* Steffen Ducheyne, Whewell's Tidal Researches: Scientific Practice and Philosophical Methodology (PDF) -- an excellent paper.
* Martha Nussbaum responds to some of her critics of her essay on banning the veil.
* Onora O'Neill discusses some of the difficulties that are intrinsic to assisted suicide legislation.
* A man in Bosnia has had to reinforce his roof with steel to protect his house from meteorites; it has been hit by meteorites six times in the past decade or so. He blames aliens; and under the circumstances I think everyone can be a bit sympathetic to his reasoning.
* And some YouTube finds. This has been going around because it is just a bit too true:
And several people have noticed this trailer for a cross-over film:
(And it is true that if anyone were to be the instigator, Lizzie would be.)
And another YouTube find:
Spektor is very uneven, but when she hits the ball, she hits it well. Samson and Us are also very good.
