Siris

As you know, we are well into Holy Week, the holiest time in the Christian calendar. Here is a rough, brief guide to some notable things tha...

I read with interest a recent verbum ipsum post on an argument by Andrew Fiala for 'pacifism in practice', based on just war theory...

Instructions: Bold the ones you've read. Italicize the ones you have wanted/might like to read. ??Place question marks by any titles/aut...

Reading Soderberg's Finishing Technology , I was struck by the beauty of this passage, which I think is susceptible of a rich metaphoric...

It is general supposed that a thief, a murderer, a spy, a prostitute, acknowledging his profession to be bad, must be ashamed of it. But hte...

"The University of Nowhere" hosts the 28th Philosopher's Carnival .

A great many things worth discussing have popped up in the blogosphere in the past few days. It would, of course, all happen the month that ...