvyGate decided to bitch about Alec Webley’s column, which I rather liked 3. Third, I talk too much about housing already So: in brief, Alec thinks it’s [...]
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