Siris

Neil Armstrong, born on August 5, 1930, has now died on August 25, 2012. Armstrong was a Naval pilot in the Korean War; he later became a to...

I was thinking about Euclid's common notions yesterday, and in particular about what we get if we focus only on them. The common notions...

The Poet and the Caged Turtledove by William Wordsworth As often as I murmur here My half-formed melodies, Strai...

It has been a while since I've had any quotations from this blog's namesake; here's a nice one. The perceptions of sense are g...

Peter Hollens ft. The Swingle Singers, "Poor Wayfaring Stranger"

There is a very interesting but, I think, very incorrect article on civility in argument by Scott Aikin and Robert Talisse at "3quarks...

There's been some discussion around about this Economist article on the financial state of the Catholic Church in the United States. A...