This and That
February 27, 2022
Help Ukraine
Carefully vetted options: Paypal: United Help Ukraine.
Catholic Relief Services: Donate to Help Families Affected in Ukraine
USA Today: These apps and websites can help you send money to Ukraine.
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Another Love Song
Loving the Content, based on the poem of the same name, is up on YouTube and Spotify.
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P.J O’Rourke Dead
I know it’s a little late to comment, but, I loved and admired the work of P.J. O’Rourke from his National Lampoon days onward (I owned all his books) and his death saddens me. It also reminds me of a great NatLamp parody; I thought PJ wrote Deteriorata, but it turns out it was Christopher Guest.
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Great Quotes from Tom Rush
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’”
– Isaac Asimov, Newsweek, Jan. 21, 1980
“A big nose is no excuse for not wearing a mask. I still wear pants."
― a Pizza D'Action sign
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Evidence-Based Science
From my friend Kevin Sullivan:
I ran across this British Medical Journal (BMJ) article (don't run away :-) !) on the use of evidence-based science. Having read and written a lot of academic articles, I found it well-done, highly professional, and appropriately documented, also very funny! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, and it informs your appreciation of evidence based science.
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